Work has started on a $50 million Rydges-branded hotel at Gold Coast Airport.

The 192-room hotel, which will rise to the south of the airport site, will connect via a plaza area to the expanded terminal, which is also scheduled for redevelopment this year.

The hotel will be seven storeys and be topped by a rooftop bar and viewing deck, with views over Kirra Beach to the east and across the runway to the west. Click here to read further

THE Tweed is in for a bright future and could become a major economic and business hub by 2050, according to leading demographer Bernard Salt.

Mr Salt, managing director of The Demographics Group, says while the Tweed is known as a place for retirement, by the middle of the century it will be something different altogether. Click here to read further.