Clyde Mooney

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PADDINGTON BACK INN AND BOASTING MORE HATS

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s most profitable and populous pub ‘burbs continues to set the bar, with Solotel’s commemorative relaunch of Paddington Inn coinciding with two new Hats for the area. [caption id="attachment_7172" align="alignright" width="196"] Bruce & Anna Solomon. Photos by Fiora

LAUNDY’S LION GOES VEGAN

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels find itself on the cutting edge of dining in Australian pubs as the country’s first vegan pub bistro opens in the Red Lion. Located in the inner west heartland of Rozelle, within cooee of dozens of sophisticated modern

PUBLICAN ‘WINS’ APPEAL WITH 5-YEAR BAN ON LICENCE

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The live-in publican at the Albion Hotel in south-western NSW has lost his licence for five years on appeal for allowing a drunken sex romp in his beer garden. [caption id="attachment_7184" align="alignright" width="226"] Allan Francis Ogilvie[/caption] Allan Francis Ogilvie was

HURLEY PUB GROUP DRIVES CHARITY BIKE RIDE

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of the country’s leading charitable pub groups is a driving force in the upcoming Neil Sachse Foundation's Riding Around the Barossa charity bike ride. Peter and Jenny Hurley’s pub group is arguably South Australia’s most prominent and influential family

GOLDMAN SACHS CALLED TO BROKER REDCAPE SALE

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
As the money-shuffling strategies of its hedge fund owners continues, another potential sales process has emerged for Australia’s high-profile pub group. New York-based Värde Partners and York Capital Management hold the deeds to the gaming-centric Redcape Hotel Group, but will

POLITICS IN PUB VOTES NO TO BAIRD REFORM REFORMS

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Politics in the Pub came to Katoomba last weekend, with pundits debating the sense in the Baird Government’s decision to all but abandon prisoner rehabilitation through education. A packed house heard speakers on the topic of “Education Beats Crime” argue

LEGENDS TEAM UP FOR SHOT OF HISTORY

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The world’s oldest and most influential tequila is partnering with perhaps the world’s oldest and most influential rock band, in celebration of their initial coupling 44 years ago. Jose Maria Guadalupe de Cuervo founded Joce Cuervo Tequila back in 1795,

HOTEL OWNER CHARGED OVER ARSON FRAUD

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The owner of the historic Premier Hotel gutted by arson in May has been suddenly charged with multiple offenses relating to the alleged fraud. In May news broke that a 125-year-old pub in Albany, Western Australia, was mostly destroyed after

COUGHLAN BUYS IN CAMPERDOWN AND EYES MORE

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
High-profile publican Paddy Coughlan has picked up his second inner-west pub, bringing a Lady to Camperdown to append Lord Gladstone. Located on Parramatta Road, just west of Missendon Road, the Hampshire – soon to be ‘Lady Hampshire’ – is in

ACCC HOTEL RULING SEES MIXED REACTION

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s consumer watchdog has granted hotel room providers some respite from the online duopoly ruling the sector, but feelings are mixed on whether changes went far enough. Last Friday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced the results of