Hot on the high heels of rumours it was headed to the open market, news of a trans-action has emerged on Short and Leach’s LGBTQ+ landmark Imperial Hotel to the uber-inclusive Universal Hotels. A pub has existed on the Erskineville site since 1880, rebuilt in a classic Art Deco design by Virgil D Cizzio circa […]
Country connoisseur Ned Kelly has sold his Royal Hotel of Scone to an up-and-coming local. The regal pub is set on around 3,000 sqm, and includes 19 pub-style rooms, 10 modern motel suites, and gaming operation with nine entitlements and approved DA for a new room, altering the floorplan and improving accessibility. Known as the
Award-winning Richmond distillery Brogan’s Way has succumbed to pressure and made its limited edition Strawberries & Cream varietal a regular fixture in the range. The boutique distiller first released the Strawberries and Cream gin flavour in May 2022, as a limited seasonal product. Swiftly embraced by gin lovers, a second batch was released in January.
LGBTQ icon the Imperial Hotel of Erskineville is being sold by industry icons Fraser Short and AHA President Scott Leach. The Imperial came to fame after appearing in Australian drag movie legend The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. But new owners in 2015 struggled to manage the influx of patrons to the late-trading
Glenn Piper has won a battle to further expand the beachside Harbord Hotel, after three levels of assessment and scores of objections by locals. Piper took the keys to the famous pub commonly known as the ‘Harbord Hilton” from industry legends the Thorpe family at the start of 2020. Bringing success in real estate and
Handsome Freemantle landmark the P&O Hotel has been sold to the expanding partnership of Adrian Fini and Nic Trimboli. A hotel was originally built on the corner site in the 1830s, named the Crown and Thistle. In the 1870s this was replaced by the Victoria Hotel, then in 1901 another new, Federation-style two-storey structure was
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Rich-lister hoteliers the Roche Group have opted to divest their stately Royal Hotel at Armidale to focus on massive projects closer to home. The striking, two-storey Art Deco brick pub occupies a large 1,836sqm site, with over 86 metres of frontage across Beardy and Marsh Streets. Keeping a desirable late-trading 3am licence, it includes
Tech-based booking system ResDiary has analysed customer trends across key public holidays to help hospitality businesses balance costs for the upcoming inaugural King’s Birthday. Public holidays can be a mixed blessing for hospitality, with the potential for an influx of customers having to be weighed against higher operating costs. In early May the British empire
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Expanding hotelier Jim Knox has listed his Imperial of Inverell with immediate upside, as he pivots to focus on larger core investments. The two-storey Georgian Imperial occupies a sizeable 2,063sqm corner in the epicentre of Inverell CBD’s commercial core, providing a high volume of pedestrian traffic. It includes a public bar and TAB, gaming room,
Victorian hoteliers Matt Vero and Scott Connolly have bought the historic Healesville Hotel, bringing plans to emulate their community-focused success in Armadale. Healesville’s Hotel was constructed in the 1890s, comprising a public bar, bistro, generous beer garden and seven pub-style hotel rooms on the top floor, featuring all the modern creature comforts such as crisp
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