Hospo Venues Everywhere and Not a Customer to Serve
The fear of Omicron has stopped an awful lot of people from going out to venues to socialise. Staff and owners from venues in…
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Omicron | Lessons from Australia
According to an Australian business leader, New Zealand’s close contact settings need to change in order to avoid the same “crippling labour shortages” Australia…
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Red Setting Suffocating Hospitality
According to an Auckland business leader, the latest numbers show that hospitality trade is down over 30 percent compared to the same time last…
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Will Omicron Close Down Queenstown?
After 51 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed across Otago and Southland, a Queenstown business leader has predicted that the whole town could close by…
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CubaDupa Don’t – Wellington Hit with Another Cancellation
Coming just days after the city’s summer waterfront music festival Homegrown was canned as the Omicron outbreak grows, Wellington’s CubaDupa street festival has also…
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Pandemic Hits Sky City Entertainment Group Hard
Down 143 percent on the previous corresponding profit of $77.9m, pandemic-hit SkyCity Entertainment Group has reported a loss for its latest half-year of $33.7m….
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Queenstown Shut Down Signals Omicron “Inferno”
At least nine hospitality venues have been forced shut today by the Ministry of Health after visits by two customers instantly made at least…
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Red sees Hospo Down 30% – Govt Support Urgently Needed
“Our latest numbers show that hospitality trade is down over 30 percent compared to the same time last year. If extra Government support is…
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COVID-19 | Government Reveals Critical Workers
The Government has revealed which critical workers will be able to end self-isolation early if identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 case….
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COVID-19 Elevated Convenience and That’s How it Will Stay
E-commerce and omnichannel shopping were not born out of the pandemic, the pandemic didn’t conceive convenience, or inspire customers to demand it, but it…
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Wellington Hit with Big Cancellation
With artists such as Drax Project, The Beths, Kora and Gin Wigmore set to perform, Wellington’s annual music festival Homegrown has been cancelled because…
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Opinion | Screaming into the Void
New Zealand’s foodservice and hospitality sectors must feel like they’re screaming into the void on a daily basis. Despite repeated calls of concern regarding…
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