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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY SPIRIT RECOGNISED IN GLOBAL AWARDS

The Australian-made Community Spirit project by Nip of Courage has taken gold at this year’s global Spirits Business Awards for its contribution to the spirits industry. In a virtual event streamed from the United Kingdom, the Spirits Business Awards champion the workforce of the spirits industry, in categories including marketing, sustainability, products, people and tourism. […]

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FOUR IN HAND WORTH THE PRICE FOR PARRAS

Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Paddington’s famed and once-hatted Four in Hand has been sold again, for $8.25 million, this time to well-known hotelier Colin M Parras. Previously the domain of celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge, under the ownership of Joe Saleh, the pub acclaimed for its restaurant prowess was sold in 2015, to Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG (Public House Management Group)

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TILLEY & WILLS CAVORT AT PRINCE CONSORT

Innovation, Open & Closed / Clyde Mooney

Last week Brisbane jumped to the unleashing of Tilley & Wills’ former Elephant, the reworked and newly re-monikered Prince Consort landmark of Fortitude Valley. Around 600 people freed from nine months of pandemic shackles came to celebrate the official launch, including actors, performers, musicians, foodies, business leaders and lovers of hospitality. The dress code of

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FOSTER’S MAKING A LOCAL COMEBACK

1 Comment / Drinks - Beer, Drinks – Alcoholic / Clyde Mooney

CUB has announced it will be dramatically ramping up production of Foster’s – the beer synonymous with the legend of Australia – following consumer research showing now is the time for iconic brands. Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) is relaunching one of its historic labels to local drinkers and boosting production of Foster’s Classic by

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KELLY & CO HIT PAYDIRT IN THE HUNTER

1 Comment / Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Ned Kelly and friends have struck again, swooping on the re-stapled Criterion Hotel in the wild Weston growth corridor of the Hunter Valley. The freehold has been owned by Sydney-based Peter Calligeros, owner-operator of Surry Hills’ Trinity Bar and both the Rag & Famish and Treehouse Hotel in North Sydney, while the Criterion has been

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IRIS SWOOPS ON IBIS IN $180m DEAL

1 Comment / Finance, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has pounced on a portfolio of 17 Ibis hotels from Accor Invest in a deal worth $180 million, making it the biggest hotel transaction of the year. The massive deal is for 17 freehold hotels, amounting to nearly 1800 rooms, all operated by Accor – the largest hotel operator in Australia.

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LAMBERT LEAPS INTO THE OLYMPIC

Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

The stoic Olympic Hotel in Sydney’s Paddington has been sold to former Newcastle publican Wayne Lambert, with plans for glory. Dominating the corner of Regent Street and bustling Moore Park Road, the three-storey Georgian pub occupies a 533sqm lot, offering a public bar, commercial kitchen and large dining room with its own bar, and gaming

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CROYDON PUB GUARD ACCUSED OF TEEN KNOCKOUT

Pub Relations, Public Opinion / Clyde Mooney

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 14 September, appears to show a guard holding a man around the neck before he

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MERIVALE GOES TO THE DOG

Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has emerged from the slowdown swinging, snapping up Good Beer Co’s the Duke of Gloucester Hotel for around $32 million. Dominating the intersection of Frenchmans and Clovelly roads in Randwick, the expansive two-level heritage pub is known locally as The DOG, and was bought by John Azar’s Good Beer Company (GBC) from

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SOLOTEL SELLS GREEN PARK TO ST VINCENT’S

Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Sydney hospitality giant Solotel has announced completion of the sale of the iconic Green Park Hotel to precinct hero, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Built 1893, the three-storey Darlinghurst institution and destination venue for Mardi Gras celebrations will soon be repurposed for hospital-related patient care, training and research. “The Green Park Hotel has been part of

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MOUNTAIN CULTURE JUMPS INTO THE FOX

MORNINGTON PENINSULA PUB THE WESTERNPORT HOTEL LISTED

ALH KEEP MILLENNIALS IN MIND WITH TWO REFRESHED PUBS

RIVERINA TOUCHSTONE THE GEM HOTEL FOR SALE

RESEARCH FINDS TIPPING SEEN AS ‘UN-AUSTRALIAN’

LOCALS TO DECIDE HERITAGE PUB’S FUTURE IDENTITY

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY SPIRIT RECOGNISED IN GLOBAL AWARDS

FOUR IN HAND WORTH THE PRICE FOR PARRAS

TILLEY & WILLS CAVORT AT PRINCE CONSORT

FOSTER’S MAKING A LOCAL COMEBACK

KELLY & CO HIT PAYDIRT IN THE HUNTER

IRIS SWOOPS ON IBIS IN $180m DEAL

LAMBERT LEAPS INTO THE OLYMPIC

CROYDON PUB GUARD ACCUSED OF TEEN KNOCKOUT

MERIVALE GOES TO THE DOG

SOLOTEL SELLS GREEN PARK TO ST VINCENT’S

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