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Powdered alcohol banned in Victoria but national ban will not be enforced

The ban on powdered alcohol in Victoria will not be enforced countrywide, with the Abbott government saying it is a decision for each state. From July...

Chinese-Australian buys Hilton Hotel on the Gold Coast

Brookfield Multiplex has sold its Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel on the Gold Coast for more than $50 million to a private Chinese-Australian family. The...

Should we take children to restaurants or leave them at home?

While the dining debate rages on, some common sense needs to be injected into this culinary conundrum. To dine out with toddlers or to not dine out...

Service standards ‘sliding as penalty rates bite’

Hospitality employers say they are skimping on service for customers as they struggle to meet demand for ­extended trading and pay penalty rates to staff....

Curtains up: drama makes way for dining at Peter Gilmore’s Bennelong

Peter Gilmore prepares for the opening of the Bennelong restaurant at the Sydney Opera House. ‘There’s definitely good adrenaline flowing,’ he says....

Marriott International looks to expand in Australia

Marriott chief operating officer Rajeev Menon and managing director Craig Smith. Picture: Hollie Adams Source: News Corp Australia   US hospitality...

Bonvests joins Perth hospitality stampede

Yet another Asian group has plunged into the nation’s hotel scene with the Singapore-listed Bonvests Holdings believed to be paying about $100 million...

Pub baron Arthur Laundy buys Woolwich Pier Hotel and Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel

Pub baron Arthur Laundy. Picture: Supplied ARTHUR Laundy says food will be a focus at his newly purchased Panania, Woolwich Pier and Woolloomooloo Bay...

Speed up tardy restaurant service by calling the front of house

It’s a scenario that every patron is painfully familiar with: you’ve been sitting in a restaurant for close to half an hour and your order still hasn’t...

Sneak Peek: Sydney's amazing new Bennelong restaurant

Eighteen months after Guillaume Brahimi’s critically acclaimed restaurant at the Sydney Opera House closed amid plans to make the space more casual,...