The prestigious Australian Hotel Association NSW Awards for Excellence are on again, with overall winners to be announced at the end of this month. Metropolitan finalists have been found across Sydney, from Bella Vista to Hurstville to Neutral Bay, but the title will be awarded to the pub that stands out across all 46 award […]
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July and August saw 528 NSW licensed venues inspected to ensure they were compliant with new requirements in line with Liquor & Gaming NSW’s gambling harm minimisation measures. The blitz precedes further mandated training for senior staff that will soon come into effect, to support leaders to maintain a harm minimisation culture. The inspections found
The O’Hara Group’s Berkeley Hotel celebrated a milestone with the regulars last weekend as the suburban local reached its 60th anniversary. Opening on 21 September 1964, the hotel has seen a lot of change over the decades. General manager and licensee Chris Scaddan decided to celebrate to hear some of the hotel’s history from the
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A Brisbane pub is leading the charge to change laws around dogs in pubs, after a single complaint forced a ban on dogs in the inner-north venue, Archer Brewing. The venue, named after the owner’s dog, even brewed a ‘dog beer’ made from carbonated chicken stock, to cater to passers-by as they followed an adjacent
South Geelong’s Barwon Club Hotel is readying for a rousing ruckus when its 16th annual ‘River Rocks’ festival hits in early November. Presented by River Rocks, B. Bookings, Balter Brewery and Bad Batch Zine, the festival promises rock, punk and even a neo-bush balladeer. Venue manager Jason Stokes told PubTIC that the River Rocks festival
Sydney’s exclusive charity event ‘Ladies Luncheon’ enjoyed another wildly successful year, raising $550,000 in support of Randwick’s Royal Hospital for Women. Now known as a highlight of the spring social calendar, Public House Management Group’s (PHMG) sixth annual event saw 170 guests gathered at Nobu at Crown Sydney, including Natalie Barr, Sky Leckie OAM, Georgie
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Victoria’s live music scene is set to receive a $3.9 million boost, with the state government reinforcing its commitment to supporting the industry and venues. The funding was designed to bolster the state’s beleaguered live music scene, and is part of a $35.4 million package supporting live music across the state. Round one of the
Western Australia’s tiny town of Darkan, around 200 Kilometres south-east of Perth, received a blow two years ago when its only pub closed its doors. The pub had been established at the same time as the town itself, back in 1906, and had always been the social hub of the tight-knit community. Fortunately, a small
A revolutionary new software tool could help pubs and other venues improve their booking revenue by allowing people to explore the site from anywhere. Last week HeadBox, a digital meetings and events platform released its latest product, ‘HeadBox 3D Studio’. It says the software allows venues to quickly create “personalised digital proposals using 3D tours”
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Yackandandah Hotel publican Peter Cook has worked in hospitality for decades, but has never experienced such a difficult time for pubs as now. The pub, in the Indigo Shire in the northeast of Victoria, has served its community for over 100 years. But in the last few months, Cook has had to drop five of
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