AVC REPORTS STRONG RETURN TO TRADE AMID HALF-PRICE PROMO

Australian Venue Co has been putting its best half-foot forward, offering everything at half-price at its Sydney pubs during January as it strives for recovery. Eight Sydney bars are fronting a fresh start for ‘21 with ‘Sydney’s Happiest Hour’ offering

STAR POWER FOR THE BATLOW HOTEL

Hollywood celebrity Matthew McConaughey is fronting a new initiative honouring local legends, amongst them Matthew and Linda Rudd, owners of the Batlow Hotel. The Wild Turkey “With Thanks” program is celebrating the protection and preservation of wilderness for future generations.

CROYDON PUB GUARD ACCUSED OF TEEN KNOCKOUT

A Melbourne pub is in the spotlight in video showing a security guard holding a teenager in a choke hold before carrying his limp body outside. The footage, taken by patrons at the Dorset Gardens Hotel in Croydon on Saturday

SOLOTEL TIDING FESTIVE WISHES

One of Australia’s leading hospitality groups is leading a big push to get Australians back out and back into venues for the festive season, with a campaign that pits going to the pub with cringeworthy Christmas snaps. The Solotel campaign

HOSPITALITY DOCTOR’S GUIDE TO POST-PANDEMIC SUCCESS

Australian hospitality stalwart and honorary doctor Max Hitchins has published a guide for publicans in post-pandemic times, boasting wisdom from strategists around the globe.  Max Hitchins has been a face of Australian pubs for many decades, commonly called both the

OPPORTUNITY RISING IN REGIONAL POST-PANDEMIC

Signs continue that well-positioned ‘non-metro’ hospitality stands to benefit from the increased need for interstate and intrastate travel, as Australia looks to years of forced isolation in the wake of the pandemic. Both domestic and international travel have steadily trended

THE CAPTAIN SLUGGED FOR NO COOK

Paddington’s pioneering Captain Cook Hotel has come under fire by some seemingly spoiling for a fight, falsely accused of bowing to the movement challenging Australia’s formative years through the tweaking of its common name. The old pub was taken on

YARAKA HOTEL DECLARES EMU BAN

Outback watering hole the Yaraka Hotel has made news around the world after announcing emus would no longer be welcome in the bar. The Yaraka pub is the pride of the central Queensland town of Isisford, around 1,200 kilometres north-west

LAUNDY BACKS THE FRONT OF THE BULLDOGS

In a synergy of the history of the two entities, Laundy Hotels has secured the Major Sponsorship for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs until the end of the 2022 season. The Laundy family joined the pub game with the Sackville Hotel in