Hong Kong’s hotels and tourist-area restaurants reported robust business during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a surge in outbound travel by residents underscored the city’s increasingly visitor-driven festival economy. An industry leader said the city had also seen more mainland tourists partly because of ongoing diplomatic tensions between China and Japan. Hongkongers were…
Restaurant industry leaders have defended Hong Kong’s labour importation scheme as a crucial “lifeline” for their struggling sector, arguing that it injects much-needed new blood and improves service standards rather than taking jobs from local workers. They also dismissed accusations that operators were using the scheme to hire cheap labour, insisting the total cost of…
Hong Kong’s decades-old chain restaurants are implementing innovative strategies ahead of Mother’s Day, including a special menu for the elderly with swallowing difficulties and more flexible booking slots, amid an uncertain business environment. On Sunday, four Chung’s House branches under Tao Heung Holdings will offer special cuisines designed for individuals with dysphagia, or swallowing difficulties….