MOELIS CAPS 21 WITH A BANG IN BYRON’S HOTEL BRUNSWICK
Moelis Australia Hotel Management has book-ended the big buys of Byron, paying $68 million for Delvene Cornell and David Gyngell’s Hotel Brunswick of Brunswick Heads. The Hotel Brunswick is an icon of northern NSW, 20 minutes north of Byron Bay,
A HELPING HAND FROM THE HOSPITALITY DOCTOR
Coming out of COVID – by Max Hitchins, aka The Hospitality Doctor The last eighteen months have been tough for most people in hospitality and tourism. Whilst it seems COVID and it cohorts are now in the ‘rear view mirror’
AVC AND HPI’S BIG EOY SHAKE-UP
Australian Venue Co and listed partner HPI have announced an end of year portfolio shake-up, cashing in at Acadia Ridge and snapping up the entire ‘Booze Bros’ Saturno portfolio. Hotel Property Investments (ASX:HPI) has agreed to pay $66.1 million in
COVID CROSSROADS AND BACKLASH OF THE BARRED
New South Wales has now scrapped all COVID-19 conditions, leaving venues to fend for themselves, faced with greater potential for forced closure versus the wrath of the antivaxxers. From 15 December all residents of NSW enjoy the same freedoms, not
LAUNDY LEGACY MEETS GEOFF ‘ROBBO’ ROBINSON LEGEND
This week the Laundy family’s hotel dynasty celebrates another milestone and hard yards along the way, with an anniversary event at home base the Twin Willows championing a battling champion, Geoff Robinson. The story of Laundy Hotels begins with Arthur
NEWCOMER GETS LUCKY IN NEWCASTLE
The McCloy sisters have sold their award-winning Lucky Hotel of Newcastle to a new entrant to the NSW pub market, private equity banker Martin Scott and family. Previous incarnation the ‘Lucky Country Hotel’ was a lively part of Newcastle’s pub
BAYSWATER IN THE HANDS OF LOCALS CO
The expanding LocalsCo has added the landmark Bayswater Hotel to its collection of high-profile assets. The 123-year-old heritage-listed hotel resides on 6,452sqm between the Perth CBD and Airport, within Development WA’s Metronet East redevelopment area, boding an upgrade of the
STANFORD HAT TRICK PASSES PUB @ RIVO TO NEW MONEY
The Stanford family have sold their third and final hotel, the Pub @ Rivo, to a new and growing consortium led by businessman Andrew Wheeler and publican Brendan Hood. Around three months ago the Stanfords began the process to navigate
COMMUNITY RALLIES TO REVIVE WOODSIDE BEACH PUB
A community and crowd-funded campaign including an AFL footballer is rebuilding the closed Woodside Hotel, destined to return as the destination Woodside Beach Hotel. Woodside Beach is a Victorian town around three hours from Melbourne that has experienced tremendous loss
ALH ROLLING OUT AR ‘SANTAGRAMS’ AROUND THE COUNTRY
ALH is rolling out ‘SantaGram’ to over 100 venues, in partnership with Grub Lab, with the aim of making this a Christmas to remember “after a year to forget”. Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH), is Australia’s largest pub company,
