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Fair Work penalises 85 Degrees cafe franchisor $1.44 million

Hospitality Magazine

.” It’s the third-highest penalty ever secured by Fair Work, and is also the first time they have implemented the “responsible franchisor entity” provisions of the Protecting Vulnerable Workers reforms which holds a franchisor to account for the actions of its franchisees. Franchisors must take action.”

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Delly’s Milton announces closure

Hospitality Magazine

The restaurant ranked in the top 100 in Gourmet Traveller’s 2019 Restaurant Guide, the same year that it closed. St Isidore’s last day of service also fell on August 24, in 2019. Thank you to everyone who has been on the St Isidore -> Small Town Food and Wine -> Delly’s journey,” the couple wrote on the Delly’s Instagram account.

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IHG’s 2022 Americas RevPAR surpasses 2019 level

Hotel Business

for full-year 2022 vs. 2019. Worldwide ADR was up 8% vs. 2019, while occupancy was down 7 percentage points vs. 2019. “In In 2022, we saw demand return strongly in most of our markets, pushing group RevPAR back close to 2019 levels and fee margin ahead,” said Keith Barr, IHG Hotels & Resorts.

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Online reservation platform TheFork to cease operations in Australia

Hospitality Magazine

It also told account members that they have until 31 March to redeem their Yums points and any not used before the date will automatically expire. TheFork will continue to operate in Europe, and any Australian members who want to use the platform overseas will have to make a new account to do so.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Thailand gears up for the return of Chinese tourists

eHotelier

For many destinations, the return of the world’s largest outbound travel market – accounting for a staggering 155 million international trips in 2019¹ – will provide a huge boost to their economies following the challenges of the last three years.

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Ex-burger operator penalised after failing to back-pay apprentice

Hospitality Magazine

Judge Liveris found that there was a need to impose a penalty to deter Territory Tough and other employers from similar breaches in future, saying he took into account that “the fast food, restaurant and café industry has recorded high rates of non-compliance with workplace laws”.

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