Kick-starting the party on Wednesday night, Merivale’s latest festival embodies the “decadence” trend as well as the award-winning group’s new centralised and cutting-edge marketing. Late 2015 the Merivale marketing machine launched a new concept, aiming to better even engage its legion of followers and dedicated patrons. Head of Content, Sarah Ranawake, spoke to PubTIC about […]
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As the relentless march of technology permeates more and more of daily life, one tech company has found Aussies still think the best place to find love is in the pub. Research by cashless payment app provider Clipp has found that over sixty per cent of people across all age brackets surveyed believe their local
Further staking its claim to being the Balmain Pub Group, Nick Wills’ company has bought Balmain’s Town Hall. Still mourning parting with his beloved Riverview Hotel, Wills told PubTIC the Town Hall Hotel fits perfectly with their plans for conquest. “Two down, 22 to go,” said the head of Balmain Pub Group, which now counts
In a further display of market diversity, Laundy Group has purchased an idyllic and “real value” hotel on the NSW Central Coast. Growing its existing regional portfolio, which already includes pubs in Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Orange and most recently Long Jetty, the Laundys have purchased the only hotel in Tea Gardens – the Tea Gardens
The Short Group is taking its city-side experience with beer festivals to the NSW North Coast, with the inaugural Crafts on the Coast event taking place at the Seabreeze Beach Hotel Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March. Well versed in the art of crafty beer and cider festivals, W.Short Hotel Group has explored the market
Police in Sydney’s inner west are investigating the latest in late-night pub robberies involving four men, armed with machetes and axes. Ashfield Police confirmed to PubTIC they are investigating a connection between the robbery last night at a pub in Earlwood and one in Petersham a week earlier with an almost identical MO (modus operandi).
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Superbowl 50 took place in San Francisco today and packed pubs across the country, as Americana hospitality continues to infiltrate popular culture in Australia. Big screens in every state simulcast the American grand final live from the USA, attracting fans of the big-budget NFL (National Football League) into pubs unusually early for the 10:30am ESDT
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The NSW Government has announced it will continue a freeze on new licences in Sydney’s CBD and Kings Cross, ahead of the review it will begin this month into Sydney’s controversial and increasingly unpopular ‘lockout’ laws. Keeping the gate locked, lest the bolted horse actually return, NSW Deputy Premier and Justice Minister Troy Grant told
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In the true spirit of community, a determined family of patrons have banded together to save their local pub – by buying it. As the weary owners of the almost one-hundred-year-old Bolgart Hotel seek a graceful retirement from the rigours of pub operation, a town faces the loss of its heart and hub. Locals for
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A man has been charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after glassing another patron at a Newtown hotel on Wednesday evening. NSW Police reported that two men became involved in an altercation in the beer garden, resulting in one being struck in the face with a glass, causing serious cuts
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