Laundy Hotels have been especially hospitable of late, helping one industry newcomer into ‘paradise’ and making another a millionaire. Arthur Laundy’s operation took on the idyllic Tea Gardens Hotel in February of 2015, in partnership with Steve and Trish Rodgers as publicans, citing considerable development plans. But recent changes to circumstances have seen the management […]
Australian rock icons Midnight Oil have announced their re-formation and Great Circle 2017 world tour will kick off at one of their original homes, the Coogee Bay Hotel. Famous around the world throughout the 80s and 90s for their hard-hitting political activist music, Midnight Oil report they are rehearsing an amazing “170-odd” songs from their
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The Bayfield family is celebrating its 40th anniversary in pubs, keeping up business as usual, fighting cancer and brewing ale. On 27 March this year it will be 40 years since the family took possession of the Dee Why Hotel, which they still own and operate, along with their adjacent Bayfields Liquor Superstore, online business,
The debate in Australia around ‘What is Craft Beer’ has taken a sharp turn, with the Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) effectively ousting brands owned and linked to major brewers. The CBIA yesterday announced a “membership reform agenda” that would focus on the independence of brewers of the sector. It plans to “re-define membership eligibility”
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Chris Kirby-Ryan reports The dream began six months ago, when a group of investors got together to bring the Saleyards pub back to life. The Saleyards Hotel is located on the Bruce Hwy in Allenstown, three kilometres from the Rockhampton CBD. “The fact that there was room for a distillery was a real incentive for
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After four years in the wilderness and failing foundations, the National Hotel has this week made a quiet triumphant return to Geelong’s dynamic pub scene. The Ramia family have owned the corner site known as The Nash for the past thirty years. In late 2012 it closed unexpectedly, with management citing a council order to
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A Melbourne man is lucky to be alive after the quick thinking and bravery of staff at the Wharf Hotel, who jumped in the Yarra River to save him. Four bartenders at the Hotel were closing and enjoying an after-hours beverage when one, Matt McKiernan, thought he heard cries for help and went outside to
In an anticlimactic twist for Sydney’s live music industry, the fabled and long-closed Hopetoun Hotel has not been sold, and its owner has no immediate intention to reopen it. Stories emerged on Wednesday that Surry Hills standard The Hopetoun had sold to independent record label owner Adrian Bull, with plans for a big-budget renovation and
The Raglan Road pub in Nottingham had a queue yesterday to use its popular urinal, which features a larger-than-life representation of US President elect, the outlandish Donald Trump. The Irish-themed pub had the special backing sporting Trump’s mug put on its trough in September, with the manager citing stern disagreement with The Don’s point(s) of
Sydney hotelier Andrew Lazarus has bought Shoal Bay’s Country Club Hotel and adjoining assets, adding to his collection of “amazing upside” Hunter region pubs. Listed by long-time owners the McPhee family in August, the Country Club forms part of the 158-apartment Ramada Hotel. The asset purchase included around 120 metres of beachfront retail under the
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