The Five Most Common Restaurant Website Mistakes

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The Five Most Common Restaurant Website Mistakes

I see a lot of restaurant websites. I spend ages looking for restaurants where my wife can get a decent meal that caters to her vegan diet. I search Google Maps for nearby bars when I'm in a new city. And as the developer of WordPress themes and plugins for restaurants, I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes so many of these restaurant websites terrible. I've found it comes down to five simple questions a visitor has when they arrive on your site. Read More The Five Most Common Restaurant Website Mistakes

Say Adios to Avocado Toast and Make Marlin Guacamole Tostadas

It's time to put a moratorium on avocado toast. Sure, it tastes fine, but you can do way more with avocados and carbs than clog social media with another picture of a green square. How, you ask? Well, we've got the answer, or, rather, Mexico City's breakfast pro Diego Perez Turner gave us the answer; and it's surprisingly easy. Despite being at the helm of two of the city's hottest restaurants - Fresco by Diego and Temporal - the emphasis is squarely on simplicity. Read More Say Adios to Avocado Toast and Make Marlin Guacamole Tostadas

Hospitality businesses forced to adapt roles to tackle skills shortage

Hospitality operators are being forced to set up their own development and training schemes and even adapt roles to fit around candidates' strengths as a shortage of skills hampers recruitment plans. By Emma Eversham+, 31-May-2016 Read More Hospitality businesses forced to adapt roles to tackle skills shortage

Study: How millennials regard online restaurant reviews

A recent study reveals that a bad online opinion carries more weight than a positive one. Gone are the days when people asked for recommendations from friends and family and experts such as travel counselors when deciding where to travel, stay or dine. The advent of web 2.0 resulted in weblogs and review websites, altering how people make these decisions. Online review websites—which aggregate comments to summarize the evaluation of the product, star ratings (or thumbs up or down), votes on how helpful a review is perceived to be and the reviewer’s profile information—are especially useful for many audiences, especially younger consumers. Read More The Study: How millennials regard online restaurant reviews

The Deconstructed Coffee That Has Australians in an Uproar

In a world where vomiting the colors of the rainbow onto each and every food item is largely met with mass approval, how can one tell when a food trend goes too far in its quest for fame? That's the questions we're left asking ourselves after hearing of a coffee styling from Australia that spectacularly went up in flames, long before it ever had the chance to take off. Read More The Deconstructed Coffee That Has Australians in an Uproar

Aussie Online Ads Up 33.5% (As Google & Facebook Snare The Lion's Share)

Australian advertisers spent $1,731 million on online advertising for the quarter ending March 2016, an increase of 33.5 per cent year on year, according to the latest IAB/PWC report. As always the giant qualification is that the numbers are made up. Google and Facebook who capture the lion's share of the revenue do not provide their data, so estimates are applied. The IAB tends to be fairly... diplomatic... about the primacy of Google and Facebook, given the sensitivities of its other members. So before we get to the latest local data, here's a few little factoids to consider as context. Read More The Aussie Online Ads Up 33.5% (As Google & Facebook Snare The Lion's Share)