BUDGET 2022: WHAT IT MEANS FOR PUBS AND PUNTERS
The Federal Government has issued its much-anticipated budget for the coming year, and critics are saying it is tainted with pre-election flavour, with only modest gains for small business and hospitality. It appears Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be staying
AVC ON THE GREAT ROAD TO APOLLO
Australian Venue Co has announced its acquisition of the newly-sold Apollo Bay Hotel, on Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road. Following the $10.5 million sale last week to an unnamed Victorian publican, AVC has entered an exclusivity agreement with the freeholder
BYRON PUB PLAN LOOKING FOR PUBLICAN
Developer Adam Hammond is offering up a lease at his new Byron Bay project, next door to the famous Beach Hotel. Wielding plans to demolish the existing Bay Motel, at 12 Bay Street, a new multi-level structure will encompass a
ARK ARE NEW KEEPERS OF THE PADDO
ARK Hospitality Group has announced it is the new owner of the celebrated Paddington Ale House. The sale represents the first time the Mount Hawthorn community landmark has changed hands in four decades. ARK is an award-winning, family-owned group that
BRISBANE GAMING EXPO WRAPS COVID COMEBACK
The MAX Australasian Hospitality & Gaming (AHG) Expo made a triumphant return for 2022 last week, attracting near-record crowds to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre to see the latest best in hospitality. Ending a challenging three-year COVID-related hiatus, almost
INTERSTATE OWNERS OFFER GRACEMERE HOTEL
A Melbourne-based company has listed its under-management Gracemere Hotel, in Sunshine State regional hotspot Rockhampton. The pub is set on 3,970sqm in a fast-growing urban area 10 kilometres from Rockhampton’s CBD, opposite the Woolworths-anchored Gracemere Shopping World shopping centre. It
SYDNEY FREEHOLDER TIM FALLON GOES AGAIN IN GUNDAGAI
Tim Fallon’s newly-formed Lancer Group has fended off the competition to expand locally with acquisition of Gundagai’s Criterion Hotel. Gundagai is an iconic regional town, around halfway between Melbourne and Sydney, and home to the famous ‘Dog on the Tuckerbox’
HURLEYS TO BUILD PANORAMA GREENFIELD
Hurley Hotel Group has announced plans to build the new $30 million Panorama Hotel, to replace its nearby, soon-to-be-acquired Tonsley Hotel. The greenfield Panorama pub is the plan to supersede the Tonsley, which is being taken by the South Australian
NATIONAL MEASURES COMPLIANCE PROGRAM UNDERWAY
The National Measurement Institute has begun sending inspectors to licensed venues around the country, as part of its latest round of measurement compliance measures. Beginning this week, the National Measurement Institute (NMI) is checking quantities on the sale of beer
LAUNDYS GROW COASTAL ACCOM AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH FLOWER AND PORT
The Laundy family have furthered their coastal acquisitions and partnership model, buying the Mercure Centro Hotel with Mr Port Macquarie, Alistair Flower, for around $25 million. Rated 4.5-star, the five-level 72-room Hotel is in the heart of Port Macquarie’s commercial,
