The McGuire Hotels family fortune has been on show courtesy of a Supreme Court case, appealing to extend a family trust an additional 25 years as new generations enter the vast and expanding business. Patriarch and former policeman in Ireland, James McGuire, took on his first pub in Brisbane in the 1880s. The McGuire Hotels […]
One of the Gong’s institutional late-night party venues has closed, ahead of a significant renovation and “change of use”. In the days after Christmas the party-hard Illawarra Hotel posted on social media it would soon be time “to say goodbye” and announced a series of ‘farewell’ parties to end with a bang. The Facebook post
Former pub game high-flyer Tom Hedley is working his way back to prominence, cornering the market in the north Queensland precinct of Gordonvale, south of Cairns. After years building a sizeable empire, Hedley sold his Hedley Hotel Group to Coles Myer P/L in 2006 for a tidy $328 million. The Queensland portfolio counted 35 hotels,
Industry up-and-comer Adam Drabarek is living the Australian dream of owning his own pub, having recently secured title to his thriving Imperial Hotel operation in Coonabarabran. After a couple of years renovating houses on the central coast, living in successive building sites as they built capital, Adam and wife Tegan began looking for candidates for
Marcello Colosimo’s Momento Hospitality has announced its new build Mullane’s Hotel, bringing modern Italian theming and a craft distillery to part of Sydney “crying out” for artisan sophistication. The impressive new multi-level destination in Baulkham Hills has been christened Mullane’s, in recognition of long-time local, Councillor and Shire President Bernard ‘Bernie’ Mullane. The three levels
The dedicated and long-serving Porter family has doubled the footprint of Porters Plainland Hotel with a $7 million development to deliver a dream more than a decade in the making. The Porter family bought the big Plainland, on a sprawling seven-acre Queensland site, back in 1948. Bob and Julie Porter took over and ran it
Industry icon Mitchell Waugh has sold his share of the landmark Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur, taking away full ownership in Public House Management Group and three Sydney pubs. Public House Management Group (PHMG) purchased the iconic Woollahra in 2015 from long-term owners the Ryan family. Group CEO and founder, Mitchell, with wife Harriet Waugh,
By Emma Castle May Hotels has unveiled its latest brand refreshment of Manly Wharf Hotel in time for the summer season. The iconic Manly Wharf Hotel is located within the historic wharf at Manly where the ferry docks, literally above the water lapping onto Manly Beach. The now-completed upgrade included extending the bar so the
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The Comiskey group has officially opened for business its Holiday Resort extension to the whopping Sandstone Point Hotel, and already reports breaking more records. The $20-million Big4 Sandstone Point Holiday Resort began taking in guests this month, after a huge ‘Public Viewing Day’ last month saw over 4,000 people file in to check out the
Following years of legal tussles, the Sunshine Coast’s legendary ‘Ettamogah’ pub has been transformed with a new image and essential new look, leading to its pending wholesale mandated relaunch. The famous Ettamogah pubs were inspired by the madcap antics in Kenneth Maynard’s popular cartoon series The Ettamogah Pub Mob, from the former Australian Post magazine,
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