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Mini bar trends to boost your business

Investing in the latest mini bar technology and trends can reduce your servicing costs, aid convenience, boost energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. But...

Raising the wine bar

So many bars, so little time. The past 18 months have seen a proliferation of particularly good, wine-obsessed establishments pop up in inner-city laneways...

What not to do! Week 50!

What was busted this week and what were they caught doing? The things you should look out for. The NSW Food Authority publishes lists of businesses that...

US trends show the way

When the New York Hilton Midtown said it was dispensing with room service starting in August it caught both travellers and competitors a bit by surprise. Room...

Metcash reverses split of food business

Retailer Metcash is splitting its food and grocery business into two, reversing a 2012 decision to merge the operations. Metcash's supermarket business,...

Pan Pacific to open second Parkroyal in Melbourne

Pan Pacific Hotels Group will open the 281-room Parkroyal Melbourne – its fourth Parkroyal hotel in Australia and the second in Melbourne – in 2016. The...

Mt Isa hotel to offer accommodation

Mt Isa's Barkly Hotel will undergo a complete transformation in the coming months, according to Justin Holman and his wife, Katie, who took over as general...

Fairfax sells Stayz accommodation website for $220m

Fairfax Media offloaded its holiday rentals website Stayz to US-listed holiday rentals group HomeAway for about $220 million, late on Wednesday [December...

McLaren Vale to get new hostel

South Australia's McLaren Vale will have a new backpackers hostel next August next after being approved by Onkaparinga Council. Barossa Backpackers owner...

Double Bay hotel saved

The Woollahra Council has approved an application by the InterContinental Hotel Group to restore the old Ritz-Carlton/ Stamford Grand hotel in Sydney's...