On Wednesday night the much-awaited re-launch of Cruise Bar brought a magnificent new venue, decadently artistic decorations, hundreds of delighted guests, and a tsunami of ignorant and misplaced media coverage – but Chris Cheung is not perturbed. Pitched as a luxurious place for CBD professionals and tourists to enjoy sophisticated dining and cocktail experiences whilst […]
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Another pub icon of Sydney’s live music scene will close – to reopen as a breeding ground for musicians and performers. One of the original ‘sticky carpet’ pubs, hosting a myriad of bands and kick-starting countless careers in music, the Lansdowne Hotel has been sold by Oscars Hotels to the Academy of Music and Performing
Patrick Ryan has lifted the lid on his chic CBD hotel renovation, with an amazing new roof-less bar atop the four-storey Pitt St pub. The Republic Hotel has come to attract an upmarket clientele of suits and business class customers since the Ryan family re-licensed the 1865 building in 2002, but Patrick admits that after
Erskineville’s Imperial Hotel has closed indefinitely as the spectre of ‘lockouts’ logic seeps into suburban scapegoats. It took just three months for new operators Spice Group to lose control of an institutional venue as it became a hot-spot for Sydney’s displaced late-night party scene. The LGBTI* institution changed hands in April, with Spice Group bringing
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A hotel built in 1968 is finally free to be redeveloped after a bizarre battle to protect it under a heritage order. Languishing on an enormous 45,000 square metre block on the outskirts of Melbourne, the hotel was designed by architects Jorgensen and Hough to embrace the sweeping reforms to the Liquor Act of 1968.
One of Australia’s hottest international venues has reopened after a year-long make-over. Famous A-lister haunt and headquarters of Australian Fashion Week, Cruise Bar, in the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, has opened its doors again this week following a refurbishment worthy of its glamorous heritage. The three-level hotel has been overhauled from bow to
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One of the best-loved pubs in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has re-opened following an unexpectedly comprehensive overhaul. Seven months ago the new owners of Paddington’s Bellevue Hotel, WDS Group, fronted by industry veteran Steven Speed, began a timely make-over of the famous pub. Peeling back layers of the 1880 two-level hotel opened a Pandora’s Box that
Oscars Hotels has launched an amazing new hotel venue in Sydney’s south-west set to become a hub of entertainment and business. Last night saw the gala opening of The Warwick, attracting guests such as the Honourable Frank Carbone (Mayor of Fairfield), Ned Mannoun (Mayor of Liverpool) and Gus Balloot (Deputy Mayor of Liverpool) as well
Premier inner-west live music venue the Newtown Social Club is launching a new-look space to offer more social and less ‘sticky carpet’. The operators of Melbourne’s highly successful Northcote Social Club purchased the Sandringham Hotel from receivers in late 2012, and re-branded the legendary live music pub into a Sydney instalment of their model. Located
West Australian hotel industry stalwart Neil Randall is overhauling his beloved pub to “keep up with the trend” in the dynamic Perth hospitality market. The Paddo Ale House is a Perth institution and has been operated since 1987 by AHA President and former football great Neil Randall. The lease to the hotel came up for
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