The freehold going concern of the stately Tourist Hotel in Queanbeyan has come to market, as regional strongholds continue to see the greatest pandemic rebound. The Tourist is set on a large 1,928sqm block on main drag Monaro Street in the centre of town, beside a pedestrian thoroughfare to a large council carpark. It features […]
Perth and surrounding areas are in the midst of a snap lockdown dropped this week after a hotel quarantine security guard returned a positive COVID-19 result on the weekend. It has emerged that the guard from Perth’s Four Points Hotel delivered medicine to a returned traveller who had already tested positive for coronavirus. He is
New consumer research finds people eager to get back into the cities, and over half of Aussies reporting they see hospitality as the soul of their city. The survey found 55 per cent of Australians touting venues as vital to the cities; Melburnians topped the list with 67 per cent, followed by 60 per cent
A local developer with a growing hotel portfolio has bought the Alliance Hotel in Spring Hill for an undisclosed sum, looking to further its place in the sector. The three-storey Hotel was built 1888, the design the work of well-known architect John Beauchamp Nicholson. Perched on a 478sqm corner site on a crest of Boundary
Australia is welcoming back visitors from across the Tasman, offering some hope for hospitality businesses around the country crippled by the downturn in tourism. The so-called ‘Green Zone’ flights between Australia and New Zealand took off yesterday, finally allowing our cousins across the ditch to fly into Australia without undergoing the two weeks hotel quarantine.
Thousands of businesses have signed on to the Victorian Government’s economic stimulus program, offering rebates to operators for upgrading to digital technologies. The Small Business Digital Adaptation Program (SBDAP) was announced in November, promising voucher rebates to eligible Victorian small businesses and sole traders for the products of selected digital suppliers. It is one part
Australian Venue Co. continues to pursue post-pandemic opportunities, taking a new venue in regional Victoria and fronting more specials to get patrons back into their pubs. Today AVC announced its purchase of the leasehold interest in the Criterion Hotel in Yarrawonga, around three hours’ north of Melbourne. The handsome two-storey Georgian pub sports a period
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A couple of old hands have concocted The Witch, in West Ipswich’s former Coronation Hotel, opening a new-look venue for changing times. The well-loved old pub closed abruptly in 2019 after a tenant vacated. Ray Smith and business partner Ron Oatley have owned a half-dozen pubs over the years, and re-emerged from semi-retirement to revive
Small Pubs has taken the next steps in its investment into Newtown, purchasing and adorning the freehold of Paddy Coughlan’s Botany View Hotel. Justin Small – previously one of the partners in Balmain Pub Group – took on a new 20-year lease at the BVH in late 2019. The lease sale through Kate MacDonald at
Even as NSW and other states look to ease coronavirus trade restrictions a little further, industry bodies like the AHA are lobbying government for continued support for hard-hit sectors such as hospitality. The second round of the Federal Government’s $101 billion JobKeeper program is due to wind up in March, following tightened criteria and reduced
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