NEWSROOM

25 February 2019

Closing The Link In A Strong Supply Chain

Integrated logistics partner, Gallega Global Logistics, draws on years of experience in delivering supply chains, specializing in solutions with extensive infrastructure, expertise and global relationships.


21 February 2019

First Look At New Marina As Ghassan Aboud Comes To Town

The Port Douglas Marina development could start as early as this year according to Crystalbrook Collection’s CEO and Ghassan Aboud, the investor behind the project. Speaking in Cairns today, Crystalbrook Collection CEO Mark Davie and Mr Aboud said they are hopeful work on the project will begin before Christmas. “At this point, we are quite well progressed with our planning for Port Douglas and we have been working with Council […]


19 February 2019

‘Lovely pizza’: Syrian billionaire Ghassan Aboud says Newcastle luxury hotel rooms will overcome strange shape

Syrian billionaire Ghassan Aboud had never heard of Newcastle when his Australian-based chief executive suggested buying the council’s administration building and turning it into a luxury hotel. Mr Aboud, who is paying the council about $15.5 million for the landmark “Roundhouse”, spoke to the Newcastle media for the first time on Tuesday during a flying visit to Australia. The businessman, who lives in Belgium and whose conglomerate, Ghassan Aboud Group, is based […]


29 January 2019

Crystalbrook Collection’s new Riley hotel breaks the 5-star drought in Cairns

There hasn’t been a new five-star hotel in Cairns for 20 years. Now there are going to be three within 18 months. All thanks to a Dubai-based Syrian billionaire who holidayed in tropical North Queensland in 2016 and became so enchanted he invested a slice of his fortune in the region’s tourism industry. Muhammed Ghassan Aboud made his fortune from car franchises, real estate and retail but doesn’t own a […]


29 January 2019

The Riley hotel review: The new go-to accommodation in Cairns

THE PLACE Gleaming white, except for the 1000-square metre pool area, which is turquoise by day and sapphire by night, the brand-new, 311-room Riley in Cairns is an imposing presence, both physically and as a likely game-changer. The Crystalbrook Collection property, funded by Dubai-based, Syrian entrepreneur Ghassan Aboud, opened in November to enthusiastic local fanfare. THE LOCATION Riley is built on the old Rydges Tradewinds site on The Esplanade, which […]