Hawke’s Bay hospitality and tourism need the tourists back. But is the region ready?

by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Mar 8, 2023 | Opinion

Late last year Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay Tourism, Hamish Saxton said that after another
 rollercoaster year for Hawke’s Bay’s visitor economy, things were on the up. “ Considering where 
we started in January 2022, the visitor economy in Food and Wine Country is...

Study shows hospitality industry needs to get its house in order to recover its workforce

by David Wrigley | Mar 2, 2023 | Opinion

For hospitality workers and workers who have left the industry over the past couple of years, the He Tangata survey released by AUT this week will contain few suprises. Business owners and industry lobby groups however, may find a few unpleasant truths that...

More tough times ahead for hospo operators as more than half of employees are considering leaving

by Editor | Mar 1, 2023 | News

New Zealand now has better data on working conditions in tourism and hospitality, for those on the frontline as well as for managers, following a survey of more than 900 people working in the industry. The He Tangata survey, conducted by AUT, was commissioned by the...

The Kitchen Collective has nailed the cloud kitchen. Here’s how. 

by Vincent Heeringa | Dec 15, 2022 | Opinion

Change It Up – In the first of our new food innovators series with Everybird Coffee, we meet Harrison Stott and Rob Humphrys, founders of The Kitchen Collective, the first to bring ghost kitchens to New Zealand at scale   Sometimes the best ideas are the...

From TB to Covid 19: the rise and fall of the restaurant

by David Wrigley | Dec 1, 2022 | Opinion

Born to service the sufferers of one respiratory disease, will restaurants be finished off by another? Restaurants have been doing it tough over the last couple of years. Since the first Covid lockdown restaurants have been going to the wall, suffering from chronic...