The Warehouse Group has sold its outdoor adventure and sports retail brand Torpedo7 business for $1.
KMD Brands says its outdoor retail chain Kathmandu has seen softer trading since June 2023 due to a poor winter.
The hunt is on for New Zealand’s best gastropubs in the inaugural Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropub Awards
Electronic card spending in hospitality reached $1.33bn in January 2024, according to Stats NZ.
Consumer spending in the hospitality sector fell to $1.03bn over the holiday period in January 2023, down 1.4% compared to the same month in 2023, according to card spending data from Worldline.
ServiceIQ has launched a new training programme designed to help school students and graduates into service sectors such as tourism and hospitality.
The price of restaurant meals was more expensive in December 2023, compared to the same month last year.
SkyCity is reopening its popular steakhouse The Grill inside its new 50-star Horizon hotel.
Monthly spending on hospitality increased 3.3%, or $45m, between December 2022 and December 2023, according to Stats NZ’s latest electronic card transaction data.
A new food and wine destination is opening this week near Queenstown – the first phase of a circa $200m development at a historic 160-year-old farm.
A new hospitality, retail and commercial outlet is planned for the site of a building currently used for car parking.
The inclusion of hospitality alongside tourism in a government portfolio is deserved recognition of a $14bn sector, say industry groups.
The Lindis Group has teased the launch of a new private dining experienced called The Black Diamond.
Napier businesses will be able to stay open on Easter Sunday for the next five years.
The global restaurant burger chain, owned by Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg and his family, was first established in 2011 and opened its first New Zealand location in Auckland in March this year.
Venues Ōtautahi is reporting strong demand for premium hospitality spaces at Te Kaha Stadium in Christchurch.
House of Travel has opened a new store in Christchurch at the front of The Mayfair hotel.
Spending in cafes and restaurants weakened over October, according to Worldline.
The association’s CEO says many of its members will feel positive about the result.
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited and Restaurant Hub are looking for the top 100 dishes across the region as part of Iconic Auckland Eats’ fourth annual awards.
Growth in restaurants and hospitality businesses across the country are being tempered by higher costs, according to the Restaurant Association.
Wellington Airport’s Lyall Bay and Rongotai precincts are being redeveloped to include new food and beverage outlets, as well as a new airport services centre.
Cancellations and the expense of water workarounds are among the challenges for the resort’s operators.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has approved Tourism Industry Aotearoa as an employer bargaining party under the Fair Pay Agreement Act.
Closer integration with businesses and stakeholders is also a top priority for the association’s new CEO.
Christchurch hospitality and accommodation provider Springs Junction Café and Motor Inn has been fined $36,000 for breaching multiple employment standards during the 2020 Covid pandemic.
The pandemic’s lingering impact has driven people back to agents to help cope with uncertainty.
Rotorua restaurant Atticus Funch has taken home the top gong at the Rotorua Hospitality Awards.
Good Spirits Hospitality is selling its portfolio of nine venues for $20.7m to another hospitality operator, Brew On Quay.
Tourism and hospitality businesses from Waiheke Island and Aotea Great Barrier Island have celebrated completing the Taurikura Initiative.
QT Queenstown is reopening the doors to its Lil Red restaurant this month.
New Zealand Venue Co has bought the Morningside Tavern and neighbouring event space, Glasshouse, in Auckland.
Hospitality New Zealand has welcomed new legislation that will enable venues to extend trading hours during the Rugby World Cup without needing a special licence.
Hospitality businesses can open longer for the men’s Rugby World Cup after the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill passed its third reading.
Electronic card spending in hospitality reached $1.18bn during June 2023, according to the latest data from Stats NZ.
SkyCity will open a new Pacific-inspired restaurant in October headed by chef Michael Meredith.
The unique floating coffee and burger stop on the popular Lake Dunstan Cycle and Walking Trail is up for sale.
InterContinental Auckland has appointed former My Kitchen Rules New Zealand host Gareth Stewart as partner chef and design elements of the luxury hotel’s restaurant.
After steering Hospitality NZ through the pandemic, White signs off on an ’empty tank’ but with high hopes for the resilient industry.
Christchurch venues win both the Supreme Award and the People’s Choice at last night’s gala dinner.
SkyCity Entertainment’s general manager of Auckland hospitality, David Allot, has been named the Hospitality Industry Leader of the Year.
A minister of hospitality is among the requests to the government elected on 14 October in Hospitality New Zealand’s election manifesto.
Hospitality New Zealand has applied to become the bargaining agent for hospitality employers, which would see it enter negotiations on an industry pay arrangement under the Fair Pay Agreements Act.
Hospitality New Zealand is calling for the government to take a second look at the potential ramifications if the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill becomes law.
May card spending in the hospitality industry increased by 7.6% to $1.176bn compared to the $1.094bn transacted during the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.
Australian industry stalwart Sam Egerton will be speaking at Hospitality New Zealand’s conference, alongside others including Kevin Biggar, Melissa Muirhead, Ashley Fell, and Dan Te Whenua Walker.
New Zealand hospitality businesses are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the state of the economy, according to the latest survey conducted by the Restaurant Association of New Zealand.
The hospitality sector has led an increase in the number of filled jobs for the March 2023 quarter, according to Stats NZ.
The former Auckland tourism boss and the chair of BEIA will take over from Julie White.
Auckland Airport’s is moving to a single operator model with LagardèreAWPL as its duty-free partner.
