Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

Chinese Pub Li City buys $45 million Prince of Wales Hotel

Pub Li City P/L has reportedly purchased one of Melbourne’s finest hotels for $45 million. 27-year-old Chinese developer Jiyuan “Louis” Li is the sold director and principle shareholder in Pub Li City Pty Ltd, which placed a caveat over St Kilda landmark Prince of Wales Hotel last week. Known as a live music venue, the

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Husband and wife win UK’s Pub of the Year

Legends / Clyde Mooney

A husband and wife team that gave up their high-paying city jobs to run a country pub have been rewarded with the title of the UK’s National Pub of the Year. Less than two years after pulling their first pint, Peter Tiley [pictured below] and his wife Claire of The Salutation Inn have taken out

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Pub sales running hot as A-grade assets run short

On the Market / Clyde Mooney

With Sydney and Melbourne’s pool of A-grade assets shrinking, demand is rising for hotels in other capitals and city fringes. Hot on the heels of purchases nearby by the publicly listed HPI pub landlords, The Australian yesterday reported the listing of five pubs in greater Brisbane, with the Drinx and AT Hotel Groups deciding the

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Pub manager steals over $60k through Keno

In the Courts / Clyde Mooney

The manager of a Queensland pub has been charged with multiple offenses based on his alleged theft of $62,530 by way of unpaid Keno bets. The 47-year-old manager at the Emerald Hotel will face Emerald Magistrate’s Court next month for counts of ‘stealing by clerks and servants’ and ‘fraud dishonesty to gain benefit or advantage’.

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Gallaghers Irish tipple set to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Promotional Events / Clyde Mooney

The Gallagher Hotels team is rolling out the barrels around next month’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations, with a world-class feast of fine whiskies and custom degustation. Embracing its Irish-ness, on 25 March the PJ’s Irish Whiskey Bar, on the ground floor of the landmark Jacksons on George Hotel in downtown Sydney, will be showcasing its

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Fairfield pub rides goat celebrations into New Year

Promotional Events / Clyde Mooney

The Fairfield Hotel is set to party tonight, bringing in the Year of the Goat with a large-scale community celebration. Situated in a district with a high percentage of Chinese and other Asian nationalities, the Hotel is catering to the New Year celebrations with fireworks, martial arts displays and a chance to get up close

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The Hi-Fi woes – and the plight of music

Bush Telegraph / Clyde Mooney

The broader picture of the ongoing battle of live music emerges as The Hi-Fi venues go to market with high hopes. Administrators, Melbourne accountants Romanis Cant, has worked hard with multiple creditors, after an unresolvable debt with one put the operators of the three music venues into administration. Romanis Cant’s Simon Nelson told PubTIC that

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Hi-Fi bars go quietly into administration

Changing Times / Clyde Mooney

The music has stopped for prominent venues The Hi-Fi group, with a statement announcing voluntary administration due to a dispute with a single creditor. Owners of the three music venues, including former Carlton footballer Luke O’Sullivan, issued the statement last week, which said the disputed “could not be resolved” and as a result “the creditor

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HPI KEEPS THE FAITH

WINDSOR’S HISTORIC TATE’S TO MARKET

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GREEN LIGHT ON GREENROOF

INGLEWOOD HOTEL TAKES OFF

FELONS BREWING CO MAKES A SPLASH AT MANLY WHARF

Author name: Clyde Mooney