BEERS AIN’T BEERS: NEAL CAMERON

In a world where beer is no longer simple and the place to enjoy one varies just as widely, acclaimed brewer Neal Cameron has penned some tough love for pubs on how to keep the business of beer flowing.  

REVISED NSW STRIKES SCHEME ‘ABSOLUTELY FAIR’: LAUNDY

NSW parliament has today announced major changes to licence legislation, including an overhaul of the notorious 3 Strikes scheme that will see existing strikes revoked and future Strikes on the licensee. Minister for Racing Paul Toole announced late today the

BALMAIN EXITS ERSKINEVILLE WITH SWANSON SALE

Hot on the heels of the recent sale of Balmain’s Town Hall, and listing of North Sydney’s historic Greenwood, Balmain Pub Group announce the sale of its inner-west Swanson Hotel. Located on Swanson St, Erskineville, the former Kurrajong Hotel saw

OXFORD SCHOLAR HOTEL VICTIM TO MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND RAIL

The popular Oxford Scholar Hotel in the heart of Melbourne is struggling to stay in business, amid major underground rail project works and no love from authorities. Publican Malcolm Wulf has been operating the Oxford Scholar since 1991 and relies

NEW TECH-BASED SOLUTION TO STAFF TRAINING COSTS

Career trainer Joe Pav has launched HospitalityTV, offering hotels a cost-effective in-house training solution that builds business and reduces staff education costs. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) recently ruled* that employees made to do training must be paid for their

RIVERSDALE’S KINSELAS – SALE WITH UNIVERSAL APPEAL

The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has secured Riversdale’s iconic Kinselas Hotel, stepping up its strategy around embedding modern hospitality in historic settings. Rumours the three-level landmark at Oxford Street’s Taylor Square was on the market began late last year, even

MASSIVE LORDE ALBUM DEBUT BROADCAST FOR MUSIC VENUES

Australian venues are being invited to be part of a music first – the world’s largest simultaneous listening party, playing the debut of the highly anticipated second album of pop superstar, Lorde. [caption id="attachment_9742" align="alignright" width="265"] Lorde at Sydney Laneway

DLYDAM CLOSER TO MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AT BULL & BUSH HOTEL

Developer Dyldam has gotten one step closer to its plans for building over 300 new apartments around big-block western Sydney hotels. Two major development applications have passed with the Sydney West Planning Panel for mixed-use projects including residential at the

SUBMISSIONS FOR REVIEW OF NSW LIA POKIE SCHEME

NSW Liquor & Gaming is inviting stakeholders to submit ideas on the State’s Local Impact Assessment scheme, ahead of a pending review. For nearly a decade the NSW regulator has exercised the Local Impact Assessment (LIA) system as part of