Events – General

MARCH INTO MERIVALE – FOR 1 NIGHT ONLY

Posted on March 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After a booming year of acquisitions and openings, on Wednesday Merivale delivered March Into Merivale 2017 in one spectacular night, taking over the entire ivy complex and surrounding laneways. Ash Street was transformed into an Asian street food market, sporting

BEER WEEK EVENTS TO BE BOON FOR SYDNEY PUBS

Posted on March 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The new and evolved Sydney Beer Week will be back for 2017, and organisers are calling for venues to board the hop train and be part of the heady experience. Formerly the Sydney Craft Beer Week, the craft tag has

BEER+BUBS GETTING DADS-TO-BE IN PUBS

Posted on January 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Beer+Bubs is a program that teaches men what they really need to know about childbirth – in the comfortable setting of a pub amongst other men. The program has been running in Sydney since 2004, and nationally since 2009, and

PHMG’S WOOLLAHRA PLAYS HOST TO ‘RITCHIES’ LEGEND

Posted on January 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Woollahra Hotel played host to the 2017 tribute to cricketing legend Richie Benaud, assembling around 200 ‘Ritchies’ sporting wig, microphone and the obligatory cream suit. Fans of one of Australia’s most revered icons of the game came to the

MALOUF PUBS TAKING CHALLENGE TO FREEZE PATRONS

Posted on December 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Malouf’s Royal Oak and Gregory Hills Hotels will attract frozen patrons to face off in an instalment of the latest internet craze – the Mannequin Challenge. The ‘Challenge’ is believed to have been started by some Florida students less

POLITICS IN PUB VOTES NO TO BAIRD REFORM REFORMS

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Politics in the Pub came to Katoomba last weekend, with pundits debating the sense in the Baird Government’s decision to all but abandon prisoner rehabilitation through education. A packed house heard speakers on the topic of “Education Beats Crime” argue

LORD NELSON CELEBRATES MILESTONE OF PUB AND BREWERY

Posted on June 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of Sydney’s best loved and oldest pubs has celebrated its 175th birthday, and legacy as a brewer of craft ales. The Lord Nelson is said to be the oldest continuously licensed hotel in Sydney, built by pardoned convict made

INDUSTRY FORUM HEARS FINANCE GURU WISDOM ON HOSPITALITY

Posted on March 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Last Friday saw Doltone House house an insightful lunch for hospitality professionals with revered finance commentator, Ross Greenwood. Organised by rising industry publication The Drop, the event included a keynote address from [caption id="attachment_5395" align="alignright" width="180"] Andrew Jolliffe, Ray White[/caption]