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NEW-LOOK KENT ST HOTEL TIPPED TO ATTRACT

Posted on June 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney publican Brett Strauss has taken on the new-opportunity Kent Street Hotel, beginning a fresh redesign and pitch to shifting markets beneath a host of changes above. Strauss is the proprietor of the Chippendale Hotel in the southern fringes of

GREAT WESTERN SUCCUMBS TO COVID

Posted on June 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Despite recent high hopes to soon be back in the saddle and serving up good times, yesterday the time-honoured Great Western Hotel in Rockhampton announced it will not be reopening due to the pandemic shutdown and downturn. Established 1862, the

McGUIRE HOTELS FORTUNE ON SHOW IN SUPREME COURT

Posted on February 19th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The McGuire Hotels family fortune has been on show courtesy of a Supreme Court case, appealing to extend a family trust an additional 25 years as new generations enter the vast and expanding business. Patriarch and former policeman in Ireland,

ILLAWARRA HOTEL’S MYSTERIOUS CLOSURE

Posted on January 15th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
One of the Gong’s institutional late-night party venues has closed, ahead of a significant renovation and “change of use”. In the days after Christmas the party-hard Illawarra Hotel posted on social media it would soon be time “to say goodbye”

HEDLEY LEAPS TALL IN FAR NORTH

Posted on November 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Former pub game high-flyer Tom Hedley is working his way back to prominence, cornering the market in the north Queensland precinct of Gordonvale, south of Cairns. After years building a sizeable empire, Hedley sold his Hedley Hotel Group to Coles

A PUNT AND A WIN AT THE IMPERIAL

Posted on October 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Industry up-and-comer Adam Drabarek is living the Australian dream of owning his own pub, having recently secured title to his thriving Imperial Hotel operation in Coonabarabran. After a couple of years renovating houses on the central coast, living in successive

COLOSIMO STAMPS HERITAGE IN NEW HILLS HOTEL

Posted on July 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Marcello Colosimo’s Momento Hospitality has announced its new build Mullane’s Hotel, bringing modern Italian theming and a craft distillery to part of Sydney “crying out” for artisan sophistication. The impressive new multi-level destination in Baulkham Hills has been christened Mullane’s,

PORTERS BUILD FUTURE AT PLAINLAND PUB

Posted on June 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The dedicated and long-serving Porter family has doubled the footprint of Porters Plainland Hotel with a $7 million development to deliver a dream more than a decade in the making. The Porter family bought the big Plainland, on a sprawling

PHMG RESHUFFLE AS WAUGH SELLS OUT OF WOOLLAHRA

Posted on March 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Industry icon Mitchell Waugh has sold his share of the landmark Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur, taking away full ownership in Public House Management Group and three Sydney pubs. Public House Management Group (PHMG) purchased the iconic Woollahra in 2015

MANLY WHARF ‘STAYS CURRENT’ WITH STRATEGIC REVAMP

Posted on November 12th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
By Emma Castle May Hotels has unveiled its latest brand refreshment of Manly Wharf Hotel in time for the summer season. The iconic Manly Wharf Hotel is located within the historic wharf at Manly where the ferry docks, literally above