The list of Queensland’s best and brightest hotels has emerged, with Comiskey Group’s incredible new mega-venue taking several awards including the top honour. Open just four months, Sandstone Point Hotel is the follow-up to Robert Comiskey’s award-winning Eatons Hill Hotel. Both are located just north of Brisbane’s CBD. Sandstone Point took the prize for: Best […]
A prominent city fringe freehold going concern has come to market, with a range of potential upsides likely to test market potential. The Royal Exhibition Hotel is in the heart of Surry Hills, adjacent to Central Station, and significantly, outside the lockout zone. With a 24-hour licence and four-star accommodation atop two bars, a bistro
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Victoria’s Kingston Precinct has revealed its Liquor Accord to address binge drinking, with venues signing on to manage drink promotions. The launch was announced by Moorabbin Superintendent Bruce Wemyss, who flagged the Accord’s mandate to discourage marketing the “rapid consumption of alcohol”. Wemyss told The Age this means limiting Happy Hours to no more than
The AHA is amongst those calling for online poker machines to be included in the Government’s review into illegal offshore betting. Speaking to PubTIC, Australian Hotels Association (AHA) National CEO Stephen Ferguson says they are pushing to have gaming as part of the scope in the review, given they are so detrimental to society. “People
Licensed venues in Victoria’s Brimbank district are joining with police to get tougher on antisocial behaviour. A number of hotels in the suburb of Sunshine have joined local police to form the Brimbank District Liquor Accord, which could see patron bans throughout all participating venues. Hotels and Clubs will receive voluntary safety audits, and advise
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Violent incidents in Western Australia continue to drop, but barring notices continue to increase as police and venues crack down on antisocial behaviour. Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has reported a continuing increased focus on use of WA’s barring notices as authorities increasingly identify their validity as “a preventative measure to reduce violence and antisocial behaviour”.
Brothers Alex, Will and Andrew Cooney have taken on the beleaguered Phoenix Hotel – with plans to reinvent the baby of the Paddington pub scene. With a new pared-back décor and trendy share-style menu more like that of a boutique small bar, the new look may offer a suitable contrast to the big-ticket gastro pubs
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The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has ruled on the noise complaints of one vocal neighbour to Stephen Hunt’s CBD Hotel. The woman that lodged the official complaint was one of a number of residents that overlook the Hotel, on Newcastle’s King Street. The tenant, who did not own an apartment in the modern Civic
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Commercial director of Diageo Australia, David Halliday, has resigned to take up a senior role at one of the company’s biggest competitors. Halliday has spent two years at the helm of Australian commercial operations for Diageo, and is attributed with “driving a more customer-centric focus” at the global giant drinks company. “In the short time
Owners of the uber-successful and crafty Dove & Olive and Keg & Brew have snapped up a Randwick landmark to add to the award-winning portfolio. The burgeoning Good Beer Company (GBC) has bought Newhaven Hotels’ Duke of Gloucester, with plans to “extend” what it already does well. Speaking to PubTIC, GBC owner John Azar says
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