The Australian hotel industry is a little less bright with the passing of Lord of the Isles doyen, charity worker, Association veteran and family man, Peter Burnett. Burnett was President of AHA (Vic) from 1997 to 2018 and National AHA President for three terms, and life member of both. In 2015, he was appointed a […]
Nine months after suffering serious damage in a fire, the historic General Gordon Hotel is on the road to recovery. Late July last year, news emerged that a fire had engulfed much of the well-known 1930s Sydenham pub, causing the roof and major internal damage, and public transport be diverted. After around two hours and
A young man recently died of injuries sustained after falling through part of the roof of a Corowa pub. It is understood 18-year-old Jack James was socialising with friends at a 21st birthday party at the Royal Hotel, on the evening of Saturday 30 March. Around 11pm James was witnessed climbing out of a second-floor
The Australian has published its inaugural Australia’s Richest 250 list, said to be the biggest study of wealth ever undertaken in Australia. Australia’s Richest 250 was published in a special of The Weekend Australian magazine on the weekend. The List cites a total of 96 billionaires, and total average wealth of $1.27bn. There are 27
The Old Hepburn Hotel will soon close after more than a century and a half, as new title-holders consider other plans for the site. The pub was built in the town of Hepburn Springs, around 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s. The original building was razed in a
The historic, heritage and twice-burned Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba has survived another attempted demolition, a state government Stop Order holding back the wrecking ball another 60 days. The Broadway Hotel was built 1889, on the corner of Logan Road and Balaclava Street, by Brisbane publican Michael McKenna. It closed due a fire in 2010, and
Australia’s $4 Billion Dollar Hotel – as the NSW Government gives green light for work to start on Snowy 2.0 Who would have imagined, 24 months ago, when the new publican bought the freehold of this popular country hotel in a small valley of the NSW Snowy Mountains, that industry leaders and politicians would visit
A patron of outback legend the Transcontinental Hotel decided to drive his ute into the pub in a self-fashioned ‘drive-through’ after being refused more alcohol. Father of three Caleb Angus Warren had reportedly been drinking heavily for several days, even skipping work. On Thursday 21 September 2017 his uncle was dispatched to the pub to
Brisbane’s heritage-listed Port Office Hotel has been closed after a fire spread through the building on Wednesday afternoon. A fire is believed to have started on the grille of the award-winning pub, situated on the corner of Edward and Margaret street in Brisbane’s CBD. While chefs attempted to extinguish it and thought it was out,
Hurley hospitality legends of the City of Churches have been immortalised on the label of a special edition West End Draught. Former AHA National President, SA President and acclaimed entrepreneur Peter Hurley was featured on limited cartons of Lion’s West End Draught a few years ago, honouring his time in the national role. Peter and
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