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Hakkasan Group is acquired by Tao Group Hospitality
Tao Group Hospitality, which operates restaurants, nightclubs, lounges and other venues across the U.S. and overseas, said last week it has acquired Hakkasan Group, which operates several locations of its namesake restaurant and other restaurants and nightlife destinations globally.
The combined company operates 61 entertainment, dining and nightlife venues in 22 markets across five continents. Its brands include Tao Group Hospitality’s Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Beauty & Essex, Avenue, Cathédrale and Koma, as well as Hakkasan Group’s Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Omnia, Ling Ling, Jewel, Casa Calavera, Herringbone and Searsucker, among others.
Pennsylvania’s lowest paid workers need a pay raise | Opinion
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Wendell Young IV and Sen. Christine “Tina” Tartaglione
It is rare that you will find the president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, union leaders, advocates, and members of the General Assembly all on the same page. But after a three-hour long hearing hosted by chair of the Democratic Policy Committee Senator Katie Muth at the request of Senators Tartaglione, Haywood and Kane, it seems there might be one issue we could all agree upon: eliminating local government pre-emption for minimum wage laws.
Gene Barr, President of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, spent an hour defending the chamber’s position against a minimum wage increase citing the impact on businesses and job loss it would create. He claimed that a statewide minimum wage increase is not what was needed but instead more investment in resources such as job training and childcare.