Jane Louise, Author at PubTIC

WHY HOSPITALITY SHOULD CARE ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Our previous story on artificial intelligence’s role in hospitality looked at the benefits and challenges of using AI, including training, ethics and standards. This article focuses on the importance of governance and strategies, policies and regulations and how these will affect the hospitality industry in Australia. As AI systems advance, it’s crucial that they remain […]

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REGIONAL PUB THRIVES DESPITE GROWING CLOSURES

Food, New on the menu / Jane Louise

Regional Queensland pub the Grand Hotel in Childers has found itself thriving, bucking the trend of foodservice industry closures across the country. For those hospitality venues that successfully navigated COVID, the added pressures of rising costs across the board – as well as staff shortages – are taking their toll, and numerous eateries are closing

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GLADSTONE HOTEL LICENSEE BANNED FOR TWO YEARS

Licensing, Red Tape / Jane Louise

Liquor and Gaming NSW has given a two-year liquor licence ban to a Hunter licensee after a patron was allegedly served an equivalent of thirty-five standard drinks. Former Gladstone Hotel licensee Tracey Keegan has been banned from holding positions of either a liquor licensee or approved manager, and is further banned from being a close

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CASH STILL KING IN THE COUNTRY

Industry / Jane Louise

Cashless businesses are becoming more prevalent across Australia, although regional small businesses are not as eager to follow the trend. 30 per cent of Australian businesses are located in regional areas, where many require the most cost-effective method for gathering payments. As financial institutions persist in shutting down local branches, access to cash in regional

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NEW GRANTS OFFER $10m TO BELEAGUERED MUSIC VENUES

Entertainment, Music / Jane Louise

The Victorian Government recently announced two programs designed to bolster the state’s live music scene, in response to pressures of rising costs and changes in attendance following the pandemic. The programs are designed to create more paid gigs for both new and established local artists, with at least a quarter of the $10 million funding

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SHOAL BAY BEATS LONG STANDING ALLEGATIONS OF NOISE

Licensing, Trade Restriction / Jane Louise

Popular live music venue Shoal Bay Country Club Hotel has emerged victorious after a three-year dispute with neighbours over noise levels ended in the hotel’s favour. The hotel, located in a sought-after New South Wales tourist town, first opened in 1954 and now brings in around 6k patrons weekly. It has been cleared of creating

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RISING CRESCENDO: MUSIC HITS NEW HIGHS WITH GRANTS, VENUES AND A PETITION

Entertainment, Music / Jane Louise

Funding of $850k is being granted to twenty live music venues, a new live music venue opens, and a motion is to be introduced to a state parliament to strengthen heritage laws in the wake of the petition to save ‘the Cranker’. The attention on the industry has come about as requests to the South

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POTATOES HOT PROPERTY AS PRODUCTION VALUE SURPASSES $1 BILLION

Food, Foodie Trends / Jane Louise

Australia first became aware of a potential hot chip shortage back in November 2022, when a combination of mounting production costs, international events and weather events led to the predicted shortage in January 2023. Potato farming is spread across the country, which usually mitigates losses due to weather. However, Stephanie Jacobs, senior climatologist at the

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DA MAY MEAN CURTAINS FOR ANOTHER MUSIC VENUE

Pub Relations, Public Opinion / Jane Louise

On the heels of the loss of Melbourne pub The Bendigo Hotel, beloved Adelaide rock venue the Crown & Anchor’s future is in now doubt after a Singapore-based developer lodged plans for a partial demolition and adaptive reuse of the heritage-listed building. The plans include a high-rise student accommodation on top of the hotel, bringing

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NEW RULES FOR SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS

Accommodation, Business / Jane Louise

In tourism hot spots across Australia, homelessness is on the rise. A recent NSW Planning Department discussion paper on the rental market showed that since 2019, rents have increased by 38 per cent, and as of December 2023 in Greater Sydney vacancy rates have reduced to just 1.7 per cent. “As housing affordability in NSW

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PUBS FACING MORE GAMING REFORM

ARGYLE MOSS VALE ON THE BLOCK

SOUND NSW TUNES UP LIVE MUSIC VENUES

TWO NEW PROJECTS FOR FEROS

VIC PUSHING AHEAD WITH MANDATORY CARDED PLAY

BELMORE JUMPS IN SCONE

Author name: Jane Louise