Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

WA HOSPITALITY SERVES UP ‘BEST OF THE BEST’

Posted on November 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Around 1,100 guests and VIPs gathered last week at Crown Towers Perth to recognise this year’s winners at the Australian Hotels Association WA’s 2023 AHA-Aon Hospitality Awards for Excellence. Ending months of deliberation, finalists narrowed down from 440 nominations vied

BROWNING FAMILY PUTS UP BALLARAT COLLECTION

Posted on November 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

The Browning family has put their portfolio of hospitality venues in Ballarat on the market, representing more than an acre of freehold assets in the heart of one of Victoria’s largest regional centres. Billed as ‘The Ballarat Collection’, leading the

TILLEY & WILLS PUT UP 400

Posted on November 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Hospitality bandidos Simon Tilley and Nick Wills have promised to revive the tequila era with launch of Mexican-Inspired bar and kitchen Four Hundred, in association with the Greenwood Hotel. Located on Greenwood Plaza rooftop, Four Hundred is a relaxed, contemporary

RAINBOW’S ROYAL UPDATES TO KING CHARLES III

Posted on November 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

An enterprising publican in regional Victoria has re-crowned the Royal in Rainbow into Australia’s only King Charles III Hotel. Built in the 1890s, during the reign of Queen Victoria, the embossed and stately Royal is a classic example of its

GREENGATE ORDERED TO COMPENSATE UNRULY PATRON

Posted on November 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

The historic Greengate Hotel on Sydney’s north shore has been ordered to pay compensation to a patron, after a court ruled he was assaulted and “falsely imprisoned” by staff and security. James Mansour attended the Greengate in Killara with friends

LOUGHNANS LETTING GO THE IRONBAR

Posted on November 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Put to market for the first time ever, iconic north Queensland hotel the IronBar Saloon in Port Douglas is being sold by long-term family owners. Renowned for its laid-back holiday lifestyle and boutique businesses, Port Douglas, approximately 67 kilometres north

KIRRA BEACH HOTEL’S $380m MAKEOVER

Posted on November 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Years in the making, the recreated Kirra Beach Hotel in Coolangatta will reopen this month as the cornerstone in the massive $380 million Kirra Point Precinct. The Gold Coast beachfront pub closed early 2021, set to become integral to the

OLD BAR NEW FOR QUINN AND CO

Posted on November 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Kelly & Co Hotels has announced the quick-draw sale of Old Bar Tavern on the NSW mid-north coast to a partnership headed by growing regional hotelier Nick Quinn. Old Bar Tavern is found around two hours north of Newcastle, on

CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL HITS VOLUNTEER PAYDIRT

Posted on November 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

The election-promised cashless gaming trial due to be rolled out in venues across NSW has been flooded with volunteer operators, and may involve many more gaming machines than originally stipulated. Under pressure from anti-gaming advocates and in the wake of

AUBURN GROWS IN THE HEART OF HAWTHORN

Posted on November 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

After more than a century serving the Hawthorn community and a $4.3 million transformation, AVC has fully reopened the Auburn Hotel, ushering in more trading space and addition of new attraction ‘The Pavilion’. The site neighbouring the Hotel has previously