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Restaurant tips around the world: how much should you leave?

According to research, Brits leave an average tip of nine per cent. But doing the same abroad might get you in trouble... A survey has found that...

Ascendas Hospitality Trust sells Pullman hotel for A$75.1m

Singapore-listed Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTrust) Friday announced that it had sold the Pullman Cairns International hotel in Cairns, Australia, which...

Matteo Pignatelli, Paul Carmichael, Anthony Bourdain and other movers in the kitchen world

High-end takeaway may well be the way forward for restaurants, according to Matteo Pignatelli, national president of Restaurant & Catering Australia. The...

Chefs' picks: Australia's top 100 restaurants for 2015 revealed

Professional restaurant critics have long made their favourites known, but which restaurants do Australian chefs think are the best in the land? A seat...

Ice use in workforce highest in 'blue-collar jobs', statistics reveal

rade workers and those in the hospitality industry are among the biggest users of the drug ice in the workforce, an analysis of national drug data has...

Tesla's Powerwall might help your business keep the lights on

Along with cutting your power bills, a solar-powered battery backup for your office might be a smart insurance policy. When most people think of solar...

Support small business to drive Canberra’s economic recovery

Hours after delivering his second budget, Treasurer Joe Hockey took to the podium in Parliament's Great Hall to address an enthusiastic gathering of supporters,...

End to dry polls for Melbourne cafes and restaurants

A hangover from the anti-alcohol movement of the 1920s has finally been relegated to the history books in Melbourne's surviving dry areas. While the city's...

Hospitality workers take pay cut for Sunday work

The restaurant industry has won a long-running battle to cut Sunday penalty rates with the Fair Work Commission deciding yesterday to reduce Sunday loadings...

Firedoor is the restaurant Sydney's wanted for a long time

In a bite Firedoor is a whole new restaurant genre, with everything cooked over a charcoal grill or in wood-fired ovens. It’s low tech, old school,...