HAWTHORN HOTEL BACK UNDER NEW AVC DEAL
Institutional university pub the Hawthorn Hotel will live again in 2021, courtesy of an “innovative partnership” between Australian Venue Co. and Swinburne University of Technology. The 152-year-old pub was built 1868, on a corner of Burwood Rd in the Melbourne
BIG PRICE FOR BEST LITTLE PUB
An unnamed Sydney investment company has snapped up seaside local the Jacobs Well Bayside Tavern for $8.5 million as market conditions bring south-east Queensland hotels further into focus. Jacobs Well Tavern Bayside enjoys a 3,946sqm block adjacent to the Jacobs
NEW CLARENDON ON OFFER
The all-welcoming Clarendon Tavern has been listed for sale, boasting a recent renovation and loyal locals amid further opportunities and an entry-level price tag. The Clarendon has become a hugely popular neighbourhood watering hole, providing all-comers a big public bar
LEWIS FIRES BACK AT LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Last weekend local legend The Fiddler presented $100k to local fire brigades, in the latest act of community support by operators Lewis Leisure. The generous donation went to four local brigades, to help them recoup from the devastating bushfires of
ANOTHER BIG STEP TO GET ‘EM IN
A quintessentially Australian pair of items has joined the unmistakably Australian venerable list of big things, in the pursuit of greater tourist appeal for the otherwise unfamous town of Calen. Found a leisurely 56 kilometres north of Mackay or more
TOURIST HITS THE OPEN HIGHWAY
The freehold going concern of the stately Tourist Hotel in Queanbeyan has come to market, as regional strongholds continue to see the greatest pandemic rebound. The Tourist is set on a large 1,928sqm block on main drag Monaro Street in
PERTH ON HOLD OVER HOTEL GUARD POSITIVE
Perth and surrounding areas are in the midst of a snap lockdown dropped this week after a hotel quarantine security guard returned a positive COVID-19 result on the weekend. It has emerged that the guard from Perth’s Four Points Hotel
PATRONS RETURNING TO ‘SOUL OF THE CBD’
New consumer research finds people eager to get back into the cities, and over half of Aussies reporting they see hospitality as the soul of their city. The survey found 55 per cent of Australians touting venues as vital to
SILVERSTONE BOLSTERS ALLIANCE
A local developer with a growing hotel portfolio has bought the Alliance Hotel in Spring Hill for an undisclosed sum, looking to further its place in the sector. The three-storey Hotel was built 1888, the design the work of well-known
NZ TRAVEL BUBBLE: SHOT IN THE ARM FOR HOSPO
Australia is welcoming back visitors from across the Tasman, offering some hope for hospitality businesses around the country crippled by the downturn in tourism. The so-called ‘Green Zone’ flights between Australia and New Zealand took off yesterday, finally allowing our