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Mantra’s ASX debut higher than expected

Mantra Group Limited has today (June 20) listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, debuting on the bourse under the ASX code MTR at AUD$1.85 per share...

Australia: Sunday penalty rates slashed for hospitality workers

Australia’s Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled that from July 1, casual employees in restaurants, bars and café’s will be paid the same hourly rate...

Aussie supplier stung with $30,000 fine for honey not made from bees

An Australian supplier of Mediterranean and Turkish food products has been stung with a $30,600 fine for misrepresenting its “Victoria Honey” product,...

Retail group backs student push to scrap three-hour minimum shifts

Australia’s largest retail group has backed a campaign by university students to scrap the regulation that requires Australian employers to employ casual...

Independent Australian beverage company enters administration

Independent Australian beverage company, Private Branded Beverages Limited along with three of its related companies has collapsed and entered administration. Private...

Staywell founder aiming for 100 hotels

Simon Wan says Staywell Hospitality Group has ‘one of the largest overseas footprints of any Australian hotelier ... something we are very proud of’ FROM...

South Australian hotels hit as pokie machines lose their lustre

Peterborough Hotel owner Geoff Tester has been trying to sell his pub so he can retire. Photo: Sam Wundke. THE value of poker machines has crashed to...

Tasmanian Hospitality Association joins national war on penalty rates

Tasmanian Hospitality Association general manager Steve Old says he will support a national move to look at penalty rates. Picture: MATT THOMPSON ...

Hotel and resort operator Mantra will join the Australian share market on Friday after raising $239 million from a share offer

Australia's second largest hotel and resort operator will make a $239 million entrance to the share market on Friday, amid weak consumer spending on travel...

KKR’s First Data moves on big banks’ payment services

A new mobile eftpos terminal along with applications, which it says will help Australian restaurants cope with the move from signatures to PINs only by...