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Hilton defends room service axing

Hilton Worldwide’s CEO Christopher Nassetta has defended the decision to axe classic room service at the company’s Hilton New York Midtown hotel, Manhattan’s...

Gold Coast woman in hospital after mistakenly drinking grill cleaner to relieve hiccups

A woman is in hospital after she was mistakenly given a kitchen cleaner to alleviate her hiccups at a restaurant on Queensland's Gold Coast. Restaurant...

Cost of labour reduces employment

Almost half of Australia's accommodation industry has reduced staffing levels as a direct result of increased labour costs in the current financial year. This...

Show brings together Melbourne’s foodservice elite

Melbourne’s hospitality community was out in force at Foodservice Australia 2013, with more than 5000 visitors over the show’s three days. Many exhibitors...

John Lanzafame is the best pizza and pasta chef in Australia

As expected, competition was hot this year in the Australian leg of the Fonterra Global Pizza and Pasta Challenge 2013, with some of the biggest names...

AMWU: Simplot closure would be "catastrophic"

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says the closure of a food processing plant in Bathurst would have "catastrophic" impacts on the community. Simplot...

Minister ‘goes overboard’ on 457 visas

The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) today expressed serious concern with comments in the Parliament by the Immigration Minister attacking the tourism...

NSW going soft on rogue operators, says liquor regulator

The New South Wales liquor regulator has questioned why it has not been asked on more occasions to use its powers to ban rogue operators from the liquor...

AHA teams up with the AAHS to address national skill shortages

The Association of Australian Hotel Schools (AAHS) and the Australian Hotel Association (AHA) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate...

Minister welcomes fall in alcohol-fuelled violence

The Minister for Hospitality, George Souris, has welcomed the significant drop in the number of assaults on licensed premises announced in the latest report...