A broad national survey this month brings welcome news to hospitality businesses, finding a major increase in patron confidence about returning to venues. Two thirds of Australians (67pc) reported they think about the consequences of COVID-19 if they go to a pub, but 82 per cent feel confident about returning to their local pub, club […]
Australian Venue Co has been putting its best half-foot forward, offering everything at half-price at its Sydney pubs during January as it strives for recovery. Eight Sydney bars are fronting a fresh start for ‘21 with ‘Sydney’s Happiest Hour’ offering 50 per cent off all food and drinks bills from 5-6pm, every day throughout January
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Australian hospitality stalwart and honorary doctor Max Hitchins has published a guide for publicans in post-pandemic times, boasting wisdom from strategists around the globe. Max Hitchins has been a face of Australian pubs for many decades, commonly called both the Hospitality Doctor, and MelbourneCupMax. The former is a reference to his books helping operators get
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Signs continue that well-positioned ‘non-metro’ hospitality stands to benefit from the increased need for interstate and intrastate travel, as Australia looks to years of forced isolation in the wake of the pandemic. Both domestic and international travel have steadily trended upward for more than a decade, with Australians taking more trips overseas and foreign travellers
New research from Roy Morgan data reports that pre-COVID-19 the number of Australians visiting pubs was up 10 per cent on figures from 2016. Contrary to their liquid image, it was found the greatest reason for Aussies (over 14 years) to go to a pub was to have a meal, with 9.5 million visiting over
A study of Australian businesses commissioned by Money.com.au has found an alarming number of SMEs have come close to going under, fuelling speculation on the number of so-called ‘zombie’ businesses expected to fold in September. An independent survey of 261 Australian business owners through financial information platform Money.com.au found 62 per cent of SMEs have
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This week has and will continue to see pubs around the country re-emerge or stretch to renewed diminished capacity in the light of eased restrictions, and operators are wasting no time executing enticements. Never in the field of public houses have so many been so happy about so few customers, and large and small the
The quest to resume profitable trading marches on with further states joining NSW in allowing hoteliers to welcome more customers back to their modified post-pandemic pubs. The Berejiklian Government in NSW has released its industry guidelines for hospitality, providing a checklist of items to include in a venue’s COVID-19 Safety Plan for increasing capacity to
Authorities have begun circulating checklists to industry to help licensed venues meet their COVID-19 safety plans required for reopening Monday, 1 June. In NSW larger venues will be able to take up to 50 people in separate existing dining areas, limited to one patron per four square metres and a group booking limit of 10.
ASX-listed hotel operator Redcape has released announcement it will be reopening most of its 32 venues next week, with CEO Dan Brady discussing the need for special measures and plans to ensure the customer experience. In the three-minute video release Brady explains how the group has aimed to minimise its cash burn, improve team connections,
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