Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

MERIVALE BUSTS OUT PRE-SUMMER BEER OH BEER CHEER

Posted on September 12th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Merivale is back on the pre-summer promotion wagon, offering a month of activities including (almost) half-price beers during its Beer Oh Beer Festival. The month-long Festival features 49 per cent off schooners of beer at most venues, taking place Monday

ENDEAVOUR SETS COURSE FOR FIVE ISLANDS

Posted on September 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Ludlow Hospitality and Paddy Coughlan have flipped popular Illawarra pub Five Islands to Mark Kennedy’s Endeavour Hotels. The former Cringila Hotel was built in 1956. The Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels bought the tired operation, promoting itself as a ‘daddy daycare’

CLATWORTHYS OUT OF THE ARMS

Posted on September 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

An historic Melbourne pub has changed hands for the first time in more than half a century, seeing the stalwart Clatworthy family move on. The Sawyers Arms Tavern of Newtown, on the fringe of Geelong, was built in 1850 by

BRITAIN’S WEIRDEST PUB NAMES

Posted on September 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Often marking events from throughout the more than a thousand years of public houses in Britain, here are some of the most unusual names put to pubs. The Bucket of Blood in Cornwall is a vestige of the town’s smuggling

GUNNEDAH LISTED AS OWNERS EYE NEXT PROJECT

Posted on September 7th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Representing an in-demand opportunity in a growth region, the Gunnedah Hotel of Gunnedah has come up for sale. Positioned on a corner in the town’s high retail street, the Gunnedah is a large, two-storey structure on 2,921sqm, offering multiple bars,

JOBS SUMMIT WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Posted on September 7th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Details are emerging of the results of the government’s Jobs and Skills Summit, addressing the employment challenges holding back the country and crippling hospitality. The two-day Summit last week came after more than 100 recent roundtables around the country, across

CALEDONIAN IN STRIFE AGAIN OVER FAILURE TO REMOVE ‘SIGN’

Posted on September 7th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Hotel’ of Singleton is back in the news, protesting Council’s notice of tough action if its owners do not remove an unauthorised and potentially offensive flag from the roof. A letter from Council dated 29 August spoke

COMISKEYS ANNOUNCE $35m NEW AURA

Posted on September 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The Comiskey Group – creators of mega-venues the Sandstone Point Hotel and Eatons Hill Hotel – have announced what is set to become the next Queensland icon, Aura, in the Sunshine Coast. Aura is set to be the area’s largest

SINGO MAKING TRACKS IN GOSFORD

Posted on September 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

John Singleton is building on his Gosford investments, launching his newest hotel offering, the Railway Hotel, beneath luxury apartments in the Gosford CBD. Previously occupied as The Bon, the new Railway Hotel offering is on street level of Singleton’s apartments

GOVT HOLDS JOBS AND SKILLS SUMMIT

Posted on September 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

The Albanese Government has this week undertaken a landmark Jobs and Skills Summit, attended by more than 140 representatives, with staffing in hospitality key on the agenda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers led the two-day event, inviting