Local guides
Where to eat, walk and unwind in Melbourne, written by staff who live here and go to these places on their days off.
Business notes
Practical thinking on events, conferences and offsites, drawn from the hundreds of bookings we have run in our own boardroom.
Hospitality talk
The honest version of what it takes to run a seventy-two room boutique hotel in the middle of a busy city.
All articles
Two pieces for now. We would rather publish rarely and well than fill this page with filler.
A Local's Guide to an Autumn Weekend in Melbourne
Autumn is the season Melbourne keeps to itself. Our staff share the arcades, autumn menus, garden walks and the pier at sunset that they actually use when the summer crowds have gone home.
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What Actually Matters When Hosting a Small Conference in Melbourne
After a few hundred events in the same building, the same lessons come up. Acoustics before marble, internet before aesthetics, and why a good technical producer saves more events than a nice lobby ever will.
Read ArticleWho writes these
Every article here is written by someone who works at Kenarim, most often our front office, events or kitchen teams. There is no content agency and no ghostwriter. If a piece recommends a particular restaurant or walk, it is because one of our staff goes there themselves.
We do not run sponsored posts and we do not accept guest submissions. That keeps the writing honest, if a little slower than a big publisher's publishing calendar. If you want to know more about who we are, our about page has the full picture.
Written in-house
Every piece comes from a working member of the Kenarim team. No ghostwriting, no outside agencies.
Something to say, then said
We publish only when a piece is genuinely worth your time to read. Quality over filling a monthly slot.
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