The former headlining Riversdale group is bowing out of pubs, with stakeholders opting to sell the prominent Lambton Park Hotel, in suburban Newcastle. The pub group representing high-flyers John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon bought the LPH mid-2018 for around $6 million, after selling down its Sydney portfolio. Interests in the asset have moved […]
Two people have been charged following the alleged robbery of a Windsor hotel, with one of the alleged perpetrators an employee of the pub. Police were called to the Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s north-west about 9.30pm on Sunday, 18 September. They were told a man wearing dark clothing and a face covering had gained entry
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A Melbourne man has brought another Guinness World Record to Australia, setting a new benchmark for the most pubs patronised in 24 hours. Guinness World Records began as a promotional tactic for Guinness Brewery, in the 1950s, aiming to be the definitive answer to all the pub arguments about who was “the fastest” or what
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In further response to the demands of industry, TAFE NSW is offering more courses at no charge, to meet skills challenges for employees in 2022. TAFE NSW is the largest training provider in the world, counting over 17k staff, nearly 500k annual enrolments, and 140+ teaching and hospitality training venues throughout the state. With a
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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has doubled down on his crusade to impose cashless gaming on NSW pubs and clubs, despite evidence of the potential side-effects and pause by other political leaders. As the Premier mandates an end to criminals using poker machines to supposedly “wash their dirty cash” one of his close allies and senior
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Long-timers Peter and Judy Bugden have passed the baton at their Bago Tavern on the mid-north coast to local Glenn Knight. The Bago is located in the historic town of Wauchope, inland from Port Mac, just shy of 400 kilometres north of Sydney, reporting a local population of nearly 8,000 souls. It occupies a generous
The Queensland pub revolution continues with AVC reopening the Koala Tavern and Burleigh Town Hotel after multi-million-dollar facelifts. F&B-led operator Australian Venue Co (AVC) has around 200 pubs nationally and has been investing heavily in what it calls “revitalising the Queensland pub landscape” at its many locations in the northern state. Capalaba’s Koala Tavern is
Taphouse has passed the baton on its pocket rocket New Victoria Tavern in the burgeoning Sydney industrial precinct and one pub suburb of Wetherill Park. The New Vic came to market late 2021, citing a lively sports bars and TAB facilities, function facilities, a first-class VIP lounge with 19 EGMs, and onsite parking. Sale included
After several years juggling restriction conditions, the best of WA gathered uninhibited this week to celebrate the winners of the 2022 AHA-Aon Hospitality Awards for Excellence. A record 1,200-strong crowd attended Crown Perth to acknowledge the offerings found across Perth and wider Western Australia, as the state embraces its rebuild. “This is the first time
Whitten and Prout have sold the freehold going concern of Gunnedah Hotel for an undisclosed amount, but will be staying on for a spell to operate the classic country pub. Positioned on a 2,921sqm corner lot in the town’s high retail street, the Gunnedah is a large, two-storey structure with multiple bars, TAB, bistro and
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