National body in the restaurant and catering industry, Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA), applauds the partnership that American Express has with the industry.

The American Express Private Room was launched in October as an initiative to support restaurant and catering operators grow and develop their businesses.

Peter Doyle, president of R&CA and advocate of the American Express Private Room program says, “American Express does a lot for our industry and has, of recent times, been very active in helping restaurants to maximise their business”.

There has been recent reports of some in the trade surcharging their customers, I have been in the business for over 30 years and I see no reason at this point to surcharge for the use of any credit card in my business, even cash incurs a cost, perhaps we should surcharge for that”, Doyle continues.

Restaurant & Catering Australia is a partner with American Express in the Private Room. John Hart, CEO of R&CA said that ‘American Express is a foundation member of the Association and has been supporting the industry for as long as I can remember”.