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
TIME RIGHT TO REVIEW ‘TAX ON JOBS’
The hotel industry is calling on government to review payroll tax, citing the negative affect on job creation in one of the country’s leading sectors for employment. Payroll tax rates around the country are determined by the states. Unsurprisingly, Victoria
UKrazy: GLASS INFRINGEMENTS & PATRIOT SENIORS
Despite Australia’s archival links to the UK, pubs in Britain vary somewhat from here, if not the rest of the world – as seen in girl-on-girl action and cranky patriotic seniors. 36-year-old Sarah Lee has been reprimanded for assaulting 22-year-old
HAROLD PARK RACES TO MARKET
Famed comedy house and inner west local the Harold Park Hotel has come to market, boasting unbridled opportunity and a generous sale proposition. Built in the late naughties opposite what was the Harold Park Raceway, in Sydney’s Forest Lodge, four
SUMMER HOUSE LINKING EAST COAST CHAIN
The Somerville brothers are taking big east coast steps with their Summer House venues, expanding out of Melbourne and now announcing two new acquisitions, in Cairns and Brisbane. A short walk from the Brisbane CBD is the Flamin’ Galah –
GOVT GRANTS TO BOOST “GREAT WORK” OF LIQUOR ACCORDS
The NSW Government’s Liquor Accords Grants program has announced the accords to receive funds to help them continue to make licensed venues and local communities safer. In February this year the Office of Responsible Gambling offered up $100k in funding
WOOLWORTHS’ ALH SELL-OFF DILEMMA
Speculation is rife Woolworths and the Mathieson family are poised to announce sell-off of the $3.6 billion ALH pubs portfolio. Senior management of Woolworths Group and Bruce Mathieson Jr are believed to be back at the negotiating table, discussing plans