DAMIANAKIS OFFERS HIS WARREN VIEW
Inner west icon the Warren View Hotel is to be sold for the first time in nearly two decades as long-time owner-operators Theo and Tanya Damianakis look to an exit from the industry. For the past 17 years the couple
SMITHAM GROWS INTO QUEENSPORT
Smitham Hotel Group has taken on the prized Queensport Tavern near Brisbane, bringing plans to capitalise on both its attributes and history. Around 11 kilometres north-east of the Brisbane CBD, Hemmant is primarily an industrial suburb supporting Port of Brisbane
FUTURE MENUS VOL 3: TOP TRENDS SHAPING FOODSERVICE
Unilever food Solutions (UFS) has recently released its third annual trends report, Future Menus Vol. 3, highlighting the top four trends set to shape the future of the foodservice industry. The report is compiled not just from in-depth input by
COLOSIMO’S SILVERWATER FOR SALE
Marcello Colosimo’s Momento has sent to market the sprawling Silverwater Hotel in Sydney’s west, less than three years after its rebirth from being a club. Building on a string of successful new developments in the recent years, including Mullane’s Hotel
DENNIS FAMILY DIVEST TO DENMEADE
The Dennises have divested their big suburban Aussie in Nowra to experienced local hotelier Andrew Denmeade. The Australian Hotel is a suburban stalwart, with public bar and gaming, bistro and bottleshop. It sits on a 2,665sqm site adjoining an ALDI
A GOLDEN MILESTONE FOR HURLEY HOTEL GROUP
Renowned South Australian operator Hurley Hotel Group is celebrating fifty years of providing hospitality. Managing directors Peter and Jenny Hurley acquired their first pub, Wuddina Hotel, on the Eyre Peninsula, in 1975. In December 1979, the couple acquired the lease
AGE: INSIGHTS, CONNECTIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD
It was another big year for the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE), which sustained its ‘must-see’ status for hospitality professionals across three days at ICC Sydney, 12-14 August. In defiance of one of the wettest Sydney Augusts on record, affecting a
DE ANGELIS DIVESTS BATH ARMS
The De Angelis family has divested their big, brassy Bath Arms Hotel in Burwood, in the latest high-profile Sydney sale in an effervescent market. Joining the roadside inns established along Parramatta Road to service the coaches on the Sydney-Parramatta run,
OSCARS HEADS TO PARADISE
The Gravanisbrothers have taken another big step into South Australia, securing Greg Maitland’s sprawling Paradise Hotel and potential in Adelaide. The veteran hotelier’s GM Hotels group has held the Paradise since 2009, forming part of a portfolio that has historically
NSW HOSPO INDUSTRY STEPS UP ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AWARENESS
Over two hundred hospitality workers, members of the Sydney City Liquor Accord (SCLA), took part in a new program on sexual harassment, awareness and prevention designed specifically for the liquor industry. The SCLA engaged workplace psychosocial safety training company Smart
