PM TOASTS PRINCE ALFRED HOTEL, OVERRULING BAN ON FREE BEER PROMO
The enterprising Prince Alfred Hotel in Port Melbourne is the focus of a debate at the highest levels over its offer of a free drink to patrons that get the COVID vaccine. Last week PubTIC reported on the initiative by
PKF EXPANDS UNDER NEW NAME: QUANTACO
Industry specialist PKF Hospitality is expanding its offering and changing its name to Quantaco. PKF Hospitality was established 10 years’ ago by Anthony Sullivan, the original company offering accounting and business advisory services to help hospitality venues all around Australia.
HUNT TAKES NEXT HOP, INTO HARRINGTON
The ultra-waterfront Harrington Hotel has been sold by the Nixon family to the pub coast king, Stephen Hunt. Having purchased the pub in 1998, the Nixons have sold the Hotel in line with market guidance, sources say was $15 million,
IRISH TAKE OVER BALMAIN’S LONDON HOTEL
Balmain's famed London Hotel has been sold off-market by the Stevens family to Ray Reilly and Co for $8.5 million. The Stevens’ acquired the landmark pub on Balmain’s Darling Street in 1989 from the Coopers Brewing family. The family also
ALH’S ROYAL EXCHANGE IN BRISBANE ON THE MARKET
ALH’s famed Royal Exchange Hotel in Brisbane’s Toowong has come up for sale, offering investors a trophy asset on an A-grade lease for the next 47 years. Occupying 2,453sqm in the river suburb of Toowong, the Royal is known to
WAYNE GROUP TOPS BIDDERS ON O’MALLEY’S
Kings Cross landmark O’Malley's Hotel has sold to the expanding Wayne Group, representing their entry to the super-hot Sydney market. O’Malley’s came up for sale in March, on behalf of KPMG as Receivers & Managers, amid rumours of a partnership
LOCAL DEVELOPER STEAMS INTO PARKES’ RAILWAY
The award-winning Railway Hotel in Parkes has been sold by Bianca Sheridan and Kasie Fergusson to an aspiring local developer. Sheridan and Fergusson purchased the hotel in 2010. They went about a major renovation and repositioned the pub to focus
FRASER COAST’S BURRUM HEADS TO MARKET
Sale process has been announced on the one-and-only Burrum Heads Hotel Motel, on the Fraser Coast. Occupying a spacious 1.29ha land holding on the main road leading into the town, the Hotel includes public bar, restaurant, gaming operation with 12
SURFERS PARADISE BANS PUB CRAWLS
A battle is being waged over the right to party, seeing venue operators and council wanting to end the infamous ‘pub crawls’ of Surfers, while crawl operators refuse to go quietly into the night. Licensees of the Surfers Paradise Licenced
LONG-TIME MANAGER WINS RACE TO REST
The waterfront Anglers Rest Hotel is ushering in the next generation, seeing Geoff Watts and Mal McKellar sell the freehold going concern to one of their long-serving managers. The McKellar and Watts families have owned the Anglers Rest Hotel for
