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9th January 2018
01:05pm GMT

He further told The Irish Times: “We wrote to all our members advising them of a deposit policy to stamp out no shows in restaurants. Restaurants need to establish whatever deposit they feel they need to take and the minimal time for cancellation.
“In the average restaurant between 15 and 20 percent of bookings were no shows [over Christmas]. That’s a substantial amount of no shows in a busy time.
"That’s the difference between surviving and not for some businesses. If you get a no show at 9pm, you’re not going to fill that table.”
Adrian went onto say that many restaurants around the country are supportive of it, and if one starts doing it, then hopefully the rest will follow suit.
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