CORKMAN PUB COWBOY DEVELOPERS OFF TO JAIL
The so-called ‘cowboy’ developers that illegally demolished Melbourne’s historic Corkman’s Irish Pub have been jailed for a month and ordered to pay over $400,000 in fines and legal costs. In 2016 news broke of a fire in the pub, which
STAFF CRISIS PROMPTS $1K SIGNING BONUS FROM AVC
The challenge to fill staff positions has hit top gear with Australian Venue Co offering sign-on bonuses of up to $1,000 in a bid to secure workers to operate the group’s 150 pubs around Australia. The second wave of the
OSCARS DIVEST COFFS’ PLANTATION
Oscars Hotels has sold the once infamous Plantation Hotel for around $10 million to a Sydney publican and new entrant to the industry. The large-format Plantation occupies a prominent 3,000sqm lot in Coffs Harbour, providing an oversized bar with multiple
JOHNNIE MARKS 200 YEARS WITH LIMITED RELEASE AND DOCUMENTARY
Johnnie Walker – the world’s most recognised Scotch – is celebrating 200 years, spawning a limited-edition varietal and documentary by acclaimed independent film makers. The iconic Scotch whisky began in Kilmarnock, Scotland, in 1820, in a small grocery shop run
LAUNDY TOPS BIDDERS FOR BIDWILL
Pub king Arthur Laundy has snapped up another Top100 pub, paying long-time owner Martin Secheny $35 million for the Bidwill Hotel – the latest addition to the Laundy local area. Occupying a generous 4,300sqm block in the north-western Sydney suburb,
PRENTICE GETTING OUT OF GATTON’S COMMERCIAL
Queensland hotelier Tony Prentice is lightening the portfolio, offering up the Commercial Hotel of Gatton after an unexpected 15 years. Built 1927, the Commercial is the pub “Where everyone knows your name” and one of the oldest in the Gatton-Laidley
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