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
Interstate investors are divesting their long-held Railway Hotel in Marian, to focus closer to home. Located 28 kilometres from Mackay Airport, the Railway is the only hotel in the town of Marian, serving around 4,200 local residents and the broader Pioneer Valley, with its population of some 15,000 people. Within the Railway’s 1,586sqm site is
Under new leadership, financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has renewed its money laundering focus on gaming venues, noting the “billions” it believes is fed into machines by criminals. Responsible for preventing, detecting and responding to criminal abuse of the financial system, AUSTRAC has worked with the gambling sector, notably pubs and clubs, for years, to help
The Bayfield family is parting with their stately Light Brigade Hotel, as they head back to the beach. Standing like a sentinel at the highest point in Paddington-Woollahra since the 1880s, the three-level pub occupies a prominent position with two street frontages, on the corner of Oxford St and Jersey Rd. Beyond its proximity to
James Wynne’s investment vehicle Shogroup has partnered with John Upham to take their first pub in Adelaide with purchase of the new Eight Dragons in redeveloped Chinatown. Shogroup and Upham have secured a 37-year lease on the new Hotel, which is the only hotel in the precinct, and located in a prime spot beside the
Amid the trial of a woman for the stabbing death of a publican in the UK, and multiple instances of high-profile knife violence in Sydney, questions around armed assault and extremism are as relevant as ever in Australia. Maidstone Crown Court is hearing the case of Matthew Bryant being allegedly stabbed and killed outside his
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