Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

MATHIESON SELLS FLOUNDERING CAPTAIN

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Bruce Mathieson has sold the intrepid Captain Cook Hotel for around half what he paid two years ago, recycling the gaming credentials as the prominent Paddington pub goes into drydock. The four-storey Federation-style Captain Cook was built in 1914, overseeing

COMMODE LES COMEDIE

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

At least one universal fact about people is that everybody must partake of the privy on a consistently regular basis, but the way venues around the world label female and male latrines is neither universal nor consistent. Sometimes clever, often

CULLENS LIST BAY HOTEL AND PACKAGE

Posted on July 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Landmark coastal pub the Bay Hotel and surrounding businesses have been listed by the Cullen family, after 35 years owner-operation. The diverse business is set on a combined landholding of 4.4 hectares in Bonnells Bay, overlooking Lake Macquarie, with an

INSURANCE BURDEN BENEFITING FROM PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT

Posted on July 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The years since the pandemic have been some of the toughest on record for insurance markets, particularly in hospitality, and rising economic pressures have forced greater attention on managing the cost of insurance. GSA’s Charles Galayini says providers are responding

ASENSIO OFFERS KULETO’S ON KING

Posted on July 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Long-time owner Donna Asensio has offered up the quirky Kuleto's hotel on King Street in inner west Newtown, holding plenty of upside for a hands-on operator. Formerly known as the Milton Hotel, the three-storey venue is at the northern end

O’HARAS INK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Posted on July 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

One of NSW’s largest pub operators, the O’Hara Hotels Group has recently benefited from strategic partnerships with major industry suppliers Tabcorp and Quantaco. OHG owns and operates pubs throughout metro and regional NSW, counting a suite across Sydney, as

MALLOW, MALLOW TOIL AND TROUBLE

Posted on July 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Ballarat’s historic and celebrated Mallow Hotel has closed in a cloud of questions, as its husband and wife operators disappear. A pub was first built on the site in 1862, but the current structure was likely constructed later that century

KINSELAS AND COURTHOUSE DEAL IN COURT

Posted on July 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The big-ticket sale of Kinselas and the Courthouse Hotel by MA Financial to operator-developer Virtical has fallen over, with parties now arguing the specifics in court. Last September news broke that Moelis was divesting the pair of pubs at Taylor

MAYBE SAMMY SPLITS WITH PUBLIC

Posted on July 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The Adgemis Public sunder has taken another twist with operation partners The Maybe Group announcing today the immediate end of their tenure together. Award-winning cocktail bar Maybe Sammy and Randwick pizzeria Maybe Frank will return to The Maybe Group, led

MORTGAGEE SALE ON PUBLIC’S PADDINGTON FLOWER

Posted on July 10th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Lender Australia Pacific is selling Public Hospitality venue El Primo Sanchez Hotel – formerly the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle – as Adgemis’ collection unravels. One of Paddington’s historic pubs, the Rose, Shamrock & Thistle first opened in 1884, on the