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QUARRYMANS HOTEL RUNNING SECOND ANNUAL CIDER FESTIVAL

In just over a week, Sydney craft mecca The Quarrymans will host its second annual Craft Cider Festival, featuring an all-star line-up. Taking place Saturday, 14 March, Australian breweries such as Young Henry’s, Prickly Moses, Australian Brewery, Batlow Cider and Bilpin Cider will have stalls to showcase their drinks in the country’s fastest-growing category. Complementing […]

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KEYSTONE SELLING KINGS CROSS SUGARMILL

On the Market / Clyde Mooney

The award-winning Keystone Group is divesting the freehold of its Kings Cross icon, the four-level Sugarmill Hotel, at 33 Darlinghurst Rd. Expected to fetch around $20 million, the immensely successful ground floor bar, two levels of Kit & Kaboodle nightclub, and Sweethearts rooftop bar will stay tenanted by Keystone. One of the landmark venues on

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PENALTY RATES PENALISING THE WHOLE STATE: THA

Payroll & Employment / Clyde Mooney

President Paul Jubb, of the Tasmanian branch of the AHA – the THA – talks about the impact of penalty rates on the State’s hospitality industry. At first glance, the idea of having a Tasmanian Parliamentary inquiry into penalty rates, when Awards are very definitely in the Federal jurisdiction, may seem fruitless. After all,

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NEW LICENSING RULES BEGIN

News & Releases / Clyde Mooney

March sees the introduction of the final stages of the Liquor Act Review by the NSW OLGR and WA’s DRGL roll out its URS, with mixed blessings for licensees. In an attempt to encourage its Multi-Occasion Extended Trading Authorisation (MOETA), Government has dropped the $1000 application fee for 2015. The MOETA system allows regional venues

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TABCORP ANNOUNCES BIG GUNS FOR 2015

Gaming - On-site betting / Clyde Mooney

Australia’s biggest wagering provider is off to a racing start in 2015, confirming its continued partnership with veteran bloodstock company Inglis and announcing the upcoming start for world-renowned race caller Darren Flindell. Locking in another three years with Inglis, Tabcorp will be shifting its face beside Inglis from Luxbet.com, with TAB “taking more prominent branding”

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INDUSTRY MOURNS JOHN HEMMES

Legends / Clyde Mooney

Australia’s hotel industry mourns today the loss of hospitality and style icon, father of Merivale CEO Justin Hemmes, “Mr John” Hemmes. The trail-blazing hotel group issued a solemn statement this morning, requesting their privacy be respected at this difficult time. “The Hemmes family announce with great sadness that John Hemmes passed away last night, following

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$100m of pub purchases for Redcape & HPI

Property / Clyde Mooney

One of Australia’s largest pub owner operators, Redcape Hotel Group, has snapped up the top-performing Crown Hotel in Revesby for more than $30 million. Coming in at #19 on the OLGR list of gaming venues, the Crown is Redcape’s largest acquisition to date. PubTIC spoke to Redcape, but the company was unable to comment on

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Merivale puts on biggest show in pubs

Promotional Events / Clyde Mooney

The Merivale juggernaut has leapt into the seventh instalment of March into Merivale, showing why it holds that crown as one of the country’s foremost entertainment providers. Offering up an all-singing, all-dancing five weeks of non-stop events, the 2015 March launch party took place on Wednesday night with thousands of people flooding ivy for a

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Pubs lead the way – top and bottom

In My Opinion / Clyde Mooney

On the basis that there is always something to learn from those better than you, this week’s news brings big insight for the nation’s pub industry. I think it was Robert Holmes á Court that said “big business is just small business with more zeros”. This perspective is one that few but billionaires could really

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Assault rates falling dramatically around NSW

Trade Restriction / Clyde Mooney

The much quoted and independently run Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) recently released notice that assault rates around the State have dropped dramatically – to a predominantly silent response from media. While the State average since 2008 has reached a very notable 37.4 per cent drop in violent crimes, some known notorious areas

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ROYAL MELBOURNE PASSES THE PUB TEST

HOTEL COMMONWEALTH’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

GLASS ACT: WALLOON HOTEL’S AMNESTY TO BRING BACK WAYWARD VESSELS

NSW AWARDS BRING OUT THE BEST

LATEST GAMING INDUSTRY ATTACK: TAX RETURNS

LEVY ON SHORT STAY ACCOMMODATION BEGINS IN VICTORIA