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Minister rejects permit extension for Hotel Windsor

The State Government is refusing to budge on a permit extension for the Hotel Windsor redevelopment. Hotel owner Adi Halim says they lost one year of...

Buyers hungry for struggling Darrell Lea

Darrell Lea's administrators are in advanced negotiations with four local and international players interested in buying the chocolate maker.  Administrator...

Leading hotels on show at World of Accor

Time is running out to register for World of Accor, Australia’s largest hotel chain exhibition, which will be held in Sydney on Thursday 2 August, with...

Club Med launches ‘Visibility’ campaign

Club Med has launched its new ‘Visibility’ campaign in Brisbane to an audience of travel agents, airlines, travel media and industry personnel.  Over...

Small business pushes to end penalty rates

For the past 13 years, Roman Rankin has owned and operated a small pizza shop in Melbourne's south east. At one point, he employed 23 staff. Soon, Maro's...

Asian investors snapping up Australian hotels

New figures indicate that Asian investors are aggressively snapping up major hotels in Australia's capital cities. So far this year, Asian entities have...

ATO bean counters target coffee's cash economy

Coffee shops, soldiers and plasterers will be among those under special scrutiny by the Australian Tax Office for their activities over the last financial...

Contamination could deal blow to organic farmers

The ABC has uncovered suspected benzene contamination and possible synthetic nitrates in food products approved for organic farming. Laboratory tests...

Tough economic conditions keep beef demand under pressure

Meat & Livestock Australia's 2012 mid-year cattle projections update outlines the conditions that have kept Australia's cattle supplies tight, while...

Experienced motel management teams

The interest in buying motels and having them operated under management by competent and professional management teams has grown substantially over recent...