Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

SALE OR LEASE ON THE HIGH-PROFILE CLIFTON

Posted on August 28th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Melbourne’s landmark Clifton Hotel is for sale or lease through receivers and managers FTI Consulting, in the fallout from Jon Adgemis’ collapsed Public Hospitality Group. Built 1868, the Clifton is a hospitality institution, dominating a high-profile corner of Kew Junction

ALH MAJOR CAPEX AS ENDEAVOUR FIGHTS BACK

Posted on August 28th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Australia’s biggest pub group will undergo a major, accelerated refurbishment program on 75 of its hotels as parent company Endeavour looks to rebound from a changing market and poor results. ASX-listed Endeavour (ASX:EDV) broke from majority Woolworths ownership in 2021,

ARANGIO AND GURR LIST WYONG’S ROYAL

Posted on August 26th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Business partner publicans Frank Arangio and Pat Gurr have listed their expanded Royal Hotel in Wyong – one of the key regional centres on the central coast north of Sydney. The Royal overlooks arterial road the Pacific Highway, on a

EVIDENCE-BASED GAMING REFORMS TO ‘MAKE A DIFFERENCE’

Posted on August 26th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

The Minns Labor Government has announced its next and most comprehensive tranche of harm prevention measures, in the evidence-based NSW Gaming Reform package. The government says it is delivering on a key election commitment, looking to invest $95.2 million over

CALLIGEROS CALLS TIME AT THE BELLEVUE

Posted on August 24th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Calligeros Hotel Group has listed an icon of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the Bellevue Hotel, on the boundary of the affluent suburbs of Paddington and Woollahra. The thumping two-storey pub – known locally as ‘The Bellie’ – has been on the

FLOWER GROWS SETTLERS WITH A MOTOR INN

Posted on August 24th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Veteran hotelier Alistair Flower has boosted his accommodation footprint in Port Macquarie with purchase of the adjacent and complementary Macquarie Barracks Motor Inn. The motor inn is set on a large lot beside arterial Hastings River Drive, offering 37

AVC TAKES SOLOTEL’S THE BANK AND THE CLOCK

Posted on August 21st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Australian Venue Co has signed for more Solotel pubs, taking Surry Hills institution The Clock and Newtown staple The Bank in the latest investor-backed deal in Sydney’s highly active market. Amalgamated Hotels P/L, freehold owner of the pubs, was founded

THOMAS HOTELS’ PLANS FOR NEW CROWS NEST PUB

Posted on August 21st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

Chris Thomas is homing in on potential in Sydney’s north shore, submitting plans for a new pub in the centre of Crows Nest, to be called the Royal Crow Hotel. Thomas Hotels operates two-dozen hotels across greater Sydney, from Parramatta’s

PORT KEMBLA’S COMMERCIAL SETS SALE

Posted on August 19th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

The Despotovski family are calling time on the game, listing their large-format Commercial Hotel in the middle of the commercial and burgeoning harbourside precinct of Port Kembla. For the past 38 years the hotel, positioned on a 1,818sqm landholding on

SHOALHAVEN STAR STAYS LOCAL

Posted on August 19th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney

The Star Hotel of Milton has kept it local, as long-term owners the Stone family pass the keys to experienced Shoalhaven residents the Kapetanos family. Fronting the Princes Highway on a 923sqm plot in the heart of the coastal town,