The Albany Hotel is one of potentially many pubs that is in business today after legally wiping most of its debt, courtesy of Australia’s new-ish Small Business Restructuring (SBR) laws. Turning 60, Neville Walton went through with a long-held dream to buy and operate a pub in his pre-retirement, taking over the business at the […]
Australia’s last remaining pub theatre, the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s Wooloomooloo, now has another string to its bow thanks to support from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner’s Live Performance Venue Grant Program. Due to this program, Monday nights became a lively affair rather than the near-empty challenge that many publicans face. The
Balmain’s beleaguered Town Hall Hotel is back, after selling this week to a ‘restitutional’ investor as the Public Hospitality portfolio flounders. The Town Hall Hotel was built in 1888 on a corner of arterial Darling Street, opposite the suburb’s actual Town Hall, as part of the Balmain Civic group of buildings. In recent years it
A live music venue is looking to become a pub, planning food and drinks and to even add its own brewery to the mix. Sunshine Coast venue Norton Music Factory started out in 2012 as a custom guitar shop, later throwing a few private parties and shooting a film clip for a local band. Then,
Despite inclement temperatures and flagging footfall, there are things operators can do to get patrons off the couch and in for a hot meal and good time. Paul Hadida, SevenRooms’ managing director APAC, offers some perspective for publicans looking to shake up the winter blues. * Walk through any Australian city or town, and you’ll
Institution of Sydney’s lower north shore, the Pickled Possum in Neutral Bay, is being sold as a vacant freehold going concern through receivers and managers. A staple of the precinct since 1981, the colourful, eclectic late-night karaoke bar, famous amongst other things for serving drinks out of eskys, has long been a destination venue for
Fraser Coast favourite the Bayswater Bar & Grill in Hervey Bay has been sold to national operator Australian Venue Co, bringing the buzz to one of Queensland’s less frequently transacted hot spots. Positioned right on the water, the BB&G is one of Hervey Bay’s go-to dining destinations. Hugely popular with locals and tourists alike, it
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History was made last month when the Orbost Club Hotel turned over its old bottleshop to the inaugural Snowy River Country Music Festival. Showcasing only local talent from across Victoria’s Gippsland, the festival was a collaboration between the hotel and Olivia Lay, a musician based in Lakes Entrance. The event was sold out, with country
ALH is forging ahead with ambitious capitalisation plans, having submitted application to add a 30-storey hotel and residential tower above the historic Morrison Hotel. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is the hospitality arm of listed Endeavour Group, which holds the pub operator, with 350 hotels, and major retail chains BWS and Dan Murphy’s. Many of
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