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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...

Historic Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo up for sale

The Frisco Hotel in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo has been put on the market. The three-storey hotel was built 1856, and is set on 304sqm. It offers a single-service...

New executive chef for InterContinental Sydney

InterContinental Sydney has appointed Jeremy Clark as executive chef. Heading a kitchen team of 55, Clark will steer the hotel’s new culinary course,...

SA developer signed for Playford hotel development

A South Australian developer has been attached to a $50 million project in Adelaide’s Playford that will include a new 4.5-star hotel offering up to...