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Pan Pacific Perth appoints new general manager Paul Flett

Pan Pacific Perth is delighted to welcome Paul Flett as General Manager, effective immediately. Paul has relocated to Perth from Sydney to lead Pan Pacific...

Popular Sydney café wins noise battle against local residents

A popular Sydney café which has been the centre of two years’ worth of sound complaints has been cleared of any wrongdoing. Sound complaints from residents...

Toorak cafe becomes involved in cocaine import investigation

The Via Torino café in Toorak has found itself in the middle of a cocaine importation investigation. Detectives looking into the importation of 45 kilograms...

Brisbane restaurant fined $355k for underpayments and false records

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $355,000 in penalties in court against the operators of a Brisbane sushi restaurant after they deliberately...

Accor secures management rights to 10 more hotels with most to be branded Mercure

Accor will expand its hotel portfolio, having secured the management rights to 10 hotels including one Ibis Styles and nine Mercure hotels. The move adds...

ARL takes a punt and buys one of Brisbane’s most famous hotels

The Australian Rugby League Commission has purchased one of Brisbane’s most famous hotels.  On Monday, the League delivered a statement announcing...

No cheer for pubs and beer drinkers as excise set to rise again this year

Pubs and brewers are bracing themselves for a rise in the fresh beer excise tax which is set to increase in August for the second time this year.  This...

Iris Capital buys Strathfield Hotel sells for circa $80M

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has paid around $80 million to buy the Strathfield Hotel in Sydney’s west from the Whelan family. The hotel sits on the...

Minimum wages increase from 1 July 2022

From 1 July 2022: the National Minimum Wage has increased by $40 per week, which amounts to an increase of 5.2% award minimum wages have increased...

Humble hairdryer now a luxury hotel experience

The humble hairdryer, available in most hotel rooms around the world has been given a luxury makeover, with one Australian hotel adding it to rooms as...