TWO NEW OWNERS ENTER BIG-TRADING CROSSROADS HOTEL

The Macintosh family has parted with their beloved Crossroads Hotel at Narrabri, having rebuilt and expanded upon the 1861 pub. After being closed for many years, the hard-working family of five orchestrated every aspect of the old building’s restoration, from

PUBLIC HOUSE SERVES UP ANOTHER BIG CHARITY EVENT FOR THE LADIES

Public House Group is celebrating the results of its third annual Ladies Charity Luncheon, which this year was in support of Sydney-based women’s mentoring program, SISTER2sister. The invitation-only event on Friday (23 March) was fronted by Today host Georgie Gardner,

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST CROWD-FUNDED PUB NOW OPEN

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

O’HARA LISTS BATHURST’S KELSO HOTEL

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

CUB LASHED FOR PICKING ON REDHEADS

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

JDA TAKES FULL OWNERSHIP AT AUCTION OF PADSTOW PARK

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

WINEMAKER TEMPTED INTO LEURA’S ELEGANT ALEXANDRA

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

AGE 2018 MORE BUSINESS AND GAMING

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)