SORRENTO’S CONTI TO REOPEN AFTER MASSIVE RENO

Following its sale last year and a monumental $100 million renovation, Sorento’s exquisite Hotel Continental will return this year, with operations by publican Craig Shearer and team. Opened in 1875, the Hotel Continental is a heritage-listed landmark of the Mornington

HUNT GOES LOCAL AT THE IMPERIAL

Hunt Hospitality has a little more Hunter with acquisition of the Imperial Hotel at Maitland, in time for a local get-together. Built 1851, a block from the Hunter River, the Imperial Hotel was established back when goods were still delivered

ENDEAVOUR RELEASES FIRST FINANCIALS

Australia’s largest drinks and hospitality business, the recently listed Endeavour Group (ASX:EDV), has announced its first end of financial year results, finding a less than positive reaction. After splitting from parent company Woolworths (ASX:WOW) in June, Endeavour hit the open

TURNERS STRUGGLE TO GET HOME TO PUB

The owners of the landmark Maree Hotel continue to find themselves trapped in New South Wales, with border closures and bureaucracy preventing their return and threatening the business. Publican of the Maree Hotel, Phil Turner and wife Marilyn left the

NED KELLY TAKES CASINO

Ned Kelly has grown his posse of regional hotels with acquisition of the freehold going concern of the Tattersalls Hotel in Casino. Local publican Craig Lusby bought the pub in 2011, and after nearly a decade and eyeing retirement he

LEICHHARDT HOTEL – FIRST TIME OFFERED IN 54 YEARS

The Tellford family are offering up their long-held Leichhardt Hotel Motel in regional hub Cloncurry. The town of Cloncurry is considered one of the icons of outback Queensland, and the Leichhardt Hotel Motel holds a generous 6,583sqm site in the

MAN AND VAN GO TO THE PUB

A UK man has lost his vehicle, after a trip to the pub carried on through high tide. Britain has some of the most loyal pub patrons in the world, and a resident of Exmouth demonstrated his dedication with a

VAX HUB ARMATREE HOTEL MEETING MARKET

The acclaimed Armatree Hotel is back on the market amid surging migration, while making news as the state’s first vaccination hub in a pub. Built in 1929 on a huge lot of around 10,000sqm, the Hotel is home to a

BIG NAMES GATHER TO BRAINSTORM FUTURE OF HOSPITALITY

An upcoming series of webinars will bring together the brains trust of the hotel game, to discuss challenges and share ideas, to better prepare for the future of the industry. The challenges of running venues and working in hospitality have