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South Australian hotels hit as pokie machines lose their lustre

Peterborough Hotel owner Geoff Tester has been trying to sell his pub so he can retire. Photo: Sam Wundke. THE value of poker machines has crashed to...

Tasmanian Hospitality Association joins national war on penalty rates

Tasmanian Hospitality Association general manager Steve Old says he will support a national move to look at penalty rates. Picture: MATT THOMPSON ...

Hotel and resort operator Mantra will join the Australian share market on Friday after raising $239 million from a share offer

Australia's second largest hotel and resort operator will make a $239 million entrance to the share market on Friday, amid weak consumer spending on travel...

KKR’s First Data moves on big banks’ payment services

A new mobile eftpos terminal along with applications, which it says will help Australian restaurants cope with the move from signatures to PINs only by...

Council blocks Delaney Hotel Socceroos screening plan

FOOTBALL fans willing to forgo sleep and watch the Socceroos have been left disappointed, with the announcement one of the city’s pubs will not be screening...

Veteran hotelier reveals ASX ambitions

Larry Schlesinger Veteran hotelier Jonathan Wooller has set a five-year time frame to float his hotel start-up Alpha Hotels & Resorts. Mr Wooller...

Food and beverage acquisition opportunities ripe for the picking, report

Grant Thornton Australia says that mid-sized food and beverage businesses need to act now to capitalise on the increasing number of acquisition and divestment...

Should bars put pregnancy test kits in toilets?

Drinking while pregnant is a seriously bad idea. But would putting pregnancy test kits in the women’s toilets at bars cause a change in drinking habits? It’s...

Another Sydney gaming pub sells for top dollar

Australian Leisure Group has continued its re-shuffle, successfully divesting an ALH-leased top 25 gaming venue in the Western Sydney golden mile of gaming. Fairfield’s...

Sydney ICC hotel approved

The latest piece of the transformation of Sydney’s convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct has received the green light from the NSW Government,...