Stephen Hunt’s Hunt Hospitality has flipped the august Duke of Wellington Hotel in New Lambton, selling for $16 million to Nick Walker’s Reklaw Hotels. The Duke was built 1876, named in honour of the famous commander of the English and Allied army at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon Bonaparte. Set on an 885sqm […]
Helping Aussies and pubs into summer, Diageo and Bundy are both innovating and suggesting “Don’t Forget Your Local”. The latest instalment of Bundaberg Rum’s $11.5 million Raising the Bar program to help licensed venues recover from COVID-19 is a series of TVCs encouraging Australians to get back to their local pub – even if
Ending decades in the wilderness, Marty Short has reopened a local institution, pivoting the old Court House Hotel to become The Redfern. The original hotel was built 1853, before Tooths & Co constructed the current building in the 1920s. The pub operated for over 100 years, until its closure in 1990. In the ’90s it
Melbourne returns to life today after 77 days of its sixth lockdown, encountering some confusion over the COVID rules on vaccination. This week Victoria surpassed 70 per cent of people over 16 having received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. As specified, restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne have now lifted. There are no longer restrictions on
The Melbourne Cup is less than two weeks’ away, on 2 November, and veteran hotelier and expert on the big day ‘Melbourne Cup’ Max Hitchins has his customary tips for this year. Hitchins, renowned as Australia’s Melbourne Cup expert, can recite the 1st, 2nd and 3rd horses for the last 100 Melbourne Cups. He begins studying
The Laundy family is finalising a complete bottom-to-rooftop big-budget transformation of the historic Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel. Located on a sharp corner of Bourke St and Cowper Wharf Road, opposite the Finger Wharves, the original hotel was built 1873. A new building was constructed in 1922. For decades it was known as the Macquarie Hotel and
Australian Venue Co has been investing heavily into Queensland, shelling out millions on redesigns at some of its Brisbane pubs. The Crown Hotel in Lutwyche will soon re-open after a $2.4 million renovation to the historic venue, boasting a stylish new bistro, sleek sports bar and picturesque new beer garden. The Crown’s bistro features an
Tackling aspects of Australia’s hospitality staff shortage, new initiatives from Diageo and Barcats bring some hope for beleaguered employers. In 2020, Diageo Australia pledged $11.5 million to the Down Under instalment of its ‘Raising the Bar’ initiative to support venues, with its iconic Aussie brand Bundaberg Rum as ambassador. Furthering the program, Diageo has now
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The Hayter family have put up their picturesque Shaws Bay Hotel in East Ballina, marking its first time to market in nearly 30 years. Known as the ‘Shawsy’ the pub is a lifestyle venue, replete with lively public bar, restaurant, gaming room with 14 machines, and beer garden. It lays claim to being the only
The licensee and employees of the self-proclaimed “freedom” Caledonian Hotel have been repeatedly fined and the pub now closed for breaching public health orders. In a post on social media more than a week ago, the Singleton pub vowed to never give up fighting “the tyrants and evil that threaten our very own freedoms and
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