HOSPITALITY TRAINING FAST-TRACKED FOR THE FUTURE
The University of Newcastle is set to address the skills gap across the hospitality and tourism industries this month by partnering with industry and vocational education institutions to provide a unique training opportunity. Across Australia, unfulfilled positions across hospitality, tourism
SHORT TALKS SELLING UP TO LAUNDY
Fraser Short has inked a deal with partner and pub legend Arthur Laundy for Laundy Hotels to buy out Short’s interest in their jointly owned portfolio of award-winning hotels. The deal is around the partnership venues of Watsons Bay Boutique
LIBERALS GO ALL-IN ON GAMING REFORM
Claiming extensive consultation with industry, Premier Perrottet has unveiled his election policy to overhaul the operation of poker machines, heralded to finally “put a stop to problem gambling”. The changes are to be implemented should the Liberal government be re-elected
PORT ADMIRAL ADRIFT AGAIN
The stoic 174-year-old Port Admiral Hotel has closed again – just five years after its triumphant return after being shuttered for more than a decade. Built 1849, it was originally dubbed the Railway Hotel in honour of the horse-drawn train
QUINN LOOKS NORTH TO BEER ARCHIVE
AusHotels has divested its long-held and revolutionary Archive Beer Boutique to an acquisitive Quinn Hotels, as Jackson Quinn heads north. Archive Beer Boutique (ABB) is a multi-level watering hole in Brisbane’s West End that has become renowned as a craft
THINGS TO COME – AT THE STAR HOTEL
Newcastle legend and propagator of riots, the Star Hotel, is up for sale as its caretakers move on. Occupying a corner of Hunter Street in Newcastle West, fronting King Street, the famous pub was built in 1885, and remodelled in
POLICE SEEK PUBLIC HELP IN MULTIPLE PUB CRIMES
Police have appealed for information from the public on several incidents of violence and robbery in pubs in New South Wales and South Australia. Around 1am Wednesday (1 February), a man armed with a machete entered the gaming room of
CROWN HOTEL PLAY UP ON RECEIVER SALE
Parramatta’s high-profile Crown Hotel and property have hit the market as receivers take control of the company that bought them from Iris for $50 million. PwC has been appointed as receivers and managers, and today the listing was announced of
CHARTER HALL STILL PUSHING PUB INVESTMENT
Charter Hall has demonstrated its continued penchant for ALH pubs, paying $57 million for the Highbury Hotel and Village Tavern in Adelaide. The hotels are centred in the capital’s northern suburbs, Highbury about 14 kilometres north-east of the CBD, the
CLUBS CEO SACKED OVER COMMENTS ON PERROTTET
The face and CEO of ClubsNSW, Josh Landis, has been stood down by the board in a sudden reaction to a comment the Association boss made on the Premier’s possible motives for pushing gaming reform. The chain of events began
