Business & Trade

SURFERS PARADISE BANS PUB CRAWLS

Posted on July 7th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A battle is being waged over the right to party, seeing venue operators and council wanting to end the infamous ‘pub crawls’ of Surfers, while crawl operators refuse to go quietly into the night. Licensees of the Surfers Paradise Licenced

ALH ROLLS OUT ADVANCED CONTACTLESS ORDERING AT ALL VENUES

Posted on April 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest publican, Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), has announced roll-out of pioneering ordering and payment platform me&u across the group’s 330+ venues. ALH reports seeking a best-in-class contactless ordering experience, and following a trial at The Cheeky Squire in

PATRONS RETURNING TO ‘SOUL OF THE CBD’

Posted on February 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
New consumer research finds people eager to get back into the cities, and over half of Aussies reporting they see hospitality as the soul of their city. The survey found 55 per cent of Australians touting venues as vital to

NZ TRAVEL BUBBLE: SHOT IN THE ARM FOR HOSPO

Posted on February 1st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Australia is welcoming back visitors from across the Tasman, offering some hope for hospitality businesses around the country crippled by the downturn in tourism. The so-called ‘Green Zone’ flights between Australia and New Zealand took off yesterday, finally allowing our

PATRON CONFIDENCE RETURNING

Posted on January 27th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

AVC REPORTS STRONG RETURN TO TRADE AMID HALF-PRICE PROMO

Posted on January 25th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
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

HOSPITALITY DOCTOR’S GUIDE TO POST-PANDEMIC SUCCESS

Posted on August 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
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

OPPORTUNITY RISING IN REGIONAL POST-PANDEMIC

Posted on August 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
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

ROY MORGAN DATA ON RISING PUB PATRONAGE

Posted on July 15th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
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)

STUDY WARNS OF ‘ZOMBIE’ BUSINESSES ON THE HORIZON

Posted on July 3rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
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