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Local wines grab gongs

Tasmanian wines have performed strongly at the Royal Hobart Wine Show. Freycinet Vineyard's 2001 sparkling won Best Wine in Show, the Best Sparkling Wine...

Pokies restrictions voted down at Woolies meeting

A move to amend the Woolworths constitution to place limits on poker machine bets has failed. An extraordinary general meeting was sparked by activist...

New Emphasis on Keycard Lock Security

Revelations that the security of hotels and travellers might easily be compromised have been a considerable shock to the accommodation industry and has...

Small Business Commissioner Bill 2012

Restaurant & Catering New South Wales (R&C NSW) supports the NSW Government’s Small Business Commissioner Bill 2012 that will empower the Commission...

Cutting Tourism Red Tape Report Card

The Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments are making progress in cutting red tape to make investment in the Australian tourism industry easier. The...

Accor Celebrates 30 Years in Asia-Pacific

Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Asia-Pacific, today commemorates its 30th anniversary in the region. The milestone comes as the French...

Melbourne's oldest pub to re-open

About 160 years after its original license was granted and after three years in the wilderness, Melbourne's famous hotel, The Duke, will re-open in 2013.  The...

Champagne tastes tipped to revive domestic wine fortunes

The story of Australia's wine consumption over the past five years has been dominated by the Kiwi-led invasion of foreign imports, and generic label wines,...

Star chefs die in freak crash

The star attraction at this weekend's Margaret River Gourmet Escape, celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, is in doubt after a horrific accident in Hong Kong...

Legal claim settled years after victim died

A legal claim over the death of an Adelaide man who ate contaminated smallgoods has been settled, seven years after he died. Richard Formosa was 52 when...