Clyde Mooney

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CHINESE DEVELOPER BUYS PARRAS’ PEACHTREE

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
ASX-listed Chinese developer BHL has entered the Australian pub scene with the purchase of Colin Parras’ Peachtree Hotel Penrith. Boyuan Holdings Limited (ASX: BHL) is a Chinese property development company with growing interests in both residential and commercial development in

REVISED FOUR IN HAND NOW OPEN: WAUGH

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG has settled in and overhauled the legendary Four in Hand, reopening with new integration alongside a sustained homage to history in the heritage-listed pub. Bursting onto the scene mid-2015, Public House Management Group (PHMG) let loose the

HUMBLE GREAT WESTERN TO GROW 26-STOREY TOWER

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Council is expected to approve plans tomorrow for a $15m 26-storey tower atop the 153-year-old Great Western Hotel in Melbourne. Described as one of the most intact goldrush era pubs in Melbourne, the Great Western was built in 1864 on

MAN ‘CATCHES’ BUS TO PUB

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The pub is an institution in Britain. One goes to the pub to celebrate good times, commiserate bad times, and of course when one needs one’s nerves settled. 53-year-old Simon Smith had such a day recently, when at 9:13 in

MOELIS AT LAST LANDS FLYING REDCAPE HOTEL PORTFOLIO

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A vehicle controlled by investment bank Moelis Australia has finally cemented purchase of the high-flying Redcape Hotel portfolio for $677 million. Ending around two years’ speculation as to the hotel group’s fate, including rumours of suitors such as a partnership

KKR TAKES MAJORITY BITE OF DIXON HOTELS

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
KKR has ended speculation, announcing acquisition of a “majority share” in the fast-growing Dixon Hospitality Group for an undisclosed amount. Dixon (DHG) stormed onto the Australian hospitality scene in 2012, expanding upon the ‘party’ boat business of former Spotless CEO

PUBS CLOSING EARLY TO AVOID COMPULSORY ID SCANNERS

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Compulsory use of ID scanners is set to begin tomorrow in Queensland, causing unintended consequences for patrons as venues affected forgo their late-night trading to avoid installing them. In January the Queensland Government announced its decision to end plans to

WHAT LURKS BELOW

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Institute of Beer’s Neal Cameron continues his series on the business of (good) beer, following his doctrines that Beers Ain’t Beers, and that beer is Just Like Milk.   Having a beer with one of our local Lancer guys

HORN-PACQUIAO FIGHT SET TO BREAK RECORDS

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
This Sunday’s fight between Aussie underdog Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao is on track to smash Australian sporting box-office history, and already a win for both Horn and venues. The fight at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is expected to bring in

REDCAPE OFFLOAD LIVINGSTONE HOTEL TO OSCARS

Posted on June 28th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
As Redcape’s destiny continues to be the subject of speculation, the Group has quietly sold one of its inner western Sydney pubs to the Gravanis brothers’ diverse and acquisitive Oscars Hotels. Located on the corner of New Canterbury and Livingstone