Queensland hospitality professionals were offered the opportunity to experience first-class service this week with the launch of Brisbane-based Redmako’s innovative new website. The website featured beautiful design and imagery aimed to delight its readers, an easy-to-use interface, and exciting opportunities not yet announced to the general public. Redmako Director Anthony Rice said the website was an opportunity […]
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Jan
Jan
Have your expectations of the grand Facebook let you down? It’s the platform with promises, but too many hospitality businesses are struggling to see real results and benefits from using it. If this is you, you may need to do a ‘health check’ of your Facebook page. Are you ‘socially awkward’? In other words, do […]
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Jan
Jan
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Eric Schmidt, Former Executive Chairman of Google When you make a cake, you need more than one ingredient. No matter how skilled, experienced or knowledgeable you (or your favourite team members) are, hospitality is never a one-man-show. Successful teams work best when everyone is […]
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Dec
Dec
Optimism, a can-do attitude and saying “Yes!” are common traits amongst long-time hospitality workers. It’s common to hear advice about how important saying ‘yes’ is, how you need to always offer solutions and not problems, and how you need to get around that dreaded ‘no’ somehow. But in the can-do industry where we are here to […]
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Dec
Dec
Oh My Goodness – Jingle your bells, deck the halls with boughs of holly, poke a reindeer and grab your brolly – here comes Christmas!! Are you ready Hospitality?? This is your time of year to shine: Work 100+ hours per week, make copious amounts of Eggnog, take all the bookings for the inevitable break-up […]
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Nov
Nov
Queensland Grade 10 and 11 students have the opportunity to partner with local businesses to earn more than just money this Christmas. “We want to help local teens earn money and a qualification over Christmas in their favourite local businesses. The businesses will also gain their own benefits from placing students in their stores,” Redmako […]
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Nov
Nov
Recently Redmako conducted research to investigate the quality of services provided to Queensland hospitality business owners. The results were astounding. In all of Queensland, only one full service business brokerage firm truly specialised in business sales within the hospitality industry. Results show that while Redmako Business Sale’s portfolio of businesses for sale are 100% hospitality […]
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Oct
Oct
In the past month, four major hospitality venues have announced closures: Bistro One Eleven, Ortiga, Sardine Tin and Piaf. Whilst media outlets are labelling our hospitality scene as ‘the struggling industry’, we’re not quite so sure. Owners have told The Courier Mail that rising electricity, rent, staff penalty rates and car park costs are the […]
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Oct
Oct
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Oct
Oct
Do you know your customers like the back of your hand? Put yourself in their shoes: look at your website, promotional material, design, menu, and all branding from the eyes of a regular customer. We know you LOVE your business, but try not to be biased. The only way to be better than the adjacent […]