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21 January 2020

Hotel review: Bailey, Cairns’ newest five-star hotel packs plenty family appeal

By Katherine Scott When I arrive at Bailey it’s late, and dark, so I’m unable to appreciate the striking lime figure the site cuts against Cairns’ mostly stark-white highrises. It’s barely been open a fortnight at the time of my visit and my airport driver already refers to it as “the green building”, and seems quite giddy by the addition. An instant icon, it seems. It’s soon apparent Cairns’ newest five-star […]


02 January 2020

Ghassan Aboud listed amongst the Forbes Middle East’s top 100 business tycoons

Photo Credit: Mustapha Azab   Ghassan was ranked at the 41st place in the list that included the region’s foremost business owners across several sectors Dubai: Ghassan Aboud, the UAE based entrepreneur and philanthropist was listed amongst the list of “The Middle East’s Top 100 Tycoons” published by Forbes Middle East (December 2019/January 2020 issue). Ghassan was ranked at the 41st place in the list that included the region’s foremost business […]


21 November 2019

Crystalbrook Collection Celebrates New Art-Inspired Cairns Hotel

CAIRNS, THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2019 – Crystalbrook Collection Founder Ghassan Aboud last night unveiled the Group’s spectacular new hotel, Bailey, at an event filled with art, entertainment, sparkle and excitement. Over 250 of Queensland’s leading business people along with dignitaries, including The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Mr Dave Stewart, Director-General, Department of the Premier and Cabinet for Queensland attended the event. The opening celebration commenced with […]


21 November 2019

Crystalbrook Collection Unveils New Cairns Hotel

Crystalbrook Collection’s second five-star Cairns hotel, Bailey, opened on 2 November with a strong passion for art, gastronomy and sustainability. Located in the heart of Cairns cultural precinct and just a stone throw for the Esplanade boardwalk and lagoon, Bailey is adorned with Australian artwork and features 255 spacious guest rooms and residences, three restaurants and bars, meeting spaces for up to 150 people, a rooftop mezzanine plunge pool and […]


11 November 2019

Grandiose Supermarket commences mission to create eco-friendly citizens

Grandiose Supermarket partners with UAE’s Youth Hub to organise a seminar on How to Become Eco-Friendly Citizens The 2-hour event aims to connect the youth to each other and spring-launch their ideas United Arab Emirates, Dubai: Grandiose, the fast-growing contemporary supermarket chain owned by UAE headquartered conglomerate Ghassan Aboud Group, will organize an interactive workshop at Dubai Youth Hub called “How to become Eco-friendly Citizens.” The event will be hosted at Emirates […]