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Guildford Hotel to re-open

Eight years after it was gutted and all but destroyed by fire, the Guildford Hotel in Perth is re-opening this Thursday. The original features have been...

Victoria bans e-cigarettes

Victoria is introducing new laws next year which will ban e-cigarettes in all areas where smoking is prohibited. The changes will treat e-cigarettes like...

Mantra Group to expand into the US market

Listed Gold Coast based hotel operator Mantra Group is planning to expand into the United States and has raised $107 million to help fund its first acquisition...

Cook short-changed more than $10,000

An international student working as a cook at a Melbourne restaurant was underpaid more than $10,000 because the owner believed he was inexperienced...

Statement on outcome of Inquiry into the housekeeping services of 4 and 5-star hotels

The Fair Work Ombudsman today released the findings of its Inquiry into the procurement of housekeeping services by three of Australia’s major hotel...

Employer lured, exploited and berated young backpackers, before leaving them stranded

A business operator has been penalised $71,910 after making bogus claims in job ads to lure young backpackers to a remote area of western Tasmania, before...

Melbourne restaurant faces Court over failure to respond to backpayment of Indian visa-holders

The former operator of an Indian restaurant at Richmond, in suburban Melbourne, is facing Court for allegedly failing to respond to a request to back-pay...

Don’t blame us for chef shortage, say chefs

The figures are striking. According to a Deloitte Access Economics report, more than 38,000 chefs are needed across Australia. The result: some of the...

AccorHotels courts Chinese tourists

With more than one million Chinese visitors coming to Australia, AccorHotels has targeted this market as its next big growth sector. It has launched its...

Lantern Hotel Group sells pubs

The ASX listed Lantern Hotels Group has sold two hotels this month. The sale is part of Lantern’s strategy to offload non-core hotels. The first pub...