Restaurants say surcharges are necessary. But experts say extra fees are ‘running rampant’

Restaurants say surcharges are necessary. But experts say extra fees are ‘running rampant’

One expert says unsuspecting diners are being “totally whacked” with added surcharges on restaurant bills,while some eateries claim they are necessary to cover payment fees and rising costs.

  • byCara Waters

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Christian Dior eyes new flagship CBD store after purchase

Christian Dior eyes new flagship CBD store after purchase

The luxury fashion house already has a store at the Westin Melbourne,but is moving house to a Flinders Lane building.

  • byNicole Lindsay
Sydney hospitality giant Merivale snaps up another Melbourne CBD restaurant site

Sydney hospitality giant Merivale snaps up another Melbourne CBD restaurant site

Billionaire Justin Hemmes’ outfit is reported to have chosen a site down a historic laneway for its third Victorian property.

  • byDani Valent
‘It just felt special’:Billionaire peers buy up Lorne’s pubs
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‘It just felt special’:Billionaire peers buy up Lorne’s pubs

The local gossip is that when billionaire Justin Hemmes arrived in Lorne for the first time,he assumed the pub he had just bought was the grand building on the point – not the unassuming venue behind the surf club.

  • byCara Waters
Hemmes in race for massive CBD development above new train station

Hemmes in race for massive CBD development above new train station

The billionaire pub baron is teaming with two property giants to bid to develop a major high-rise precinct that would transform Sydney’s CBD.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Billie Eilish’s secret Newtown shopping spree

Billie Eilish’s secret Newtown shopping spree

It’s not just inner west cool kids keen to score vintage pieces:stars like Billie Eilish,rapper A$AP Rocky and model Kendall Jenner are linked to one of our stores.

  • byLucy Manly
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Endeavour Hotels and Iris Capital expand pub portfolios

Endeavour Hotels and Iris Capital expand pub portfolios

Private investment groups Iris Capital and Mark Kennedy’s Endeavour Hotel vehicle have expanded their portfolios with the purchase of two regional pubs as demand for the sector shows little sign of abatement.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Canberra club:China hawks head to Washington DC

Canberra club:China hawks head to Washington DC

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China is growing and showing some true bipartisanship.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Post-European tour,this is how Justin Hemmes celebrated his actual 50th

Post-European tour,this is how Justin Hemmes celebrated his actual 50th

It wasn’t all champagne showers for the Merivale frontman on the day he blew out the candles. Plus,Guy Sebastian popped into what might be his new local cafe.

  • byLucy Manly
Paradise or purgatory? The Aussie billionaires buying islands

Paradise or purgatory? The Aussie billionaires buying islands

Island-buying has become a trend among Australia’s billionaires,but island dreams can quickly sour.

  • byJordan Baker
Sydneysider swoops on Victorian surf coast pub

Sydneysider swoops on Victorian surf coast pub

The Wye Beach Hotel is the latest in a string of pubs on Victoria’s famed surf coast to change hands as investors follow the crowds to regions.

  • bySimon Johanson