ROCKIN’ NOVOCASTRIAN PUBS TAP TRADING HOUR EXTENSIONS

Following the 2023 bill to foster the revival of live entertainment and riding the wave of new government grants supporting live music, two more Steel city pubs have applied to extend their capacity and hours. The Cricketers Arms Hotel in

EAST VILLAGE GOES FROM GOOD TO TIPPLE

Ben McBeath and new partners have taken on Darlinghurst’s storied East Village Hotel, as Locky Paech’s outfit looks to the next move. Located on the high-profile corner of Liverpool and Palmer Street in Darlinghurst, the former Tradesman’s Arms was built

MATHIESON SELLS FLOUNDERING CAPTAIN

Bruce Mathieson has sold the intrepid Captain Cook Hotel for around half what he paid two years ago, recycling the gaming credentials as the prominent Paddington pub goes into drydock. The four-storey Federation-style Captain Cook was built in 1914, overseeing

COMMODE LES COMEDIE

At least one universal fact about people is that everybody must partake of the privy on a consistently regular basis, but the way venues around the world label female and male latrines is neither universal nor consistent. Sometimes clever, often

CULLENS LIST BAY HOTEL AND PACKAGE

Landmark coastal pub the Bay Hotel and surrounding businesses have been listed by the Cullen family, after 35 years owner-operation. The diverse business is set on a combined landholding of 4.4 hectares in Bonnells Bay, overlooking Lake Macquarie, with an

INSURANCE BURDEN BENEFITING FROM PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT

The years since the pandemic have been some of the toughest on record for insurance markets, particularly in hospitality, and rising economic pressures have forced greater attention on managing the cost of insurance. GSA’s Charles Galayini says providers are responding

ASENSIO OFFERS KULETO’S ON KING

Long-time owner Donna Asensio has offered up the quirky Kuleto's hotel on King Street in inner west Newtown, holding plenty of upside for a hands-on operator. Formerly known as the Milton Hotel, the three-storey venue is at the northern end

O’HARAS INK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

One of NSW’s largest pub operators, the O’Hara Hotels Group has recently benefited from strategic partnerships with major industry suppliers Tabcorp and Quantaco.   OHG owns and operates pubs throughout metro and regional NSW, counting a suite across Sydney, as

MALLOW, MALLOW TOIL AND TROUBLE

Ballarat’s historic and celebrated Mallow Hotel has closed in a cloud of questions, as its husband and wife operators disappear. A pub was first built on the site in 1862, but the current structure was likely constructed later that century

KINSELAS AND COURTHOUSE DEAL IN COURT

The big-ticket sale of Kinselas and the Courthouse Hotel by MA Financial to operator-developer Virtical has fallen over, with parties now arguing the specifics in court. Last September news broke that Moelis was divesting the pair of pubs at Taylor