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Could sign-on bonuses bring hospitality workers back to the industry?

Sign-on bonuses of up to $1000 are being offered to hospitality workers in a bid to secure staff, as restaurants and bars face a labour shortage. This...

Perth café allegedly falsified pay records

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the former operators of a café in the Perth CBD, alleging it...

Laundy family acquire Western Sydney gaming hotel

The Bidwill Hotel in Western Sydney has been sold in another material off market trade in the latest sign of the patently strong demand for pub investment...

Jerry Schwartz's Four Points by Sheraton for sale

Mark Durran, Managing Director of JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group has been exclusively appointed to manage the sale of the Four Points by Sheraton Sydney,...

Moelis continues its hotel acquisition spree

Moelis Australia Hotel Management has acquired the Kinselas Hotel in Sydney’s Oxford Street precinct for $45 million.  This deal equals the highest...

RIP: Brisbane loses iconic venues to COVID in 2020

Image: ARC Dining and Wine Bar Brisbane’s hospitality industry has taken a beating this year with many venues not seeing out the end of 2020. The...

NSW & ACT Best Restaurants, Cafes & Caterers Crowned

Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA) today announced the winners of the 2020 NSW/ACT Restaurant & Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for Excellence....

New workplace changes could herald in harsh fines for businesses

Australia’s Federal government has introduced a new "part-time flexi" plan that will see part-timers in food and retail jobs forgo overtime payments...

No fresh air breaks for returned travellers in quarantine

Queensland hotel quarantine has just become a little more unbearable. Returning Australians were informed this week that those staying in rooms without...

Violence growing in country Queensland pubs as COVID restrictions ease

Police in Dalby, a town west of Toowoomba in Queensland, are concerned about a rise in  recent alcohol related violence in local pubs. Rising concern...