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Flashback - August 2005 was a celebratory year for H&R

FLASHBACK: It’s 2005, H&R turns 70 and all’s right with the world

August 15th, 2011

The late and much-respected publisher Harold Eedes said: “The big hotel and restaurant chains and many independent operators have done ...
Flashback - South African flag was launched on 27 April 1994

FLASHBACK: 1994, a momentous year for the country

August 8th, 2011

Tourism industry looked forward to a bright, new future under a new government and with a new flag flying ...
Flashback - gold medal award winning chefs on the December 1984 cover

FLASHBACK: 1984 – New hotels abound

August 1st, 2011

Sandton Sun declared “A new dimension in SA hotels” and chefs came back from Frankfurt with gold medals ...
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Managing comments on Tripadvisor

August 1st, 2011

One of the most consistent queries one receives as a marketing consultant is: ‘How do I manage negative comments on ...
Matifadza Nyazema appointed executive manager of Sandton Convention Centre

FLASHBACK: 2006 – what a year! Only five years ago, but it seems like another era

July 25th, 2011

Profitability, awards, opportunities, growth – it seemed the good times would never end ...
December 2001 cover - executive chef Andrew Atkinson

FLASHBACK: In 2001 the industry grappled with smoking legislation and “pink tourism”

July 18th, 2011

Business was finally starting to pick up after a tough trading period in 2000 ...
Jodi-Ann Pearton

“The Masterchef syndrome”

July 18th, 2011

Masterchef Australia: a television masterpiece, the show that has taken even Jamie Oliver by surprise but what has it done ...
Flashback - February 1996 cover excerpt

FLASHBACK: 15 years ago today… new and improved was the order of the day

July 11th, 2011

But discipline and aggression in the workplace still needed to be tackled ...
H&C July 1991 cover

FLASHBACK: 20 years ago today… the hotel industry was declared bankrupt!

July 4th, 2011

Read a snapshot of the July 1991 issue of Hotelier & Caterer (as Hotel & Restaurant was called for much ...
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Opinion: House wine, plonk and other interesting glass fillers

May 19th, 2011

Janice Scheckter of The Wine School is on the hunt for good house wine in Jo'burg ...