The NZ Hospitality Conference will return in July with a focus on recalibrating the industry for the future and with New York restaurateur Danny Meyer among the keynote speakers…

The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) is returning to Auckland on 25 June…

Organisers of the 2022 New Zealand Spirits Awards are reporting a record number of entries for this year’s event…

Lion NZ is expanding its Healthy Hospo health and wellbeing programme to offer in-person events around New Zealand in 2022…

New Zealand Winegrowers has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, providing a snapshot of the local wine industry’s sustainability journey…

Entries are now open for the Hospitality Awards for Excellence – the largest and longest-running national hospitality awards…

The Brewers Association, Brewers Guild of New Zealand and Hospitality NZ are calling for a cut in keg beer tax ahead of the upcoming excise tax increase…

A group of spirits industry professionals in Ukraine is asking for help from bars around the world as it fundraises for those affected by the Russian invasion…

Kiwi mixer brand East Imperial has won eight awards at the recent Tonic & Mixers Masters Competition in London…

Gourmet Hawke’s Bay event F.A.W.C is returning for winter with more than 45 events planned across four weekends in June…

The Central Otago wine industry has been selected as one of three business groups to participate in the Digital Cluster Initiative pilot programme…

Four Pillars Gin has announced it is the first carbon neutral gin distillery in Australia, as it unveils a AUD$7 million dollar upgrade to its Yarra Valley HQ…

Michael Donaldson delves into the fast-growing world of low carb beers…

It’s important to understand how a locality can impact alcohol licensing applications, says alcohol licensing lawyer Pervinder Kaur…

Dominic Roskrow takes a deep dive into whiskies from the New World and is left breathless…

Running your own business is challenging at the best of times, let alone in a global pandemic, so it’s encouraging to see independent operators surviving, says Joelle Thomson…

Tickets are now on sale for the 2022 New Zealand Spirits Awards presentation evening, to be held in Auckland on 10 June…

New Zealand Winegrowers is to petition the Unicode Consortium to develop a white wine emoji…

Hospitality company New Zealand Venue Co. has announced it will donate $1 from selected pints and mocktails sold across its venues to the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal…

Hospitality businesses can welcome 200 people indoors from this weekend as part of government changes that will also see an end to vaccine passes and mandates from early April…