GOULBURN GOLD TO MARKET BY REQUEST
In the wake of offers to sell, the Empire Hotel and operation in the heart of Goulburn is being offered to market. The Empire occupies a sizable 1,578sqm block in Goulburn’s main retail and commercial area, in the centre between
PALACE HOTEL WINS IN LOCKOUT EXEMPTION FOR RUGBY MATCH
As NSW revisits the broader impacts of Sydney’s lockout laws, the regulator has shown its intention to work with industry by way of the first exemption, granted to the CBD’s Palace Hotel Sydney. Venues, stakeholders and the general public await
HK’S RICHEST MAN PAYS $8.2b FOR UK’S BIGGEST PUB GROUP
Hong Kong’s richest man has clinched a deal to buy Britain’s largest pub and brewery chain for a premium price of $AU8.2 billion. The original company was founded by Benjamin Greene in 1799. In 1887, under Edward Greene, it merged
HUNTER SURRENDERS REGAL STANCHION
Cessnock’s handsome Royal Oak Hotel has come to market, harbouring local opportunities in a region skirting top-of-market influences. The commanding two-storey brick Royal Oak occupies a sizeable 1,619sqm block on one of the busiest corners in Cessnock, around 50 kilometres
LOCKOUT REVIEW: RESCUE OR REINFORCEMENT
Scores of pubs, nightclubs, restaurants, bars and other places of business stand in purgatory with millions of potential patrons, as the NSW government-appointed committee deliberates the fate and future of the capital’s economy and reputation. More than five years and
MURPHY GETS COMMERCIAL IN REDBANK
Another NSW hotelier has jumped the border, with Gerry Murphy paying circa $6 million for classic ‘Queenslander’ the Commercial Hotel at Redbank. The two-storey balcony-clad mostly timber pub was built 1915 on a generous 2,702sqm lot, in the block between
BAYFIELDS BEAT ON CHILDHOOD CANCER
The Bayfields are up to their old tricks, hosting a big charity lunch at their beloved Belrose Hotel in continued support of the Children’s Cancer Institute. The family-run Bayfield Hotels has a long history of supporting the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia (CCI),
LEWIS’ BIG EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND NEW 4.5 STAR HOTEL
Lewis Group has released figures from its youth employment program, representing tens of thousands of hours of work for jobseekers, as it expands The Fiddler to count a brand new 4.5-star high rise hotel. Founded in 1957, Lewis Land Group
ALH ACQUISITION SHAKES UP LOCALS
Australia’s largest pub group has gotten a little larger on its road to independence, looking to shake up Ingham with a big-budget revival of the troubled East Ingham Hotel. The two-storey pub holds a generous 4,046sqm block, with main public
QUEENSLANDER HEADS TO FRISCO
A Queensland-based hotel investor has secured Woolloomooloo’s heritage-listed Frisco Hotel from the Micola family. The Frisco occupies a tidy 304sqm corner lot in Sydney’s historic wharf district, built back in 1856 to serve the public house needs of the local
