Sydney-siders gathered to protest the infamous trade restrictions and lockout laws that are being seen as the cause of a massive slump in the city’s hospitality scene and nightlife. Around fifteen thousand protesters, including hospitality business owners and staff, music fans and musicians and members of the public, marched through Sydney’s CBD yesterday as part […]
After two decades pushing into markets in dozens of overseas cities, pedal-pubs are set to set off in Adelaide later this month. US-based entrepreneur and former Rolls Royce engineer Stephen Lindsay is bringing two Amsterdam-manufactured 16-seater cycles to Australia to operate them as licensed pubs touring the streets of the South Australian capital. The HandleBar
Australian pubs may want to crank up the Americana, as the leading travel magazine in the USA just voted Down Under as its ‘Destination of the Year’. Deemed a great honour, the Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) magazine, which is read by millions of Americans each week, featured a 20-page expose on Australia in its January
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While Sydney’s late-night economy devolves as a result of a draconian, prohibitive response to antisocial behaviour, Melbourne is embracing a spread of trading hours with sweeping change. For more than a decade Victorian Police have identified what they call the “dark hours” after the public transport ceases and restarts. This is the peak time when
Fitroy’s Royal Derby was forced to evacuate patrons on Friday night after the venue manager received a threat there was a bomb in the building. Speaking with PubTIC, Rhys Capuano praised the fast work of the bomb detectives and said in the end the only harm was loss of trade. “I took the call around
A Brisbane pub has found itself answering to a powerful community group, after neighbours voiced their complaints – but not to the pub. The Boundary Hotel, a classic local’s pub in Brisbane’s urban and well patronised West End, is the passion of owners Adam and Brooke Hill, who invested their life savings to purchase the
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A week after quiet-spoken hotel doyen Bruce Solomon seized the opportunity to slap some perspective on Sydney’s lockout laws debate, all is quiet on the nanny-state front. Solomon rose to accept his inauguration into the NSW Australian Hotels Association Hall of Fame, at the Association’s annual Awards for Excellence last Tuesday. Speaking to a crowd
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Prominent hotelier and AHA SA President, Peter Hurley, has slammed the “untaxed, totally unregulated” Airbnb, and complicit parties including the former Lord Mayor. Speaking at an AHA Christmas lunch, in front of SA Premier Jay Weatherill and treasurer Tom Koutsantonis, Hurley spoke of the realities of the trendy ‘disruptive’ technologies, such as the self-proclaimed “world’s
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A British publican has barred 800 locals in the pursuit of a better chance to sell his pub. Against his wishes, Steve Coxshall’s Duke of Hampshire in Hampstead was awarded status on the list of ‘Assets of Community Value’ (ACV). A dubious honour, the ACV forces an owner to notify Council if they have intentions
The month of November will see a large-scale national campaign by American Express, educating and enticing consumers to ‘Shop Small’ and support their local businesses. The promotion will see extensive advertising coverage, citing the Economy of Shopping Small Report to raise consumer awareness around local and community-oriented businesses. The report found that the majority of
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