DUXTON PUBS SEE UPLIFT IN LITTLE BANG

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

NEW SYDNEY PUB FOR THE NEW GAMING PATRONS

Plans have emerged for a next-generation pub, on Sydney’s Broadway, tapping the booming potential of the video gaming market. Fortress Esports has submitted plans around what will be one of the largest ‘esports’ and video gaming venues in the southern

SUNSHINE COAST SEES DAWN OF THE DOONAN

Hospitality giants the Comiskey Group, producers of two of Australia’s largest pubs, have announced the start to and a partnership with their new venue, The Doonan. The Queensland family-owned company has been widely acclaimed for its creation and operation of

YANGAN LOCALS ON QUEST TO BUY LOCAL

Facing the demise of their beloved watering hole, a posse of determined residents are making the bold move to purchase it themselves. Yangan is a small community of less than four-hundred people, 160 kilometres south-west of Brisbane. The Yangan Hotel

COLOSIMOS SEEING DOUBLE IN ORAN PARK

The Colosimo’s Momento Hotels has backed up plans for its new $38 million Oran Park Hotel with plans for a second greenfield pub, the Oran Park Tavern. Sixty kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Oran Park has been one of

COOMERA LODGE HOTEL SET FOR AVC MAKEOVER

Australian Venue Co continues its Queensland capex campaign, announcing a major $3 million renovation on Gold Coast stalwart, the Coomera Lodge Hotel. Taken on as part of the Spirit Hotels portfolio, the Coomera Lodge Hotel is a Sunshine State veteran,

MATTHEWS STEPS UP WITH SALISBURY AND $13m INVESTMENT

Matthews Hospitality has announced purchase of ALH’s Salisbury Hotel, as it invests more than $13 million into its South Australian communities. Matthews Hospitality is one of South Australia’s largest family-owned hotel groups, the Salisbury joining Feathers, Maylands, Buckingham Arms, Eyre,

AVC CONTINUE CAPEX PLANS, AT BMH

Australian Venue Co continues its mission to revitalise historic pubs across Australia through a multi-million-dollar renovation of the historic Brighton Metro Hotel. Established in 1846, the 175-year-old pub Adelaide pub is a centrepiece of the Brighton community. Investing in its

AVC REVIVING DORMANT SARAH SANDS

Australian Venue Co is breathing new life into the darkened landmark Brunswick pub, the Sarah Sands Hotel, slated to re-open in May. Built 1854, the Sarah Sands Hotel is an institution of Melbourne. In recent years it traded as the

AVC UNLEASHES CHEQUEBOOK IN MAJOR CAPEX STRATEGY

Australian Venue Co has revealed plans to spend north of $50 million revitalising and expanding two-dozen pubs across the Sunshine State, in a major show of faith in the market. AVC already holds 86 pubs in Queensland and sees opportunity