Jane Louise, Author at PubTIC

SOLOTEL TURNS IT AROUND WITH THE WOODSTOCK

Posted on August 4th, 2025 by Jane Louise

A multi-million-dollar transformation in Sydney’s northwest is set to become the go-to hospitality destination when Rooty Hill’s Carousel Inn is relaunched as The Woodstock later this year. The twenty-fifth venue to be purchased by the Solotel Group, it was acquired

GASO CLASH: LANDLORD-TENANT FEUD ERUPTS AFTER LEASE SALE

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Jane Louise

Collingwood’s Gasometer Hotel (‘the Gaso’) has hit the headlines again, only months after closing. Former lessee James Martelletti has lashed out at landlord Jim Kurtulus, claiming he lost $250K in sale of the lease to the new tenant – restauranteur

RED LION RETURNS WITH A ROAR

Posted on July 30th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Kilmore’s Red Lion Hotel was put firmly back on the map when it reopened on Monday. The 169-year-old pub in Victoria’s oldest inland town was once owned by drug boss Tony Mokbel, who purchased it in 1996 for $465K. It

DISMISSAL AFTER PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT SPARKS LEGAL ACTION

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Legal proceedings have been initiated against O’Malley’s Operations, and separately against its operations manager Riley Panetta-Sleiman by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). O’Malleys Operations, a labour-hire company used by the Royal Hotel Granville, was given an order to compensate an

GOOGONG’S FIRST PUB UNDERWAY IN $25M PROJECT

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Construction has begun on the $25 million development of the all-new Googong Hotel, on the New South Wales side of the Australian Capital Territory border. The town, a new and developing area, lies around half an hour from the Canberra

HOP TO IT: INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY IS NEARLY HERE

Posted on July 25th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Don’t lose your head, International Beer Day is almost here. Celebrated on the first Friday of every August, this year it will fall on 1 August. It was founded in California in 2007 and quickly grew from a local event

PUB’S LEASE BATTLE HEATS UP

Posted on July 21st, 2025 by Jane Louise

For almost two decades, Andrew Watson and his family have cultivated a strong community at The Hobson Stores, in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham. Originally built in 1911 as a haberdashery, the building has been the home to many businesses,

PITCH AND WICKET BRINGS BRITAIN TO THE BEACH

Posted on July 18th, 2025 by Jane Louise

A brand-new pub has arrived in Queensland’s Whitsundays, offering something old-school different to stand out from the pack. Hospitality veterans Roger Hunter (previously at Paddy’s Shenanigans), Ivan Lonsdale (Magnums) and Matt Bayford saw a gap in the market and leapt

SOUTHERN HOTEL TAPS SUN FOR POWER BOOST

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Toowoomba’s Southern Hotel plans to expand facilities and go solar, with a whopping six hundred and twenty nine new power-generating panels. The pub lodged a “minor change” with its local council to erect five solar shade structures. These will cover

STAND UP SPARKS MONDAY REVIVAL

Posted on July 14th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Australia’s last remaining pub theatre, the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s Wooloomooloo, now has another string to its bow thanks to support from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner’s Live Performance Venue Grant Program. Due to this program, Monday