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

CATHOLIC CHURCH PONDERS STOCKY HOTEL’S FUTURE

The landmark, recently closed Stock Exchange Hotel in Brisbane is languishing in uncertainty as its new owners – the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane – ponder what to do with their heritage pub. Built 1863, the Exchange is one of the

NELSON MEERS’ NEW PUB FOR AUBURN

The Nelson Meers Hotels group is preparing to open a brand-new pub in Auburn, as work commences on the heritage building that will be home to the Ambulance Station Hotel. NMH has operated the leasehold interest of the Village Tavern

COVID RENO DEPRECIATION CLAIMS LOST

Amid a wave of rapidly executed renovations in response to pandemic conditions, many hotel owners are missing out on claiming their available depreciation deductions, according to an industry specialist. Hoteliers and commercial property owners most commonly underclaim on depreciation because

HARVEST REAP BENEFITS IN COURTHOUSE

Harvest Hotels has today reopened one of Tamworth’s oldest and most beloved pubs, the Courthouse Hotel, following an extensive renovation and reinvention. Built circa 1876, the pub was closed in June last year to undergo a full-scale transformation, encompassing everything

MATTHEWS HOTELS DIVIDES TO CONQUER

One of largest and most successful family-owned hotel groups in South Australia has finalised a succession plan it says will “strengthen the future of its hotels for the next generations”. Matthews Hospitality was established during World War II by Seymour

NEW-LOOK KENT ST HOTEL TIPPED TO ATTRACT

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

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

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,