MELBOURNE PUB NEW LOOK AS SUCCESSFUL WINE BAR TAKES OVER

Owners of the successful Harry & Frankie wine bar have bought Fitzroy’s Rose Hotel as they take their business model to the next level. Tom Hogan and John Tennent opened their first hospitality venture together mid-2013, and are ready to

MERIVALE SET TO REOPEN THE NEWPORT IN JANUARY

Merivale has announced concrete plans for the highly anticipated re-launch of the Northern Beaches landmark that was one of the biggest sales of 2015. Purchasing the sprawling 11-hectare property in March for around $47 million, the ever-dynamic group took possession

ORIGINAL PALE ALE GOES DOWN WELL AT CRAFTY PUB

CUB has consummated its rebirth of the old Tooth’s brand, with a successful tasting launch hosted by one of the original brewer’s pubs. Tapping squarely into the increasingly sophisticated beer drinkers’ preferences, the Good Beer Company (GBC) operates the Keg

NEW SOLUTIONS EASING LABOUR PAINS FOR PUBS

Amid the increasing need for smart decision-making in a competitive marketplace, hoteliers are turning to bespoke solutions to better guide intelligent solutions. The ATO offers benchmarking tools and advice for small business. As labour-based businesses, it specifies the key benchmarking

LION TAKES FARE SWIPE AT HEALTH ORG OVER “PUBLICITY STUNT”

Lion has hit back at the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) over the uneducated lampoon of its ‘Beer the Beautiful Truth’ campaign. Initiating the campaign in response to Galaxy Research findings that most Australian (87 per cent) don’t

IRIS AND GALLAGHER TRADE ANOTHER PUB

Dynamic Iris Capital has traded another pub with the booming Gallagher Hotel Group, as leaseholds continue to come to the fore in the hot hotel market. Representing the fifth asset swap for the two groups, Iris has sold Gallagher the

PUB OWNERS “AT FAULT” AFTER COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS UNCHECKED

A Brisbane pub has found itself answering to a powerful community group, after neighbours voiced their complaints – but not to the pub. [caption id="attachment_4649" align="alignright" width="253"] Brooke and Adam Hill in the Birdcage on Derby Day.[/caption] The Boundary Hotel,

PUB ROBBED WITH SWORD IN WELL-PLANNED HEIST

A Berrimah pub and staff member are recovering after a cunning bandit executed a well-planned robbery, wielding a sword. Last Sunday night the manager of the Hidden Valley Tavern was confronted in the office by a masked man holding a

LANTERN SELLS $11m SURRY HILLS DOLPHIN HOTEL

Lantern Hotel Group has divested one of its best city assets to a colourful A-lister of Sydney hospitality. In October the ASX-listed Lantern (LTN) announced a portfolio reshuffle, selling three pubs as part of its “strategic review of the business”,