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Carrot beer on offer after Queensland craft brewer teams up with farmer to help promote local produce

Beer and carrots do not usually go hand-in-hand, but an unusual bright orange brew has been successfully blended from produce out of the Scenic Rim, south...

Penalty rates an anachronism

Tourism Accommodation Australia’s new chairman, Martin Ferguson, understands job creation and the importance of fair working conditions as well, if not...

Fair Work Australia agrees to ‘cashing out’ of accrued annual leave for hospitality industry workers - Media Release

In a ‘win’ for the hotels and hospitality sector, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) yesterday released a decision that will allow the cashing out of accrued...

20 hospitalised with 5 seriously injured after ute crashes into cafe, causes gas explosion in Ravenshoe, south of Cairns

A witness has described "pandemonium" in a small north Queensland town after a ute crashed into a cafe, igniting a gas explosion andhospitalising 20 people,...

HotelTonight app brings cheap hotel deals to Australia

Australians looking for that last-minute getaway now have a new way of finding cheap hotel deals with an app that takes the “last minute” tag literally...

Work under way on historic Guildford Hotel

Weeds are growing from cracks in the facade, the timber door frames are blackened and construction workers keep finding old pennies among rubble, but the...

Drake's iconic Lunatic Hotel to close

Drake's iconic Lunatic Hotel, between Casino and Tenterfield, was bought by Bob and Desley Kane in 2002. Bob and Desley Kane have owned the Lunatic Hotel...

Popular Maleny restaurant for sale as owners eye retirement

ONE of the Sunshine Coast's longest-running and best known restaurants is up for sale. After 23 years, Craig and Pauline Mitchell have decided to sell...

Mobile Embrace to buy cashless pub app Clipp

Clipp co-founder Greg Taylor. Source: Supplied   Cashless hospitality app Clipp is looking to extend its presence in Australia’s bars and clubs, announcing...

Schwartz to start flights in bid to lift Hunter tourism

Wealthy hotelier Jerry Schwartz, fresh from meeting the Dalai Lama, is launching his own airline with the purchase of his first ­commuter plane to ferry...