As the British pub scene continues its seemingly relentless march toward anonymity and streamlined operations, one operator is attempting to impart a little ‘scouser’ humour into its venues. On Doric Street, in Seaforth, Merseyside, sits a 100-year-old pub long known as The Doric. New owners AtWill Pubs have changed the pub’s name to something they […]
After months of negotiation, Paul Irvin Hotels has sold to a hungry residential developer in a deal worth $50 million. The freehold going concern divestment of the Bull & Bush Hotel is one of the biggest pub sales in years, with Dyldam Developments tempting the long-standing hotel group into parting with the Baulkham Hills landmark.
On Sunday pubs in time-zones around the world will tune in to the “fight of the century” as boxing’s return to prominence rides on two of the sport’s all-time greats. American superstar Floyd Mayweather will fight Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with telecast beginning around 11am AEST. The match
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More pubs are bringing help to victims of the Nepal earthquake as two of Surry Hills’ beer meccas* give away top craft beers in support of fundraising. Tonight the elegant, newly-renovated Keg & Brew will donate 100 per cent of proceeds of a keg of award-winning Murray’s (Angry Man) and Stone & Wood (Pacific Ale).
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The Australian Hotels Association WA has slammed the latest ‘Alcohol Poll’ by FARE (Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education) as “distorted” and guilty of “fear-mongering” around alcohol consumption. The AHA WA says the questions in the latest survey, which uses a cash reward commercial service to garner and encourage respondents, is both the wrong methodology
Set to take over the Newport Arms in late May, Justin Hemmes revealed some of the plans he hopes will make the Northern Beaches icon Merivale’s greatest achievement to date. Conscious of the gravity of tinkering with one of Sydney’s best-loved pubs, the CEO of one of the country’s most dynamic hospitality groups spoke with
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Hospitality group Solotel and beer giant Carlton & United Breweries are hosting a series of fundraisers to send money and clothing, after the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on the weekend. The quake created a lot of innocent victims in a very poor part of the world, and touched Australia both through our
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The magnificent Carrington Hotel in Katoomba has won a hard-fought battle to transform part of its heritage structure into a micro-brewery and “major tourist attraction”. Built in 1882 in the style of a Victorian grand hotel, it was named after NSW Governor Lord Carrington and has sheltered Prime Ministers, celebrities and even British Royalty. The
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On Monday Orange Local Court fined a man $1300 over his drunken behaviour and failure to leave a local hotel. Mechanic Benjamin Gray was asked by staff to leave the hotel in the early hours of 4 April, but argued with security outside. Passing police on a routine patrol spotted Gray in what they described
The AHA NSW has launched a widespread campaign to remind people of the community depth and significance of the Aussie pub. Launched last night, four 30-second TVCs began on State-wide television, followed up this morning by pre-recorded ads and live reads on 2GB (Alan Jones, Ray Hadley and Ben Fordham). Beginning today, 15-second “region-specific” radio
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