Open border lifts venues

GOLD Coast hospitality venues were packed on the weekend thanks to the border being reopened and a combination of Queensland and NSW school holidays.

Nineteen at The Star executive chef Uday Huja was pleased as punch with diners flocking to the swanky venue for both lunch and dinner service. Edgewater Dining was also full with not a spare seat in the house.

HOTA also hosted its first instalment of Party in the Park.