Sydney’s star of Surry Hills, the iconic Hotel Hollywood, has been listed for sale for the first time in 42 years. The four-storey Art Deco Hollywood stands sentry on the corner of Foster and Hunt Streets in the bustling city-fringe precinct, offering a blank script for an incoming operator. Through the old-school mustard tiles coating […]
The business of the heritage-listed Redbrick Hotel in Brisbane is being sold by Hakfoort Hotel Group amid rapid local development. The Victorian-era Hotel was originally constructed in 1890 for Thomas Burke, who remained owner and proprietor until 1899. Many owners followed before it was renamed ‘Burke’s Hotel’ in the 1980s in his honour. At some
Ordering and payment platform me&u has launched a national initiative to support hospitality workers with announcement of Tip To Hospo day, set to take place Thursday. On 22 April me&u pledges to match every tip raised on its platform – dollar for dollar – in appreciation of workers and the sector. The past year has
The Winchester Group has soaked up The Sun Hotel in Bryon Bay from the Flannery family’s KTQ Group for an undisclosed price. The rich-listed Flannery family built The Sun on a generous 7,653sqm freehold landholding near Byron Bay’s North Beach, on arterial Bayshore Drive. It holds a full hotel licence, offering public bar and TAB,
The Hindmarsh family are looking to leave their beloved Criterion Hotel Gundagai, putting it to market amid the boom for strong regional pubs. Conveniently located around halfway between the capitals, Melbourne and Sydney, Gundagai is a NSW landmark of close to 4,000 people, known for its iconic ‘Dog on the Tucker Box’ statue and song
Coopers is releasing a distinctly Australian IPA, with a little help from live, loud and local legend, Aussie rocker James Reyne. Australia’s largest independent family-owned brewery launches Coopers Australian IPA as a limited-edition release, in kegs and cans. As IPAs continue to grow in popularity around the country and a flood of overseas styles hit
Driven by the beating iron heart of Newcastle, Steel City Brewing Company has partnered with Lion to proclaim a brewery for the people of the Hunter, backed by some of the region’s biggest names. Steel City brings plans to brew beers that are easy-drinking, refreshing and “highly sessionable”. The company champions modern working-class culture,
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A posse of publicans led by Newcastle-based Nicholas Quinn have purchased both the freehold going concern of Taree’s Royal Hotel and passive freehold of the nearby Australian Hotel in Wingham. The Royal Taree is a classic regional watering hole, offering a quality bar operation and beer garden with stunning views over Manning River, gaming room
The aptly named Grand Hotel of Bundaberg has come to market on behalf of a mortgagee in possession, shortly after closing less than a year since a major renovation. The historic Grand occupies a large 2024sqm corner site in the centre of town, where it has been operating for more than a century. It reopened
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Lewis Group has announced it is offering a signing bonus of $2,500 for chefs as the industry feels the pinch of the labour shortage crisis. A Federal Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Migration was told this week of staff shortages forcing some hoteliers to “beg, borrow or steal” chefs and cooks, while many Sydney CBD
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