Hospitality businesses are feeling mixed reactions to the start of new laws decriminalising personal use amounts of all drugs, in the nation’s capital. In 2020 the ACT legalised personal use amounts of cannabis, and the following year the drug bill was introduced to the ACT Legislative Assembly. In what has been widely viewed as another piece of …
A Coroner’s report has called for stricter RSA compliance checks on venues after the drink-driving death of a young man served 25 beers over about seven hours. On the night of Friday, 30 April 2021, 25-year-old apprentice boilermaker Jethro Wolf Douglas attended a hotel on Tasmania’s west coast with a mate, having had a few …
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A popular Adelaide hotel has been shamed and issued breaches over a promotion offering free drinks to women in exchange for their bras. The nightclub of the Woolshed on Hindley St began promotion in June of an event dubbed ‘Hang your bra in the shed’ where girls get one, two or three free drinks upon …
Research on global trends in dining bookings has found fresh insights, including that customers utilising social media and websites has more than doubled in the past two years. The analysis by ResDiary offers opportunity for venues to cater strategies to better avoid missing bookings and secure optimum patronage, heading into the busiest time of year. …
Britain’s largest pub group has announced the introduction of controversial ‘surge’ pricing on drinks at its busiest venues, with inflation-tainted patrons not happy. Stonegate Group keeps 4,500 venues, including chains Yates’s and the Slug & Lettuce. In the six months prior to April this year the company reported a loss of 23 million pounds (AU$45 …
The NSW government has criticised and plans to investigate the practise of venues getting a ‘heads up’ on pending random inspections, furthering the anti-gaming debate as Australians baulk at the cashless economy. Documents by the NSW regulator, Liquor and Gaming, were tabled in parliament following requests by Independent MP Alex Greenwich. L&G’s written statement noted …
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The Cornish Arms has hit the headlines after a disparaging critique of a customer made it onto the receipt, which was then shared on social media. On 22 July a group attended the Hotel in Brunswick, ordering a selection of dishes and beverages, including a glass of pinot grigio, to be served with ice in …
Tech-based booking system ResDiary has analysed customer trends across key public holidays to help hospitality businesses balance costs for the upcoming inaugural King’s Birthday. Public holidays can be a mixed blessing for hospitality, with the potential for an influx of customers having to be weighed against higher operating costs. In early May the British empire …
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Lion and Tooheys have today unveiled another weapon in the pending State of Origin series, opening the Tedesco Inn in Camden, in tribute to the collective teamwork underpinning the success of the Blues. In celebration of the upcoming 2023 State of Origin series, Camden’s Plough and Harrow – in the hometown of the Westpac NSW …
Universal Hotels has skilfully negotiated a PR minefield, after an error in pricing prompted an angry social media post to go viral and a flood of negative reviews. The Oxford Hotel is an icon of Sydney’s colourful Oxford Street, and one of many in the Universal stable navigating a post-pandemic and lockout-affected landscape. But recently …
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