TRIPADVISOR BEGINS SPONSORED ADS TO TOP SEARCH RESULTS

The world’s largest travel website has rolled out its ‘Sponsored Placements’ system allowing Hotels to buy their way to the top of search results. TripAdvisor states it is the largest travel site in the world, with 315 million members and

VICHEALTH FINDS WATER A CLEAR BENEFIT FOR LICENSED VENUES

Research at venues has confirmed positive results to encouraging more patrons to drink water, including happier staff and no impact on sales. In early 2017, VicHealth partnered with some Victorian licensees for a trial measuring how much free drinking water

BRIX IS BACK, AGAINST THE ODDS

Peter Thomson has successfully revived local stalwart the Brix Hotel in Stawell in time for the running of the town’s famous race, overcoming hurdles left by the exiting tenant. Mid-2017 the Brix Hotel saw the entry of new leaseholders, following

PUB GUARD ASSAILANT LETS LOOSE IN COURT

A “changed man” fronting Wollongong District Court on Friday for a serious assault on a pub security guard became engaged and threw furniture when sentenced to prison. Jesse John Rose and friend Jaye Pearson were captured on CCTV at a

PUB TOURS GROWING WITH GARY, GREGG AND DAVE

Legends of the business of pub walking tours have joined forces to expand the concept beyond Sydney and even pubs, with the evolved business of Dave’s Pub Tours. In 2010 Gregg Peek began Peek Tours, and gaining momentum, in 2015

ST KILDA INSTITUTION GROSVENOR HOTEL ON OFFER

The large-format Grosvenor Hotel on Melbourne’s outskirts has been listed, boasting a short-term tenant and big development opportunity. The Grosvenor was built in 1860 as a coach stop for the Brighton Road pilgrimage, beside the new rail line connecting the

HUNT NOTCHES UP NUMBER SIX AT PORT MAC

Stephen Hunt is channelling the luck of the Irish, taking on his sixth pub with Port Macquarie’s Finnians Tavern. Eight months after a vacation that saw him snap up the Ocean View Hotel in Urunga, near Coffs Harbour, the Hunt

PETERSHAM INN DEVELOPER SELLING OUT

The developer behind construction at the rear of the Petersham Inn has listed the passive investment as the business thrives. The Petersham Inn is located just six kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, on two lots comprising 738sqm lettable area,

DRUNK GUY NAILS BEER AD

A Californian carpenter has become the unofficial spokesperson for Kirkland Light, producing his own lovingly intoxicated endorsements for the value-priced American beer. Attempting to prove a mainstream US lager can be better and more than sex on the beach (f*ing