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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...

Letting agent's actions cost $700,000

A resident letting agent and company have been fined $418,716 after the Office of Fair Trading brought disciplinary proceedings for keeping expenses from...

Dept store to be 4-star hotel

Brisbane's 1902 TC Beirne building is to get a $20 million development to transform three floors of office space into 112 four-star hotel rooms, according...

New warehouse workflow management system developed for food wholesalers

Melbourne-based provider of supply chain execution software solutions, Inecom, has released a new version of warehouse management system, AccellossOne,...

PayPal launches mobile app for payment options at restaurants

Global financial services provider PayPal has launched a new feature in its popular mobile phone application, which enables restaurant customers to pay...

New $50 million hotel to be built at Canberra Airport

Construction work is scheduled to begin within weeks on the 4.5 star hotel. The 191 room building will be located 150 metres from the terminal. The airport...

Beer taps dominated by big brands as small brewers cry foul

The competition watchdog is investigating whether contracts between major beer companies and pubs are unfairly blocking smaller brewers from the market. The...

Five Tips to Heightened Hotel Sustainability with a Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass Option

More travelers and meeting planners are including a hotel's sustainability efforts in its selection criteria; Mobile key expert, OpenWays, offers five...

Freeze minimum wage or we’ll shut down, say restaurateurs

Stretched hotels and restaurants will close down or cut their opening hours if the minimum wage is significantly raised, the industry’s peak bodies warn. Restaurant...