{"id":16977,"date":"2013-12-03T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/the-end-of-an-era-as-the-last-formule-1-hotel-in-australia-rebrands-to-ibis-budget\/"},"modified":"2013-12-03T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T09:56:00","slug":"the-end-of-an-era-as-the-last-formule-1-hotel-in-australia-rebrands-to-ibis-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/12\/the-end-of-an-era-as-the-last-formule-1-hotel-in-australia-rebrands-to-ibis-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of an era as the last Formule 1 hotel in Australia rebrands to Ibis Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>The most recognised hotel at the entrance to Sydney Domestic Airport has rebranded from Formule 1 to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ibis Budget East Sydney\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ibis-Budget-East-Sydney.jpg\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ibis-Budget-East-Sydney.jpg\" width=\"240\"><span><span>Ibis Budget Sydney Airport, heralding the end of Formule 1 hotels in Australia as Accor\u2019s expansion of the Ibis Budget brand takes hold.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Since the introduction of the Ibis megabrand structure, Ibis Budget has grown to 19 hotels in Australia with former Formule 1 hotels falling under the new banner. Ibis Budget East Sydney (which rebranded\u00a012\/11\/2013) and Ibis Budget Sydney Airport were the last remaining Formule 1\u2019s to rebadge.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Following Accor\u2019s consolidation of its economy hotel portfolio, the group has been progressively refurbishing former Formule 1 hotels and bringing them into line with what has become expected of budget hotels in Europe and America. To date the investment has been paying dividends.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><strong><i>To celebrate the hotel&#8217;s rebadging, Ibis Budget Sydney Airport is offering guests a special rebranding rate from $99 per night from now until\u00a031 January 2014.<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><i><span><br \/><\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span>Boasting 200 guestrooms, Ibis Budget Sydney Airport features David Forbes-designed interiors, fully soundproofed rooms, queen size beds along with bunk beds, work desks and wifi.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span>Just a 5 minute walk to the Domestic Airport, the hotel offers a shuttle service which takes guests to and from the Domestic and International terminals. An arrivals and departures monitor is conveniently stationed in the hotel lobby for guests\u2019 convenience.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>For further information on Ibis Budget Sydney Airport and to book the special rebranding rate, please head to\u00a0<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.accorhotels.com.au\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accorhotels.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.accorhotels.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a data-hashtags=\"travel\" data-size=\"large\" data-via=\"rodeime\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><br \/><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelbrochures.com.au\/af\/16\/napp\/show\/Bundle_list.htm?id=4\">Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most recognised hotel at the entrance to Sydney Domestic Airport has rebranded from Formule 1 to\u00a0Ibis Budget Sydney Airport, heralding the end of Formule 1 hotels in Australia as Accor\u2019s expansion of the Ibis Budget brand takes hold. Since the introduction of the Ibis megabrand structure, Ibis Budget has grown to 19 hotels in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}