FATAL DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AT PRAHRAN NIGHTCLUB
Melbourne police are hunting two suspects who fired shots into a crowd, killing a security guard, at Prahran late-night venue Love Machine. Shortly after 3am Sunday morning as people queued outside the Melbourne nightclub, a stolen black Porsche Cayenne drove
MUSIC MECCA THE CORNER HOTEL SUES JAZZ CORNER HOTEL
Richmond music mecca The Corner is back in court over use of the ‘C’-word, accusing developer-cum-musician Albert ‘Albare’ Dadon of impropriety at the Jazz Corner Hotel. The Corner Hotel is an iconic live music venue in eastern Melbourne, operated since
HOTEL GEARIN GOES DARK
Katoomba’s historic Hotel Gearin has closed its doors amid a dispute between tenant and landlord. Built 1881 by George Biles, the Hotel stands at a major Katoomba juncture on the Great Western Highway as it passes over the mountains. It
PELATHON PUTS UP $8.5m FOR GRAND PLANS
Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group has underscored its faith in high-performing Queensland regions with the $8.5 million acquisition of Cairns’ Grand Hotel. Built 1926, the stately two-storey pub offers the well-known Croc Bar – replete with its carved crocodile bar-top
BLUE SKY AND SNOWY FOR ROYAL OPPORTUNITY
The Royal Hotel on main street Tumut has come to market, offering guaranteed blue sky as the multi-billion-dollar Snowy 2.0 scheme continues to come into play. The Royal is a handsome two-storey brick structure with a full-length balcony overlooking Tumut
DEAKIN NOTES BIG INCIDENT REDUCTIONS AT OXFORD AF
Live music mecca the Oxford Art Factory has completed a 12-month trial in association with Deakin University, producing major improvements in patron behaviour and both patron and staff experience. Actively looking to improve overall customer experience, in an area of
AGE: GAMING PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE
Four months out from its 30th birthday, the GTA notes 92 per cent of exhibitors at the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) offering every other thing in hospitality except gaming. Back for another milestone, the annual AGE is indisputably the best
COUGHLAN LETS GO THE LORD
Paddy Coughlan has sold off his flagship Lord Gladstone for a reported $5.5 million to another local hotelier, to continue plans for growing Frank Strong’s hard lemonade. The former Riversdale CEO announced sale campaigns on the freehold going concerns of
NANNY STATE SAYS BBQ NOT WELCOME, HOTEL
Rozelle landmark the Welcome Hotel has been forced to close its long-standing beer garden BBQ after a complaint about the smell and smoke reached sympathetic ears. Liam O'Keeffe purchased the 1877 pub in 2013, taking over a classic community local
NEW HANDS FOR PALM & PAWN
The Duncan family has sold its troubled Palm & Pawn Hotel in Wagga Wagga, ending their reluctant reinvolvement in the Riverina pub. Built on a generous 7,795sqm lot in the north of town, the Palm & Pawn offers bar, bistro