Marty Short’s pub group has picked up a local favourite in Redfern as city fringe assets continue to emerge as the must-haves in a hot market. Spying the area’s steady development, the operators named in recognition of patriarch Warwick Short pounced on the Tudor Hall Hotel in an off-market campaign. The purchase, believed to be […]
A much-publicised instance of power-drinking could ironically link the Prime Minister’s flailing popularity with the de-demonising of the hospitality industry. Responding to encouragement from the crowd, PM Tony Abbott skolled a schooner of VB in Double Bay’s Royal Oak Hotel. Reviving the legacy of famous beer-skolling champion PM Bob Hawke, Abbott reportedly looked very pleased
Dormant for nearly seven years, the magnificent Palisade Hotel has sold to a private investor after a packed auction and vigorous negotiation. Located overlooking the Harbour Bridge and foreshore and $6 billion Barangaroo development, the Hotel has been closed since 2008 but recently enjoyed a massive refurbishment to capitalise on underlying property value. The “Jewel
One of Australia’s most remote and history-soaked pubs has reopened, with a new significance and “ground-breaking” ownership. Built in the 1890s, between Roebourne and Port Hedland in WA’s Pilbara region, the original Whim Creek Hotel was demolished in a cyclone before its tenth birthday. Early in the Twentieth Century, a steel frame structure destined to
The accolades continue for DrinkWise’s campaign that aimed to help educate youth on the perils of irresponsible drinking. ‘How to Drink Properly’ was launched in early 2014 and was awarded Silver at the 2014 Spikes Asia Awards in September. Last Friday it received Silver again, at the highly coveted APAC Effie Awards in Singapore. An
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International Game Technology continues to flex its muscles in the international gaming industry with the announcement of a massive merger and another milestone for Advantage Club. IGT – a world leader in gaming equipment – has joined with the largest lottery business in the world, GTECH. The collaboration sees a powerhouse of technology, innovative content
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One of Australia’s First Families of Wine has rightfully called foul over the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code’s rejection of its ad: Life – Drink it in. The ABAC deemed the ad to be inappropriate, for reasons yet to be explained. Mitchell Taylor – third-generation managing director of Taylors Wines, multi-award-winning legend of the Clare Valley
There are likely those that have almost tired of me banging on about Kings Cross and The Bourbon, but the subject deserves at least one more hit. It was with mixed feelings this week I reported the sale and purchase of one of Sydney’s most famous pubs. After every reasonable attempt to set the example
Bourbon “vision” quashed as Chris Cheung sells Kings Cross icon The Bourbon to Iris Group amid trading collapse in the precinct. “It is with a heavy heart that we made the decision to put the hotel on the market,” Cheung lamented to PubTIC. “We were challenged with our master plan for The Bourbon due to
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The blood bath continues in the greyhound racing industry as an already banned trainer is jailed for intimidating a key witness. The Four Corners expose in mid-February that showed clandestine footage of trainers including well-known identities using possums, rabbits and piglets as live bait, sparked community outrage and a series of investigations. Within weeks five
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