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Starwood Hotels’ Aloft Brand to make landmark debut in Australia

SYDNEY - Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced that its rapidly expanding Aloft Hotels brand will soon enter the Australian market for...

Melbourne's Blumenthal coup

ONE of the world’s most famous restaurants, The Fat Duck, is to close at Christmas and relocate to Melbourne. The restaurant’s owner and chef Heston...

Minimum wages not to blame for restaurant failures

In reference to “Freeze minimum wages or we’ll shut down, say restaurateurs” (AFR, March 27), every month probably hundreds of restaurants close...

Accommodation industry has responsibilities to new legislation

The new suite of state legislation to modernise the Queensland accommodation industry has some significant responsibilities for resident managers and their...

Mantra IPO cancelled

Mantra Group has cancelled its $400 million initial public offering indefinitely. Joint lead managers UBS and Macquarie Capital along with Mantra management...

Ritz-Carlton confirms Perth hotel

Ritz-Carlton is set to make its return to Australia with a new-build hotel confirmed yesterday for Perth’s Elizabeth Quay development. The hotel was...

The 'Market Rates' Of 457 Visas Can Fix Australia's Gap Of 56,000 Hospitality Workers - Austrade

Milanese chef Davide Albertoni was sponsored by the owner of Il Baretto trattoria in Sydney’s Surry Hills. Picture: James Croucher Source: News Corp...

Renovate pubs as you like but keep serving chicken parmigiana

Publican Matt Mullins and Jemma Lee commemorate the 150th anniversary of Carlton & United Breweries in Melbourne yesterday. Picture: Ian Currie Source: TheAustralian FOR...

Federal discretionary grants placed on hold, 100 business grants to be impacted

The federal government is understood to have placed all federal discretionary grant programs on hold, impacting approximately 100 business grants. SmartCompany understands...

Cornell Study Finds Eco-Certified Hotels Are More Resource Efficient

A new study from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the School of Hotel Administration has documented an unexpected benefit when hotels...