THE FOX FLOODED, BUT STILL KICKING
Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and
FOOD PRICE INFLATION HITS RECORD HIGHS IN THE UK
The UK has experienced a record high in food and drink price inflation in hospitality, hitting 15 per cent for the first time in the 30 years of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (CGA PFPI). Similarly in Australia, fruit
AHA BACKS SPORTS BETTING CO ENTAIN IN TABCORP MONOPOLY
The Australian Hotels Association NSW has entered a major new partnership with one of the world’s largest sports betting groups, Entain, creating competition in Tabcorp’s monopoly market. Entain Australia is a new AHA NSW top-tier ‘Principal’ partner, alongside only TAB
PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR KELLY’S PEAK INVEST PUBS FUND
Investors in Damian Kelly’s Peak Invest pub fund are taking him to task in the NSW Supreme Court, seeking more than a million dollars be repaid even after the portfolio sold at more than 1.5 times book value. A former
FORMER EMPLOYEE NABBED FOR STEALING CASH BOX
Police have arrested a man after a brazen mid-morning robbery from a hotel in Cambridge Park. At around 10:45am on 24 September, a man entered the gaming room of the Overlander Hotel Motel Cambridge Park, a Top-150 gaming pub, and
TIME TO RETUNE YOUR MENU
Specialist kitchen consultant Paul Rifkin discusses foodservice profitability in the current environment, and beyond. * Over the past six months I have consulted with many pubs and clubs – both regional and in the city The one common theme is
LAUNDY NABS HUNTS HOTEL CASULA
Pub king Arthur Laundy has picked up the sprawling Hunts Hotel in Casula, less than six months after the record-setting sale in the precinct of the Crossroads Hotel. Hunts is located directly opposite the big Crossroads, which sold to Nelson
LUCINDA ON OFFER, IN PARADISE
The Lucinda Point Hotel Motel has hit the market, strategically located on north Queensland’s tourist trail beside idyllic Hinchinbrook Island. The Hotel occupies a large 4,056sqm site on main drag Keast Street, with dual street frontage and easy access to
PUB TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH HURDLES IN DEEPWATER
It’s not common to find a mental health themed pub in the Australian bush, but this is just what Stuart O’Neill has done after taking the reins of the Deepwater Top Pub, a hotel-motel in a New England community of
INDUSTRY LOOKS TO HOSPOFUTURE
The Australian Hotels Association (Victoria) is presenting the inaugural HospoFuture Expo event to bring together operators and solutions. HospoFuture Expo will take place Thursday, 6 October (2022), from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, at The Park, at 36 Lakeside Drive,
