Now on its second year, the 2018 Qantas Business Travel Awards aims to “recognise the places that make doing business more pleasure than pain.” With 10 categories, the awards team seeks to identify anything from the best business hotels to the best place to have a breakfast meeting in. This year, Sydney comes in with the most number of finalists across all categories (fourteen finalists). Followed by Melbourne (10 finalists), and then Perth (seven nominations). Winners will be publicly announced in the July issue of the Qantas inflight magazine. Here is the list of finalists per category: Best New Business Hotel InterContinental Perth City Centre West Hotel Sydney, Curio Collection by Hilton The Westin Perth Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour Paramount House Hotel, Sydney Best Business Hotel Park Hyatt Sydney Grand Hyatt Melbourne Crown Towers Melbourne Next Hotel Brisbane Como The Treasury, Perth (2017 Winner) Best Business Hotel, Asia- Pacific Rosewood Beijing The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore The Peninsula Shanghai Park Hyatt Tokyo Best Hotel Club Lounge Sheraton on the Park, Sydney Shangri-la Hotel, Sydney InterContinental Sydney Crown Towers Melbourne InterContinental Perth City Centre Best Restaurant for a Business Lunch or Dinner Saxe, Melbourne Wilson & Market, Melbourne Cirrus, Sydney The Bridge Room, Sydney (2017 Winner) Otto, Brisbane Best Private Dining Room Garden State Hotel, Melbourne Vue de Monde, Melbourne 1889 Enoteca, Brisbane Bentley Restaurant + Bar, Sydney Pendolino, Sydney (2017 Winner) Best Venue for a Breakfast Meeting Gauge, Brisbane Higher Ground, Melbourne (2017 Winner) The Grounds of the City, Sydney Muse, Canberra Petition Kitchen, Perth Best New or Improved Corporate Retreat The Byron at Byron Resort & Spa, Byron Bay, NSW Elements of Byron, Byron Bay, NSW Jackalope, Mornington Peninsula, VIC Lindenderry at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, VIC The Darling, Gold Coast, QLD Best Conference Venue Adelaide Convention Centre ICC Sydney (2017 Winner) Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre National Convention Centre Canberra Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Best Co-Working Space – New Category Spaces, Melbourne River City Labs, Brisbane Flux, Perth Hub Adelaide The Office Space, Sydney Source: http://travelinsider.qantas.com.au/lifestyle/business/business-awards