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 cousins across the ditch to fly into Australia without undergoing the two weeks hotel quarantine. […]
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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Hollywood celebrity Matthew McConaughey is fronting a new initiative honouring local legends, amongst them Matthew and Linda Rudd, owners of the Batlow Hotel. The Wild Turkey “With Thanks” program is celebrating the protection and preservation of wilderness for future generations. It led the Texas-born movie star to personally video call candidates to hear their stories,
A Melbourne pub is in the spotlight in video showing a security guard holding a teenager in a choke hold before carrying his limp body outside. The footage, taken by patrons at the Dorset Gardens Hotel in Croydon on Saturday 14 September, appears to show a guard holding a man around the neck before he
An ALH venue is under fire after a regular patron, with autism, was denied service for suspected intoxication. 21-year-old James Paradiso is an IT student and a regular at the Brass Monkey, in Perth. Last week he entered the pub, only to be asked by a barperson how much he had already had to drink.
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One of Australia’s leading hospitality groups is leading a big push to get Australians back out and back into venues for the festive season, with a campaign that pits going to the pub with cringeworthy Christmas snaps. The Solotel campaign is tapping into hilariously awkward Christmas family photos, suggesting all everyone needs is “to go
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
Paddington’s pioneering Captain Cook Hotel has come under fire by some seemingly spoiling for a fight, falsely accused of bowing to the movement challenging Australia’s formative years through the tweaking of its common name. The old pub was taken on by Robby Moroney in February, after some troubled times and a period in dry-dock. Built
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