Pubs benefiting from development wave: CBRE

CBRE Hotels offices around Australia say pubs will benefit in both trade and value from the wave of development activity taking place around the country. With property sales and developments in Melbourne and Perth reaching new levels of activity, the opportunities

Country pubs need good food too

A Gippsland publican has enjoyed a big turnaround at his latest pub, and lauds the value of quality tucker and good beer. Taking over the Meeniyan Hotel last June, new owners the Willcocks were planning a new food and beer

Coogee Rooftop takes outdoors venues to new level

Merivale revealed the latest stage of Coogee Pavilion in time for New Years’ Eve, ushering in both a new year and a new high in rooftop concept spaces. Just six months after the re-opening of the venue, the next stage

WHO data reveals true global guzzlers

WHO data shows that Australians are definitely not the biggest drinkers when compared to global consumption across beer, wine and spirits. Using data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Ghost in the Data released an interactive web page that shows

Diversity is increasing the foodie pie: Hemmes

Fashion company descendent and acclaimed pub innovator Justin Hemmes spoke exclusively with PubTIC, and lauded the virtues of the fine-dining revolution for the industry. It’s no secret the ‘Masterchef factor’ has had an influence on hospitality establishments in recent years,

Penalty Rates & Small Business: Why it’s time for change

By Bradley Woods – CEO of the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) WA Whether politicians like it or not, laws cannot be legislated free of future obsolescence, because change is inevitable. Australian penalty rate laws are obsolete because the social and

Why Social Media matters

By Grant Shepherd It’s easy for a small business to think that a social media presence isn’t important. For someone unfamiliar with the subject, it’s hard to comprehend how a “hashtag” (#) could reach thousands of people in a second,

Media jumps gun on lockout review

Kings Cross, circa 1935 – Ted Hood. Image courtesy New South Wales State LibraryLast week mainstream media incited another round of liquor industry bashing, after the mis-quoting of a routine announcement by the NSW Premier’s office. The statutory review of

Coors releases cans and unleashes Jean-Claude Van Damme

Positioning itself as the ‘World’s most refreshing beer’, Coors is backing up its colour-changing bottle label with the colour-changing can – and unleashing Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now enjoying a second immensely successful phase in the UK, Coors is running in