Diageo has launched its biggest national brand campaign for a decade, cementing the lucrative Scotch market with an evolution of the iconic Keep Walking and what that means in Australia in 2018. Whiskey and Scotch in particular are growing categories in Australia. Johnnie Walker is the #1 selling Scotch both here and globally, and Black […]
MASSIVE AUSTRALIAN JOHNNIE WALKER CAMPAIGN TAKES ‘THE NEXT STEP’ Read More »
The Sporting Globe Plenty Valley has burst open, the result of an “overwhelming” response to the group’s idea of Australia’s first crowd-funded pub. Courtesy of new crowdfunding legislation passed late last year, The Sporting Globe (TSG) launched a campaign through Birchal to garner interest in a new franchise venue at Mill Park, to be known
Liam O’Hara has reluctantly listed his thriving Kelso Hotel in Bathurst, as he looks to develop other businesses and close to 100 villas. Member of the industry stalwart O’Hara family, Liam has owned what was the only pub in the Bathurst suburb of Kelso since 2005. More than five years’ ago he bought the nearby
Ray Reilly has built upon his golden triangle, unveiling stage two of three at the landmark Sydney Park Hotel, bringing a new suite of boutique accommodation into his harem. Irish-born Reilly bought the Sydney Park Hotel mid-2016, not long after selling his long-held Trinity Bar, citing need for a “new passion”, strengthening his presence in
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Carlton & United Breweries has been chastised and ordered to cease a campaign for its Rusty Yak Gingery Ale, after the ad was found to “vilify” people with red hair. The Advertising Standards Bureau received many complaints after the ad aired on TV, encouraging Australians to “stop the spread of the ginger gene”. (below) The
Following an international EOI campaign, the Padstow Park Hotel has sold under the hammer to incumbent operators JDA Hotels. The Padstow was purchased in 2014 by White & Partners for $13.7 million from Coles’ Spirit Hotels, with John Feros’ JDA Hotels to operate it, holding a ‘skin in the game’ minor equity share. Coming to
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A former publican turned winemaker is back in the game after snapping up Leura’s beautiful Alexandra Hotel, in the lower Blue Mountains, outside of Sydney. Once upon a time, Greg Perrett was proprietor of the Bellbird Hotel in the Hunter Valley, but for two decades he ran the nearby Hanging Tree vineyard, which he sold
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The AGE is reminding hotel operators that the Australasian Gaming Expo is all the best new gaming technology in one place, but also everything else hospitality, and this year with an expanded seminar program. The 2018 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) will take place at ICC Sydney Darling Harbour on 14-16 August, hosted by the Gaming
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 21-year-old man following his involvement in a fight in and outside a local pub. On Saturday morning (17 March) local stonemason Sam Leschke was found dead at his parents’ house, where he resided, in Mudgeeraba, on the Gold Coast. He had been drinking the night before with
People and pubs across South Australia are celebrating a comfortable win by the Liberal party at the weekend’s State election, with a resounding “no” to Nick Xenophon’s anti-pokies SA Best party. In the aftermath of the Tasmanian election, just two weeks earlier, South Australians voted on Saturday for a new State parliament, dogged by Xenophon’s
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