LANTERN – FALL FROM GLORY AND A 147% WINDFALL

The ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group recently completed a very public exit from the hotel game. PubTIC spoke with CEO John Osborne about the Group’s problems, the subsequent solution, and those jaw-dropping premiums to book value. Emerging from a failed pub

SYDNEY BEER WEEK EVENT REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Sydney Beer Week 2017 is due to take place 20-29 October, and event registration is now open for venues to be part of the celebration of the city’s beer culture. Organisers state Sydney Beer Week’s (SBW) main aim is to

O’NEILLS PARTING WITH BOOMTOWN BEACH HOTEL

After more than three decades building a tropical utopia, the O’Neill family is parting with its huge-format Airlie Beach Hotel on the beach. Located 1,000 kilometres north of Brisbane and nearly 300 south-east of Townsville, Airlie Beach is in the

HOTEL GUARD BEATS COFFS HARBOUR TEEN: FOOTAGE

Damning footage has emerged of a security guard assaulting and choking a teenager in an unprovoked and potentially dangerous attack. 19-year-old Josh Little was with friends at a Coffs Harbour local hotel celebrating St Patrick’s day festivities (19 March). At

VB EXIT PROVOKES CALL TO BAN BEER IN AUSSIE SPORT

Carlton & United Breweries has ended a 20-year partnership with Cricket Australia, pulling VB sponsorship from the Australian test and one-day teams. “CUB has made a commercial decision to focus on more direct advertising during summer across our broad portfolio,”

PAECH’S PETERSHAM PUB & HOTEL HEADS TO MARKET

The purveyors of good time are divesting their newly renovated West Village pub and accommodation in Sydney’s inner west. Well known publican Locky Paech and business partner Dr James Bodel are GoodTime Hospitality. The group has owned and operated the

HPI OFFERS UP COLES TENANTED HOT PROPERTY INVESTMENTS

Listed landlord HPI is making hay in the Sunshine state, offering up two of its Coles-tenanted pub freehold investments. Capitalising on the continued bullish market conditions, HPI (Hotel Property Investments) has listed the freehold of its Hotel Allen in Townsville,

ADELAIDE PRINCE PARKS ROYAL COACH HOTEL

The prominent Royal Coach Hotel has been strategically bought by Prince Alfred College, banking a long-term development opportunity. Vendors Hospitality Investments P/L and McCracken Kent Town P/L have divested the three-storey city-fringe Hotel, which features a bar, the Terrace Restaurant,

COURTS SLUG TABCORP AND HAWKS BIG FINES FOR GAMING BREACHES

Regulators have issued heavy fines for Tabcorp and Hawthorn Football Club for breaches relating to gaming licensing and failing to comply with security obligations. The Federal Court heard a case against gaming giant Tabcorp brought by Austrac – Australia’s financial