The ink still drying at Woolloongabba, the Mathieson family has emerged as the buyer of Sydney’s famous and somewhat controversial Captain Cook Hotel, aka The Captain Paddington, from short-term pilots. The Captain occupies a 544sqm corner of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road, near the new football stadium, Sydney Cricket Ground and Entertainment Quarter. A […]
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Never willing to rest on their laurels, Queensland’s Comiskey Group has followed its big wins at the national awards with a new addition to its prized Eatons Hill Hotel, unveiling Comiskey Distillery. Located next door to the massive Hotel, the Distillery is an expansion of on-site liquor barn Harry Brown, installed with a 1,000-litre copper
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Bruce Mathieson Jr continues his own portfolio build, snagging the potential-laden Woolloongabba Hotel in Brisbane’s Olympics hot spot. The Woolloongabba has resided on its prominent corner site since 1868, now incorporated as a tenancy in the prime location of 803 Stanley Street in the Gabba Central centre, packed with specialty tenants and anchored by a
The hotels industry is today mourning the loss of one of its towering figures – long serving AHA NSW executive Phillip Webster, who has passed away aged just 62. Webster was the proud publican of Richard’s on the Park in Canley Vale, in Sydney’s West. He was actively at the forefront of industry policy and
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A war in the cyberworld continues to escalate, and pubs are being targeted for their online and social media presence and unsophisticated understanding of the threats. Many venues put a lot of time and energy into their Instagram and Facebook accounts, developing a following and acting as a vital point of engagement with existing and
Veteran publican Charlie Redmond has done the sea change, finding haven at the Coast Hotel in Coffs Harbour in a $2.8 million high water mark for the seaside precinct. The Coast resides on a generous 1,600sqm corner of Coffs Harbour’s main thoroughfare. The popular local provides public bar, bistro and dining area, gaming room with
Inner West Council is working on lobbying the NSW State Government to apply even stricter reform to poker machine gambling at all gaming venues. Greens Councillor Liz Atkins and Independent Councillor Pauline Lockie are tabling the motion this week for Inner West Council (IWC) to petition both the Premier and Opposition Leader to introduce major
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The stately Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo has been listed for sale by interstate owners, in what should be a keenly contested prize to round out 2023. Built in 1856, the Frisco is a three-level building on a commanding 304sqm corner site, just metres from Woolloomooloo’s famous Finger Wharf and central to enduring waterfront restaurants such
As hospitality rebounds from disruption, technology continues to find new gains, and payment provider Zeller offers features designed to help pub owners improve cashflow. The argument for adopting technology products in business is typically about a faster or better solution for current or new problems. “Being tech savvy definitely helps us to streamline processes a
The Salmon family has divested its unexpectedly successful Rydalmere Tavern in Sydney’s west to pub veteran Andrew Lazarus’ Zenith Hotels. Rod Salmon is the Port Stephens-based owner of development company Coho Property. Having purchased a warehouse on 3,000sqm of land on Victoria Rd at Rydalmere, and holding an errant hotel licence, Salmon opted to create
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