The Hurley Hotel Group (HHG) has begun construction on Hotel Panorama, on Adelaide’s Goodwood Road. HHG is a South Australian family-owned business with over four decades’ experience, currently operating ten hotels along with Hurley Cellars. Cox Architecture, a local company whose portfolio has also included the redevelopment of Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Botanic High School […]
Former Qantas CEO and Tourism Australia chair Geoff Dixon has listed the picturesque Blue’s Point Hotel in McMahon’s Point, by popular demand. One of the first pubs built on Sydney’s north shore, the watering hole has been a local icon for over 160 years. Its present iteration is a two-storey red brick structure in the
As the biggest ever trial of cashless gaming is rolled out across New South Wales, the realities of the harm-reduction initiatives are taking shape, as Crown’s lauded goal to be the ‘safest casino’ sees a thousand jobs slashed. The Independent Panel on Gaming Reform is currently overseeing the expanded cashless trial, which began at Twin
Port Adelaide’s Lord Exmouth Hotel, known locally as the Monkey House, celebrated a win this week as a noise complaint was thrown out of court. The hotel is one of South Australia’s oldest licensed premises, first opening its doors in the 1850s. The case, put forward by neighbour Sheena McCarthy, hoped to end the pub’s
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Paddington’s famous Unicorn Hotel has been sold as a restapled freehold going concern to the Feros’ JDA Hotels. Commonly known as ‘Fringe Bar’, the Unicorn is famed for its Monday night comedy acts and eastern suburbs socialite crowd, being located on Oxford Street, amid the high fashion retailers of Glenmore Road and a conga
Hurley Hotels has announced completion and unveiling of the new-look Arkaba Hotel, following a massive $12 million year-long renovation. Peter and Jenny Hurley’s group is a family-owned business that has been operating in South Australia for over 40 years. In 1991 they acquired the Arkaba Hotel, which was established in 1966. Plans for the makeover
The biggest sporting event of the year is gearing up to take place in July, and now is the time for Australian venues wanting to capitalise on the activity to begin chasing Paris Olympics gold. Australian hospitality legend and Sydney resident Max Hitchins, aka the Hospitality Doctor, aka Melbourne Cup Max, has penned an innovative
Merivale is in a trademark dispute with a new Brisbane restaurant representing giant multinational Stanbroke beef, over the rights to the name Establishment. Establishment 203 opened its doors on Marshall St in Fortitude Valley on 28 November, 2023, being the first restaurant from Stanbroke, and exclusively stocking steak from the company’s Grantham abattoir. According to
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Less than a year after launching its first venue in Melbourne, Odd Culture Group has announced it has on-sold the Victorian venture in the pursuit of major expansion back home. James Thorpe’s group announced the new endeavour – Odd Culture Fitzroy – on Melbourne’s legendary Brunswick Street, in Fitzroy, in March 2023. It opened in
Australian Venue Co is finding renewed strength under new owners PAG, and armed with a new investment chest is ratcheting up its acquisitions. In August news broke of the $1.4bn deal whereby PAG Asia Capital bought KKR’s 80 per cent stake in the pub group. The transaction has now settled, heralding a new $900 million debt
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