Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

PARKVIEW SEES DAWES’ GATEWAY INTO SYDNEY

Posted on October 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Nathan Dawes’ Gateway Hotel Group has charged into Sydney, snapping up the Parkview Hotel ahead of its scheduled auction date. Image: Australian National University, Noel Butlin Archives Located in Sydney's burgeoning Alexandria corridor just south of the CBD, the hotel

UNIVERSAL GO MOKO FOR EXPANSION WEST

Posted on October 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Universal Hotels has taken another step in its expansion plans with acquisition of the top-performing Moko Hotel in Eastwood, from veteran hotelier Paul Dirou. Opening late 2014 as a modern Korean restaurant with a hotel licence, Moko has evolved into

QUANTACO LOOKS TO GROW WITH NEW CEO

Posted on October 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Hospitality systems and software provider Quantaco is moving into its next phase of growth and development in its technology solutions with the appointment of Mark Brixton as CEO. Coming from a role as chief growth officer at business software developer

GAMING STAFFER AND PATRON ARRESTED OVER ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Police have arrested a female employee and regular patron of the Sydney Junction Hotel over a brazen armed robbery earlier this month that netted tens of thousands of dollars. Around 3.40am, on Friday, 12 September workers at the Sydney Junction

PUB MANAGER CONVICTED OVER SEX CRIMES

Posted on September 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

A disgraced former manager of the Roebuck Bay Hotel in WA’s wild northwest has been convicted of a slew of sex crimes after abusing his position of power at the outback pub. 51-year-old Stewart Patrick Burchell, who ran the well-known

SOLOTEL UNLEASHES THE WOODSTOCK

Posted on September 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Following a multi-million-dollar transformation, Solotel is today relaunching the former Carousel Inn as The Woodstock, with a new look and features for the grand dame of Rooty Hill. The family group bought the super-large-format pub, on 1.7-Ha, in 2021 for

THE LARRIKIN OF BOWEN HEADS TO MARKET

Posted on September 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

After more than two decades at the helm, Bruce Hedditch cements retirement plans with a sale campaign on the iconic Larrikin Hotel in coastal northern Queensland. Bruce and Halina Hedditch came to the area in 2012 to operate the Larrikin for a

HUNT SHAKEUP USHERS HARRINGTON HOTEL

Posted on September 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The waterfront Harrington Hotel of Harrington is being sold in the vibrant mid-north coast, marking the latest Hunt Hospitality venue on offer in a recent portfolio shakeup. The Harrington resides on an enviable 3,004sqm site with uninterrupted views of the

SAND HILL ROAD UNVEIL REBUILT WATERSIDE

Posted on September 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

After eight years of investment, Victorian trailblazers Sand Hill Road will reopen the all-new The Waterside Hotel, revealing its transformation into a seven-level worldclass hospitality destination. Located in midtown, on the corner of Flinders and King streets, a pub was

ETTAMOGAH HOTEL AND IP BEING SOLD

Posted on September 22nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

One of the most distinctive pubs in Australia, the original wonky-walled Ettamogah Hotel outside of Albury, is for sale together with its madcap Maynard cartoons glorifying bush life. The Ettamogah Hotel was built and opened in 1987, in Table Top,