Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

GARDEN STATE AWARDS BEST OF VICTORIAN HOSPITALITY

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

‘Tis the season, and this week the AHA Victoria Awards for Excellence named this year’s best and brightest at a gala dinner at The Palladium at Crown. 1200 professionals and guests gathered to hear the champions of the 40 Awards,

OZ PUB GROUP GROW WITH THE BOUNDARY

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

One of Brisbane’s oldest and most iconic pubs has sold for the first time in 95 years to Colin Macleod’s expanding Oz Pub Group. The Boundary Hotel has stood on the corner of Boundary Rd and Jane St in Brisbane’s

BIG DROP IN VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN VENUES HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITY

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Liquor & Gaming’s latest NSW violent venues list has been released, the highly positive results again widening the comparison between it and reality. The twice-annual list details venues that have accumulated 12 or more violent incidents in the prior 12

HEART OF ERSKINEVILLE IN IMPERIAL AND ROSE

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

In an era where a venue’s branding and public persona are more important than ever before, the team of Scott Leach and Fraser Short are owning one of Sydney’s most trendy precincts. On the back of unveiling its renovated dining

MERIVALE TAKES ANOTHER HEART OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The march of Merivale continues with another prominent acquisition, the group picking up Halcyon’s Hotel Centennial on Oxford Street, Woollahra. The Centennial is a landmark two-storey pub built in 1888 on a 780sqm block, opposite Centennial Park, making it proximate

NSW 2017 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Around 1200 of the industry’s elite gathered last night at The Star to celebrate the Australian Hotels Association NSW’s night of Excellence. Germane to the ongoing strength of the hotel sector, the 2017 Awards for Excellence featured more than 600

SCHWARTZ REAPS $92m FOR DIXON’S THE DUKE PLUS ADINA

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Morry Schwartz has divested two big properties in Melbourne’s East End, collecting $92 million for the Adina Hotel, and the city’s oldest pub, the Duke of Wellington, operated by Dixon Group. Publisher and property developer Morris ‘Morry’ Schwartz put the

ILGA TO REVIEW LONG-STANDING ‘NEWCASTLE SOLUTION’

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

After nine years and industry pressure, the liquor watchdog will be conducting a review into the special conditions on 15 venues known as the ‘Newcastle solution’. The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has announced the review and submission

UNIVERSAL ACQUIRE BRIGHTON HOTEL ON OXFORD ST BOUNCE

Posted on November 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Universal Hotels has boosted its presence in Darlinghurst, acquiring the multi-level Brighton Hotel in the heart of a rebounding Oxford Street. The Brighton has been owned by the same family since 1977, and hit the market in August as its

FATHER & SON PUBLICANS JAILED FOR ARSON

Posted on November 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The father and son team accused of torching their Ravenswood pub for the insurance money have been convicted and sentenced. A fire on 9 June 2014 destroyed the Junction Hotel, owned by the Jansen family. In the following months, police