Pubs around the country are benefitting their bottom line through smart renovations to their bottleshops and cool rooms. Fit-out specialist Advantage Line reports an increasing number of operators, bottleshop banner groups and independents seeking their services for store layout and design to improve business in their off-premise space. The company has been in the fixtures […]
Moelis Australia has announced finalisation of its record-breaking purchase of Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel, and its ongoing strategy for the gaming-free coastal icon. The Beach, aka the ‘Top Pub’, occupies a sprawling 4,585sqm site that counts 100 metres fronting Byron’s main beach. It has long been a ‘must do’ for visitors to the northern NSW
The hospitality Award system is outdated and penalises workers and employers and urgently needs an overhaul, according to leading pub groups and industry consultants. Australia has seen a succession of pay dispute scandals involving hospitality sector businesses, headlined by such recent and sensational collapses as George Calombaris’ fine-dining establishments. While media and pundit criticism has
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The recently beached Captain Cook Hotel at Paddington is back in the game at the hands of new owners, with a revised charter and fresh approach. Built 1914, the four-storey Captain Cook oversees the intersection of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road, across from the former Allianz Stadium and the Sydney Cricket Ground. In recent
Another Hunter Valley pub has found its way to market in regal Scone’s unbridled Royal Hotel Motel. Scone is found in the upper-west Hunter region, around 150 kilometres outside of Newcastle, 280 kilometres from Sydney. It counts almost 5,000 residents and touts itself as not only the equine capital of Australia, but the second-largest horse
Harvest Hospitality has listed the historic Australian Hotel in Yass, aiming to reap the benefit of a fresh makeover and strong interest in strong regional operations. Fraser Haughton and Chris Cornforth’s Harvest purchased the pub mid-2017 and executed a comprehensive refurbishment, capped by an all-new bistro menu in December last year. The site first opened
Byron Bay identities Tom and Cathryn Mooney have listed their vacant Ballina Hotel, as demand for northern New South Wales and coastal properties continues to grow. The Ballina Hotel is a prominent two-storey interwar brick structure built in 1926 on a sizable 2,023sqm block on River Street, which flanks the Richmond River as it reaches
Melbourne beer doyens Stomping Ground have this week opened their all-new permanent brewery and beer hall in Terminal 3 of Melbourne Airport. The new site is the first working brewery inside an airport in Australia, and the evolution of the team’s pop-up beer garden, which it has operated inside Melbourne Airport over the past two
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A Scottish pub has defended its actions on social media, after banning ‘poo-catcher’ tracksuits and ‘mankles’ in a backlash against slovenly hipsters. The award-winning Dreadnought Pub in Leith, in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, has taken a stand against poorly dressed men, placing a sign on the door outlining a ‘Gentleman’s Dress Code’. The code
Pub industry identity ‘Ned’ Kelly is growing his footprint in the Mudgee food bowl, picking up the stately Globe Hotel in Rylstone. The Globe came to market late 2019, offering a diverse business led by popular restaurant The Shed, alongside a neat public bar, TAB, small gaming room and 14 well-appointed accommodation rooms. It was
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