Perth Needs a New Hotel Every Year | Perth Hotel Growth | IHIF Asia 2026 | David Weller
Exclusive interview with David Weller, Manager of Investment Attraction at Tourism Western Australia, in conversation with Travel And Tour World, at IHIF Asia. Key Highlights: 1. David Weller's role focuses on attracting private investment into new hotel and short-term accommodation development across Western Australia, working closely with the WA government under the Premier, who also holds the tourism portfolio. 2. He shares his experience at IHIF Asia, describing it as busy and productive, with existing relationships developing into potential visits to Perth ahead of the region's own hotel conference on December 10. 3. Tourism WA has commissioned a five-stage Perth hotel development strategy, with stage one identifying a demand gap of 3,000 to 3,500 new hotel rooms needed by 2035, roughly one new hotel every year for the next nine to ten years. 4. Stage two identifies potential sites on government land, while stage three calculates the economic cost of inaction, estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars in lost visitor nights and reputational damage. 5. David Weller highlights Perth's unique selling points, a distinct, largely untapped international market that is emerging and growing, with upscale lifestyle appeal, unique wildlife, enviable beaches, and favorable land tenure conditions for investors. 6. To make investment easier for international operators, Tourism WA works closely with traditional landowners on native title land to unlock Crown land for commercial use, including land use agreements with Aboriginal and Indigenous communities. 7. The WA government has approved Stage 2 of the GINA plan, a targeted program for Aboriginal workforce development, accommodation, and tourism experience development aimed at growing Indigenous tourism products across the state. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [Perth hotel investment, Western Australia tourism, hotel development strategy, Perth hotel shortage, WA tourism investment, hotel investment forum, IHIF Asia, Australia hotel market, Perth tourism, hospitality investment Australia, Perth hotel development strategy 2035, Western Australia hotel room shortage, Tourism WA hotel attraction strategy, Aboriginal and Indigenous tourism Western Australia] #IHIFAsia #PerthHotels #WesternAustralia #TourismWA #HotelInvestment #HospitalityInvestment #PerthTourism #IndigenousTourism #TravelAndTourWorld #AustraliaTourism