PHMG GETS NOD ON NEW HURSTVILLE HOTEL

The Waugh’s PHMG has secured approval for new build The Hurstville Hotel, after the Georges River Planning Panel gave the green light last month. PHMG is working with developers on the brand-new family-friendly pub on level-one of the new $60

MOELIS CAPS 21 WITH A BANG IN BYRON’S HOTEL BRUNSWICK

Moelis Australia Hotel Management has book-ended the big buys of Byron, paying $68 million for Delvene Cornell and David Gyngell’s Hotel Brunswick of Brunswick Heads. The Hotel Brunswick is an icon of northern NSW, 20 minutes north of Byron Bay,

A HELPING HAND FROM THE HOSPITALITY DOCTOR

Coming out of COVID – by Max Hitchins, aka The Hospitality Doctor The last eighteen months have been tough for most people in hospitality and tourism. Whilst it seems COVID and it cohorts are now in the ‘rear view mirror’

AVC AND HPI’S BIG EOY SHAKE-UP

Australian Venue Co and listed partner HPI have announced an end of year portfolio shake-up, cashing in at Acadia Ridge and snapping up the entire ‘Booze Bros’ Saturno portfolio. Hotel Property Investments (ASX:HPI) has agreed to pay $66.1 million in

COVID CROSSROADS AND BACKLASH OF THE BARRED

New South Wales has now scrapped all COVID-19 conditions, leaving venues to fend for themselves, faced with greater potential for forced closure versus the wrath of the antivaxxers. From 15 December all residents of NSW enjoy the same freedoms, not

LAUNDY LEGACY MEETS GEOFF ‘ROBBO’ ROBINSON LEGEND

This week the Laundy family’s hotel dynasty celebrates another milestone and hard yards along the way, with an anniversary event at home base the Twin Willows championing a battling champion, Geoff Robinson. The story of Laundy Hotels begins with Arthur

NEWCOMER GETS LUCKY IN NEWCASTLE

The McCloy sisters have sold their award-winning Lucky Hotel of Newcastle to a new entrant to the NSW pub market, private equity banker Martin Scott and family. Previous incarnation the ‘Lucky Country Hotel’ was a lively part of Newcastle’s pub

BAYSWATER IN THE HANDS OF LOCALS CO

The expanding LocalsCo has added the landmark Bayswater Hotel to its collection of high-profile assets. The 123-year-old heritage-listed hotel resides on 6,452sqm between the Perth CBD and Airport, within Development WA’s Metronet East redevelopment area, boding an upgrade of the

STANFORD HAT TRICK PASSES PUB @ RIVO TO NEW MONEY

The Stanford family have sold their third and final hotel, the Pub @ Rivo, to a new and growing consortium led by businessman Andrew Wheeler and publican Brendan Hood. Around three months ago the Stanfords began the process to navigate

COMMUNITY RALLIES TO REVIVE WOODSIDE BEACH PUB

A community and crowd-funded campaign including an AFL footballer is rebuilding the closed Woodside Hotel, destined to return as the destination Woodside Beach Hotel. Woodside Beach is a Victorian town around three hours from Melbourne that has experienced tremendous loss