Five years in the planning, Freshwater’s Harbord Hotel is finally opening its next stage in renovations, Bombies. The hotel is situated metres away from the place where surfing was introduced to Australia by Duke Kahanamoku, in 1914. Previously the caretaker’s residence of the hotel, Bombies is named after the surfer slang derived from the Indigenous […]
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Hakfoort Group is celebrating the new look of the historic Lord Stanley Hotel, boasting a significant extension as part of a $15 million makeover. The Hakfoort family bought the 135-year-old pub in 2022, paying around $20 million for the title from HPI and operation from Australian Venue Co. Located in east Brisbane, close to the
Dr Jerry Schwartz has celebrated the continued health of his Sydney Brewery operation, opening a new venue in Alexandria as the craft brewer marks its 20th anniversary. The early twenty-teens produced a frenetic, patron-shuffling public interest in craft beer. As the market matured the plethora of boutique breweries that bubbled into existence, particularly in the
After years of anticipation, Queensland’s award-winning hospitality giant Comiskey Group today celebrates the opening of its eighth venue, the Dakabin Hotel, to a massive response. From 11:30am, the pub’s soon-to-be regulars began pouring in, ready to check out what the venue has to offer. The venue tour began with a ceremonial auction of the first
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Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG has executed a major transformation on its upmarket Humphrey’s Hotel, doubling its bar capacity and creating a distinct destination for sports fans. The elegant pub opened late 2023, occupying a full floor of the new One Hurstville Plaza, in the heart of Hurstville, aiming to “redefine the concept of the local”. Until
Cronulla welcomes a dynamic new hospitality addition with the arrival of the Feros Group’s Parc Pavilion, bringing four new and unique venues under one roof. The multi-venue precinct, with capacity for up to 850 people, is set to undergo a staged opening, beginning this month. “Cronulla has been waiting for a venue like Parc!” exclaims
Townsville’s historic Oonoonba Hotel Motel is getting a glow-up, including a name change back to its original moniker. The 123-year-old pub was known as The Fairfield for its first sixty years and is returning to this name as the pub is returned to its former glory. New owners PMJ Operations, comprised of Brisbane-based commercial agent
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One of Western Australia’s oldest pubs, Bunbury’s heritage-listed Rose Hotel, is set to celebrate its 160th birthday with a new lease on life. The pub has served generations of locals and visitors, including Prime Ministers and a Governor General, as well as surviving an earthquake. Owners LocalsCo, a family-owned hospitality group dedicated to preserving the
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Committed Queenslanders the Ghanem Group are beefing up Boonah with a major restoration of the historic Commercial Hotel and the addition of beer-based attractions for the tourist region. Established in 1905, the iconic Queenslander pub is open again, having undergone a “gentle facelift” throughout, bringing tweaks to the bistro, accessibility, furniture, lighting, and upgrades to
Australia’s biggest publican has unveiled a completed $1.6 million internal renovation, ushering a new look and revised offerings at its Crows Nest Hotel, in Sydney’s north. The major works mark almost a decade since Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) re-opened the flagship hotel affectionately known as ‘The Crowie’, in 2016, when a multi-million-dollar overhaul brought
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