Saint Hotel, a stalwart of St Kilda since 1915, has inspired a major makeover by its latest owners, to be firmly on the map of Melbourne entertainment precincts. Following a renovation budget of $3-4 million, megavenue Saint Hotel, commonly known as The Saint, will become host to five venues. Saint Dining and Saint Bar have […]
2022 saw the emergence of a new initiative to boost support for hospitality businesses, with the launch of the New South Wales Government’s new service, “Hospitality Concierge”. The new service follows the introduction of liquor licensing, planning and regulatory changes introduced under the state government’s ‘24-Hour Economy’ reforms. Recent months show that many in the
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Further to our recent article on hospitality training and the partnership between TAFE NSW and the University of Newcastle, TAFE is going further to address the critical labour shortages within the hospitality, events and tourism sectors. Similar to its long-standing partnership with the University of Wollongong, TAFE NSW Hamilton is offering fee-free Advanced Diploma courses
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The UK has experienced a record high in food and drink price inflation in hospitality, hitting 15 per cent for the first time in the 30 years of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (CGA PFPI). Similarly in Australia, fruit and vegetables were 18.6 per cent higher in the year to August and one of
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Police have arrested a man after a brazen mid-morning robbery from a hotel in Cambridge Park. At around 10:45am on 24 September, a man entered the gaming room of the Overlander Hotel Motel Cambridge Park, a Top-150 gaming pub, and stood near a Cash Redemption Terminal (CRT). The man waited for the attendant to leave
It’s not common to find a mental health themed pub in the Australian bush, but this is just what Stuart O’Neill has done after taking the reins of the Deepwater Top Pub, a hotel-motel in a New England community of around 435 people. O’Neill began renovating the 150-year-old pub in June, before opening on 24
Pubs are under increasing pressure to reconsider often long-established bans on neck and face tattoos, as more and more Australians get inked. Hey Chica!, a Latin-inspired venue in Brisbane’s nightclub precinct, Fortitude Valley, has recently received widespread backlash on social media after enforcing its blanket ban on face and neck tattoos. A 23-year-old Papuan Australian,
There’s been a big boom in Adelaide’s craft brewery scene, with Little Bang bought up by the aspirational Duxton Pubs Group. One of Adelaide’s first local brewers, Little Bang Brewing Co has been acquired by South Australia’s fast-growing and ambitious pubs group. In 2013 business partners Ryan Davidson and Fil Kemp established the brand as
Each winter more pubs are warming up their patrons with cool weather festivities, one of the most popular being Christmas in July events such as that going on at the Greenwood. The chance to experience something of a northern hemisphere Christmas sparks pictures of a warm convivial atmosphere with log fires, hearty meals and mulled
The Sarah Sands Hotel is going “Round for Round” this AFL season, matching bar tabs for all who come to watch the game. Footy fan patrons are being urged to head to Brunswick to set up a bar tab before the first bounce, and the Round for Round program will double it – up to
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