‘LUCKY NO-ONE KILLED’ AS NIGHTCLUB WALL COLLAPSES
Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial wall collapse in busy nightclub The Library last weekend, with police suggesting it was lucky no-one was killed. The Library, in Northbridge – Perth's entertainment district – was hosting an event called
PUB CARPARK MURDERS
Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Paul Rock. Image: Qld police Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark
GET A BETTER DEAL WITH MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
By Sam Trattles Sam Trattles Working with developers, builders and maintenance people provides an opportunity to negotiate good deals due to a highly competitive market, and a history of openness to this kind of discussion. When entering into a new
WOOLWORTHS OUTLINE ALH SALE
Woolworths has finally announced strategy to divest its contentious Hotels division, to be coupled with its key liquor division, leaving the future of Australia’s biggest drinks-hospitality group dithering. ASX-listed Woolworths (WOW) today released details of its plan to merge Endeavour
PADDINGTON’S CAPTAIN COOK SEEKS FRESH CANVAS
Jirsch Sutherland Insolvency Solutions has announced sale of the leasehold interest in Sydney’s historic Captain Cook Hotel, beside the stadiums in Paddington. The stately four-storey Captain Cook, built 1914, stands at the intersection of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road,
GAMING EXPO COUNTS DOWN
Now less than six weeks’ away, the 2019 Australasian Gaming Expo is urging hospitality professionals to keep up with customer expectations by checking out the latest in cutting-edge products and services for pubs. The Expo (AGE) is the biggest hospitality
LAUNDY JUMPS TO OXFORD DRUMMOYNE
Arthur Laundy has won the race to Drummoyne’s big Oxford Hotel for circa $42 million, securing a deal in just two weeks from owner-operators Michael Wiggins and Joanne Cassar. Wiggins and Cassar bought the Oxford from Iris Group in 2015
CONTI UP FOR GRABS AS STELLAR GOES UNDER
The future of Sorrento’s majestic Continental Hotel is in the wind with the property reluctantly returning to market as developer Stellar winds up. Hotelier Julian Gerner moved to Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula, in 2013, with his wife, to start
TEENS CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR CARPARK BASHING
Two nineteen-year-olds have been charged with murder after a 46-year-old man died as a result of injuries sustained outside the Slug ‘n’ Lettuce on Saturday morning. Police were called to the ALH pub in Parafield Gardens, in northern Adelaide, around
ALH’S $45m REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY
After considerable resistance, ALH will soon begin construction on its $45 million redevelopment of the Parkway Hotel, having cleared final hurdles. Back in 2015 the majority Woolworths-owned Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) submitted plans for a massive re-working of the