STANTON’S GRAND VIEW IN THE MOUNTAINS

The statuesque Hotel Grand View at Wentworth Falls has sold to growing hotelier Trevor Stanton, with plans to make it more approachable to more people. Built 1883, the two-storey Georgian-style Hotel commands an elevated 4,074sqm corner site overlooking and landmarking

MERIVALE BOOTED FROM GOOD FOOD GUIDE

A war of attrition is escalating between Hemmes’ hospitality juggernaut Merivale and media empire Nine Entertainment, as editorialising and accusations evolve into actions with potential. For years the Sydney Morning Herald has enjoyed the click-generating dichotomy of championing Hemmes as

SHORT PASSES ON THE REDFERN

Marty Short’s Welcome Hospitality has divested the reinvented Redfern Hotel on the fringe of the Sydney CBD to a growing local group. Previously known as the Courthouse Hotel, it holds a prime city site on the corner of George and

BELLARINE LANDMARK HITS THE MARKET

Landmark of Victoria's picturesque Bellarine Peninsula, the St Leonards Hotel & Motel, is for sale by private investors. St Leonards is on the eastern edge of the Peninsula, east of Geelong and around 1.5 hours’ drive south-west of Melbourne, around

ADGEMIS BANKRUPT AS PUBLIC GOES UNDER

Jon Adgemis has surrendered the game, filing for bankruptcy as he is said to owe billions, Deutsche Bank takes control of his last five pubs, and a showdown with the ATO loomed in Federal Court. The former KPMG banker had

PARKVIEW SEES DAWES’ GATEWAY INTO SYDNEY

Nathan Dawes’ Gateway Hotel Group has charged into Sydney, snapping up the Parkview Hotel ahead of its scheduled auction date. Image: Australian National University, Noel Butlin Archives Located in Sydney's burgeoning Alexandria corridor just south of the CBD, the hotel

UNIVERSAL GO MOKO FOR EXPANSION WEST

Universal Hotels has taken another step in its expansion plans with acquisition of the top-performing Moko Hotel in Eastwood, from veteran hotelier Paul Dirou. Opening late 2014 as a modern Korean restaurant with a hotel licence, Moko has evolved into

QUANTACO LOOKS TO GROW WITH NEW CEO

Hospitality systems and software provider Quantaco is moving into its next phase of growth and development in its technology solutions with the appointment of Mark Brixton as CEO. Coming from a role as chief growth officer at business software developer

GAMING STAFFER AND PATRON ARRESTED OVER ARMED ROBBERY

Police have arrested a female employee and regular patron of the Sydney Junction Hotel over a brazen armed robbery earlier this month that netted tens of thousands of dollars. Around 3.40am, on Friday, 12 September workers at the Sydney Junction

PUB MANAGER CONVICTED OVER SEX CRIMES

A disgraced former manager of the Roebuck Bay Hotel in WA’s wild northwest has been convicted of a slew of sex crimes after abusing his position of power at the outback pub. 51-year-old Stewart Patrick Burchell, who ran the well-known