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Another Famous Eastern Suburbs Hotel Changes Hands

Only weeks after coordinating the very public sale of the Four in Hand Hotel in Sydney’s suburb of Paddington, recently formed HTL Property have now...

Coffee cup composting project in Perth a hit with customers

An initiative that sees café patrons in Perth encouraged to compost their disposable coffee cups as part of Australia’s first comprehensive national...

NSW Wine List Awards announced

The finalists of the 2018 New South Wales (NSW) Wine List Awards have been announced, in a partnership between Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA)...

Tourists continue to spend big on restaurant meals

Data from Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey (NVS) has shown an 11 per cent increase in domestic tourists’ expenditure on restaurant...

Sydney light rail sends hospitality businesses to the wall

Sydney's ongoing $2.1 billion light rail project is continuing to wreak financial devastation for many local small business owners, with no end in sight...

Melbourne’s Black Pearl among World’s 50 Best Bars Awards

Australia has just one bar in the World’s 50 Best Bars Awards 2018, with Black Pearl in Melbourne coming in at No.30 and claiming the title Best Bar...

Chocolate chain Max Brenner collapses

Chocolate chain Max Brenner has gone into voluntary administration blaming sluggish sales and rising costs. Administrators McGrathNicol have been appointed...

FWO takes Crust pizza franchisee to Court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against a Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar franchisee in Melbourne, alleging it...

Hollow Spin on Airbnb Should Be Disregarded

Following is the opening statement delivered by the Chief Executive Officer of the Accommodation Association of Australia, Richard Munro, at today’s...

Sydney’s railway tunnels to be converted into bars and restaurants

A new plan is being floated to open Sydney’s abandoned railway tunnels beneath the CBD to bars and restaurants. The St James tunnels were built as part...