Boutique hotels: How QT Hotels became Australia's hippest hotel group

By Ute Junker
Updated December 15 2016 - 11:08am, first published December 11 2016 - 12:15am
High energy: Directors of Chaos at QT Sydney. Photo: Supplied
High energy: Directors of Chaos at QT Sydney. Photo: Supplied
Hotel QT Port Douglas has a tropical feel. Photo: Supplied
Hotel QT Port Douglas has a tropical feel. Photo: Supplied
QT Bondi: Art installation by Shaun Gladwell in the hotel's lobby. Photo: Supplied
QT Bondi: Art installation by Shaun Gladwell in the hotel's lobby. Photo: Supplied
QT Gold Coast. Photo: Supplied
QT Gold Coast. Photo: Supplied
QT Hotel at Gowings Bar and Grill Sydney. Photo: Supplied
QT Hotel at Gowings Bar and Grill Sydney. Photo: Supplied

Buttons. I have written dozens of stories about hoteliers over the years, and never before has anyone brought up the subject of buttons. Yet when I ask one of David Seargeant's closest collaborators what sets him apart from other hoteliers, up pop the buttons.