WALSH’S GOOD TIME LANDS STRADBROKE ISLAND
A partnership of Ben Walsh’s Good Time Group Holdings with the Anthony Moreton Group has purchased the idyllic Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel from long-time owner Bob Hill. The Beach resides on a generous 3,267sqm lot overlooking the picturesque Cylinder Beach,
KICKON SETS SIGHTS ON QLD’S OLDEST PUB
Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has taken another new prize in the Grand Dame of Cleveland, bringing plans for a multi-million-dollar renovation, and a familiar face partner. Built 1851, the Grand View Hotel began life as Cleveland House, before being renamed
FACIAL RECOGNITION ROLL-OUT FOR NSW PUBS AND CLUBS
The AHA NSW and ClubsNSW have announced a joint initiative to introduce facial recognition technology in all hotel and club gaming rooms, to further combat the onus of problem gambling. Facial recognition is set to become a major part of
SOUTH AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES THE BEST OF 2022
The best of South Australia’s hotel industry were revealed at the 2022 AHA|SA Hotel Industry Awards for Excellence, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Tuesday night. Around 900 people gathered to learn who had won the industry accolades, across 36 categories.
SAVIC SCORES ANOTHER GONG, WITH IMG
Veteran corporate hotelier Steve Savic has teamed up with the players behind IMG Hotels to purchase the tired Mittagong Hotel in the NSW southern highlands, with big plans. Built in the last few years of the 1800s, the three-storey Mittagong
STEEL CITY’S THE DEL TO SELL
Newcastle favourite the Delany Hotel has been put to market, amid the ongoing local construction boom and big-ticket sales. Known affectionately by locals as ‘The Del’, the stately two-storey hotel was built in 1924 and occupies a 1,685sqm site on
ANGLERS TAVERN UNDER WATER AS RAIN SOAKS THREE STATES
Heavy rainfall has drenched three states and left thousands flooded, including the Anglers Tavern in Melbourne’s west, fighting water to its second level but vowing to return. Swathes of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania copped heavy rain late last week, forcing
ENDEAVOUR Q1 RESULTS HERALD STRONG REBOUND IN PUBS
Endeavour Group has released its Q1 trading figures for FY23, reporting “accelerated” sales in its fleet of pubs and growth in retail, compared with pre-COVID levels. Australia’s largest pub operator and liquor retailer, the ASX-listed Endeavour Group (ASX:EDG), detailed group
SILVER SCREEN PUB PUTS UP THE SIGN
High-octane outback legend the Silverton Hotel is bursting back to market, as its septuagenarian gatekeepers look to new distant horizons. Silverton is iconic Australian red earth country, more than 12 hours’ drive west of Sydney. The town of just 48
UNION JACK HOISTED TO MARKET
The good-time Union Jack Hotel and backpackers in Cairns have come to market, as the passive owner looks to downsize for retirement. A public house was built on the site in the tropical Far North Queensland town in 1926, known