SOLOTEL’S REGENT AND DEVELOPMENT SALE
Combined interests are offering up Solotel’s Kingsford landmark the Regent Hotel and surrounding property, representing a freehold operation and accompanying major development opportunity. The sale is led by offer of the family-run group’s multifaceted Regent Hotel, providing a lively sports
IRIS PROPOSES ST IVES REDEVELOPMENT AND TAVERN
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital is looking to redevelop the tired St Ives shopping centre and add a new Tavern, but locals and politicians are fighting the plans on social media and in parliament. Iris is close to settling on a
THE FAIRFIELD’S BIG COMEBACK AFTER $6M OVERHAUL
In 2025 Toowoomba’s Oonoonba Hotel began an ambitious $6 million transformation, kick-starting by reverting to its original name, The Fairfield. Now the hotel has realised its aims, to the delight of both its regulars and new patrons. The 124-year-old venue
HARVEST PUT UP TAMWORTH’S HISTORIC COURTHOUSE
Harvest Hospitality continues its portfolio management with the listing of its OG, the historic Courthouse Hotel in Tamworth. The Courthouse is a stately two-storey brick structure featuring an ornate Georgian iron lacework balcony across the upper level. Built 1876 it
OHG UNVEILS GODBY HOTEL AND NIGHTBIRD
Only Hospitality Group (OHG), founded by Julien Moussi, has opened its latest hotel in South Yarra’s heritage-listed former train station. Moussi is a former VFL footballer, who stopped playing for the Box Hill Hawks in 2009 after injuring his ACL.
RINGWOOD BLANK CANVAS ON THE BLOCK
A vacant multi-level hospitality venue is being offered by receivers in Ringwood, with ‘blank canvas’ potential in one of the city’s growth corridors. The site of 123–127 Maroondah Highway in Ringwood is a distinctive, purpose-built three-storey structure on 634sqm. It
AUTOMATING ACCOMMODATION TO BOOST THE BOTTOM LINE
Accommodation has become a lucrative alternative source of revenue for many operators, and an increasing number are boosting profitability with modern automated check-in systems. Feeling the effects of inflation on trade and the rising cost of both overheads and labour,
ANOTHER SAPPHIRE COAST GEM ON OFFER
Reflecting another jewel of the NSW Sapphire Coast, a private owner has offered up the riverside Moruya Waterfront Hotel. Moruya is a picturesque coastal town between Bateman's Bay and Narooma, straddling the fertile Moruya River. Its Hotel of the same
POLICE PUSH TO THROTTLE THE MARLY
Police are trying to get strict new conditions put on Solotel’s Marlborough Hotel in Newtown despite the objections of City of Sydney councillors, arguing an excess of alcohol-related incidents. Located on a major corner of the King Street entertainment precinct,
HOSPITALITY NT SLAMS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ LICENCE CHANGES
Last week, strict new rules for Alice Springs pubs became effective following a decision by the Northern Territory Liquor Commission (NTLC). The rules will affect over twenty licensed venues, restricting them from serving full strength liquor on Wednesdays, Thursdays and
