LION GOING DRY FOR EMERGING MARKETS

Lion has begun a “strikingly different” campaign to harness the market appeal for a major launch of a new variant to XXXX – XXXX DRY. XXXX DRY is described as an “easy drinking full strength lager designed to appeal to

ALH FINALLY OPENS NEW BUILD FOREST HOTEL

More than a year after its announcement, ALH’s Forest Hotel at Frenchs Forest officially opened today, forming the cornerstone of parent company Endeavour Group’s $45 million redevelopment of the former Parkway Hotel site. “The day is finally here, and our

MALOUFS GET SHEARER’S ARMS OVER THE LINE

Recognising the industry is back up and running, the new Malouf partnership has cemented the deal on their first Queensland operation in John Murphy and John Cornish’s Shearer’s Arms Hotel. The newly-formed North South Pub Co (NSPC) is Matthew Coorey

FREE TRAINING TO GET JOB SEEKERS INTO HOSPO

As the hotel and foodservice industries continue to feel the effects of staff shortages, a new survey finds most high school students are eager to get straight into work and over two thirds are looking at hospitality. The research found

MOELIS TAKES TAYLOR SQUARE WITH KINSELAS

Moelis Australia has announced another big-ticket acquisition in Kinselas Hotel Darlinghurst – unlocking plans to create a consolidated hospitality precinct at Sydney’s iconic Taylor Square. Moelis Australia Limited (MOE:ASX) has exchanged contracts with the Kospetas family to buy Kinselas for

REDCAPE TAKE TWO MORE AS DELAWARE BOWS OUT

ASX-listed hotel giant Redcape has announced acquisition of both the Shafston Hotel at Kangaroo Point and Aspley Hotel in Aspley from Delaware North for $27.5 million. Delaware North is a US hospitality giant founded in 1915 that operates hundreds of

SOUTHERN SUNSHINE ON BOBBIE PEELS

Victorians are making hay in the sunshine of eased restrictions as opportunities emerge and the countdown to Christmas begins in earnest. This week brought the highly anticipated move to one patron per two square metres and no cap on numbers,

IRIS NABS BIGGEST BUY NARWEE HOTEL

Iris has executed the biggest sale of the year in the final weeks of 2020, taking the Ryan family’s long-held Narwee Hotel in Sydney’s south. The Narwee Hotel is a multi-storey suburban local on a big 3,370sqm block immediately opposite

THE SPORTING GLOBE KICKS OFF IN CHIRNSIDE PARK

Signature Group has unveiled its latest win for Victorian hospitality with the hugely anticipated opening of The Sporting Globe at Chirnside Park. The latest The Sporting Globe (TSG) swung open the doors to punters on Friday (4 December), just in

BAROOGA SALE BODES REGIONAL APPETITE

The Barooga Hotel in the popular holiday resort town of Barooga has been sold to the Ratcliffs, continuing the market strength for quality regional operations. Stephen and Elizabeth Ratcliff are the proud new owners of the sole hotel in Barooga,