VIVID OFFERING GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT FOR VENUES
Australia’s most spectacular light and entertainment show wants hospitality venues to ‘Shine a light’ on their business during Vivid 2022. Vivid Sydney is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and technology, and the largest light festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
TOWNSVILLE’S OONOONBA ON OFFER
A passive investor has put to market suburban stalwart the Oonoonba Hotel of Townsville, offering oodles of upside in the thriving community. Established in 1963, the pub occupies an expansive 3,739sqm corner lot with double street frontage, six kilometres from
RIVERLAND REVEALS NEW COURSE FOR BRUNSWICK’S RUNAWAY RAILWAY
Conquering challenges including vandals, secret doors and moving staircases, Riverland Group will soon reopen the historic and surprising Railway Hotel of Brunswick. Beginning life in the 1880s, the four-level Hotel has seen chapters where it served as a hostel, as
ENDEAVOUR POSTS STRONG RESULTS DESPITE LAGGING PUBS PORTFOLIO
Australia’s largest publican, the ASX-listed Endeavour Group, aka ALH, reported mixed financial results this week, prompting a share price surge. Representing the milestone of its first full financial reporting period since listing, Endeavour (ASX:EDV) has both benefitted and suffered at
HOW TO RECOGNISE AND MANAGE INTOXICATED PERSONS
The Victorian liquor regulator has released a useful guide for operators, outlining how staff can identify and properly manage intoxication. The VGCCC (former VCGLR) stresses that intoxication is a high-harm issue, and should be top-of-mind for licensees, managers and staff.
LAZARUS PUTS UP NEWCASTLE BEACH LANDMARK
Wielding an approved DA, Andrew Lazarus is offering up the renovation-ready Beach Hotel on Merewether Beach, in Newcastle. The large-format Hotel resides on a picture perfect 1850sqm site with panoramic views of Merewether Beach – the home to Australia’s largest
PUBLICAN LEADS PACK OF CYCOS TO FIND CURE FOR CANCER
The Firehouse Hotel’s Damien Montgomery is on fire – taking on the High Country Charity Ride 2022, in the quest to find a cure for cancer. Montgomery and his group of ‘Cycos’ have entered the gruelling ‘Tour de Cure High
MANDATORY PRE-COMMITMENT FOR PUBS AND CLUBS: CROWN
The troubled Crown Resorts empire is demanding new mandatory pre-commitment measures to be imposed on the casino apply to all licensed venues with gaming machines – starting with Victoria’s pubs and clubs. Last week it was revealed the Andrews government
CROSBY & WARREN PUT UP LAKE MACQUARIE TAVERN
The large-format Lake Macquarie Tavern in the suburbs of Lake Macquarie is being sold by industry accounting gurus Bob Warren and Paul Crosby. Set on a big 9,000sqm lot, the Tavern was refurbished in 2015, aiming for a family-friendly destination,
YANGAN LOCALS ON QUEST TO BUY LOCAL
Facing the demise of their beloved watering hole, a posse of determined residents are making the bold move to purchase it themselves. Yangan is a small community of less than four-hundred people, 160 kilometres south-west of Brisbane. The Yangan Hotel