Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

NEW LOOK, NEW VISION FOR AGE

Posted on April 2nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) is diving into the new year and a new chapter in hospitality with a refreshed brand identity and logo for the big show for 2025. Ending a decade sporting the poker machine-inspired insignia, the contemporary

FUNLAB GEARS UP FOR RUGBY 2025

Posted on March 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Rugby Australia has announced innovative pub group Funlab as an official partner of Community Rugby for 2025, connecting fans and aligning brands. Funlab is a pioneer of ‘competitive socialising experiences’, with over 50 locations across Australia, New Zealand and the

VICTORIA HOTEL FINED OVER MINORS

Posted on March 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Shepparton’s Victoria Hotel has pleaded guilty to three charges relating to police finding minors on the premise on two occasions. The Victoria Hotel, aka The Vic, is a well-patronised pub in the town of Shepparton, around 200 kilometres north of

ARMIDALE’S RAILWAY ON TRACK TO ATTRACT

Posted on March 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

DB Pubs has listed its large-format Railway Hotel in Armidale as it looks to focus on operations closer to home. Built 1879 in the Victorian style, with a crested parapet and extensive iron lacework, the stoic two-storey structure is complemented

NEW KINGS FOR NEW CROWN

Posted on March 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Sam Watts has completed an extraordinary tenure of 36 years with sale of his historic New Crown Hotel in Hay to a Sydney-based group, replete with immediate upside. Established in the early 1900s, the two-storey New Crown has gone

BUYER WANTED FOR BILLY BARRY’S

Posted on March 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Kieren Barry is selling the leasehold of Billy Barry’s Hotel in North Sydney, offering ‘hard asset’ value for an incoming tenant in a thriving and growing precinct. Previously known as the Station Hotel, Billy Barry’s is an efficient two-level pub

NSW GOVT BACKS UP ON EGM BUYBACK

Posted on March 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The Minns government in NSW has changed tack on its bid to remove 9,500 EGMs from the state’s venues, on the basis of following evidence-based policy that “gets the balance right”. In the pre-election fervour of 2023 Labor outlined a

STRADBROKE ISLAND BEACH HOTEL EMBARKS ON TRANSFORMATION

Posted on March 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Moreton Hospitality’s The Beach Hotel, on Stradbroke Island, is geared to begin its transformative and innovative renovation. With a final trading date of 29 March, the hotel, known as ‘Straddie Hotel’ on socials, will renew its focus on sustainability, community

GALLAGHER TAKES BACK JACKSONS

Posted on March 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Jack’s back in the Gallagher stable, as a posse of Gallaghers take over operations again at the striking new Jacksons on George. A pub has stood on the George St site since 1905, when it was known as the Blue

SEQ FLIPS TWO EUMUNDIS

Posted on March 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Refreshed from the addition of two SEQ pubs and a retail chain, SEQ Hospitality has re-listed the freeholds of its newly acquired Plough Inn Brisbane and Court House Hotel in Murwillumbah. Mere days after Charter Hall and Hostplus finally secured