ZAGAME FAMILY EXIT $300m PORTFOLIO

The entire portfolio of the Zagame family has come to market with an expected price of $300 million, representing the biggest single gaming portfolio ever offered in Victoria. The portfolio consists of five gaming-centric hotels around Melbourne, as well as

REIDS TO BOW OUT OF WATERTOP WONDER THE BREAKWATER

The picturesque and award-winning The Breakwater is for sale, as the long-serving Reid family decide it may be time to do something different. The Breakwater is a Perth institution, located literally atop the idyllic Hillarys Boat Harbour, which sees a

PUBS SUMMIT SEMINARS ANNOUNCED FOR GAMING EXPO

The Gaming Technologies Association and Asia Gaming Brief have announced an expanded seminar program for the three days of the Australasian Gaming Expo, including pubs-specific sessions fronted by PubTIC. The Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) has been running for more than

COLLINGWOOD SWEETHEART GRACE DARLING HOTEL UP FOR GRABS

The team behind Collingwood’s beloved Grace Darling Hotel are hanging up the bar mats, listing the business into the tight Victorian market. Enjoying a prominent corner in the middle of Smith Street, central to Melbourne’s most diverse and in-demand precinct,

ROCKPOOL BRINGS MUNICH BRAUHAUS MAGIC TO BRISBANE

The indomitable Rockpool Group has expanded on its Brisbane footprint, opening Munich Brauhaus Brisbane over the weekend. The two-storey Bavarian bier hall experience is set in the renovated, heritage-listed Allgas Building on Stanley Street Plaza, in South Bank Parklands. On

PUBLICANS GEAR UP FOR VARIETY BASH

The annual Variety Club race to raise money for children is gearing up for its 2018 expedition, joined by pubs and hoteliers including Iris Group’s Sam Arnaout in a vintage Valiant. The Newcastle Hunter sub-branch of the AHA NSW has

DON HODGE PICKS UP WARNERS AT THE BAY

The growing Don Hodge Group has snapped up the large-format Warners at the Bay, bringing another hotel opportunity to its enterprising portfolio. Warners at the Bay was established in 1999 on a sprawling 10,790sqm block in the Central Coast community

OSCARS WIN TRIPLE 8 FROM GALLAGHERS

Gallagher Hotels has offloaded the gaming-focused Triple 8 Hotel in Chinatown to the ever-active Oscars Hotels. Patrick Gallagher bought the operation with a seven-year lease in 2015 from Iris Group for circa $7.25 million, representing the two businesses’ fifth asset