Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

TABCORP’S PLAN TO REVISE RETAIL WAGERING

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Tabcorp is looking to its biggest changes in decades, imploring pubs and clubs to join it as it seeks to overhaul retail wagering in the wake of a shifting market. The gaming giant has long been Australia’s dominant player

REDCAPE PASSES BEACHY BATON

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Byron Bay’s ‘Top Pub’ the Beach Hotel has been sold by Moelis Hospitality to stakeholders the Didier family, in one of the largest pub sales in Australian history. The landmark pub was built in the 90s by Paul Hogan’s off-sider

LORD STANLEY’S NEW LOOK

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Hakfoort Group is celebrating the new look of the historic Lord Stanley Hotel, boasting a significant extension as part of a $15 million makeover. The Hakfoort family bought the 135-year-old pub in 2022, paying around $20 million for the title

VACANT POSSESSION SALE OF FABULOUS FORBES

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The historic Forbes Hotel on Sydney’s York Street is poised to go under the hammer, as a rare CBD blank canvas. Set on the corner of York and King Streets – one of city’s busiest pedestrian and traffic intersections –

SCHWARTZ GROWS INTO ALEXANDRIA

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Dr Jerry Schwartz has celebrated the continued health of his Sydney Brewery operation, opening a new venue in Alexandria as the craft brewer marks its 20th anniversary. The early twenty-teens produced a frenetic, patron-shuffling public interest in craft beer. As

NEWCOMERS TAKE THE AGINCOURT HOTEL

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The prominent Agincourt Hotel in Sydney's southern CBD has been sold for the first time in a quarter century, welcoming a new investment group into the Victorian landmark. Built around 1898, the pub resides on a corner of George Street,

VICTORIA PUTS OFF CARDED PLAY

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Victorian venues have been given a reprieve on dramatic gaming regulation reform, with the Allan government kicking the problem down the road until after the next election. In 2023 came the sudden announcement by former premier Daniel Andrews that a

HUNT HOTELS THE TOAST OF NEWCASTLE TOURISM

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Newcastle Tourism has celebrated the “best of the best” in the region at the 2025 Newcastle Hospitality & Tourism Awards, with Hunt Hospitality taking two top honours. The Newcastle Tourism Industry Group’s (NTIG) Awards were held at Newcastle Cruising Yacht

AHA VIC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2025

Posted on May 21st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The best of Victoria were front and centre as the industry honoured winners across 42 categories at the 2025 AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence. A cornucopia of hotels and industry influencers made up an audience of more than 1,200

THE WANG CHANGES HANDS

Posted on May 21st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Southern Highlands stalwart the Burrawang Village Hotel has been sold to a local who plans to make it more of a food and beverage destination. Occupying a 3,000sqm lot on main drag Hoddle Street, the pub affectionately known by Burrawangans