HOTELS HAVE HEARTS TOP $1m FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Hotels Have Hearts Illawarra achieved a milestone in its charitable efforts, with last week’s event tipping its total raised to beyond $1 million. Last Wednesday more than 300 publicans and community leaders gathered at Novotel Wollongong, organised through local publican
STUDY FINDS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL ADVERTISING AND CONSUMPTION
The Foundation for Advertising Research recently released a study suggesting alcohol advertising does not increase consumption, in conflict with the rhetoric of prohibitionists. The Foundation for Advertising Research (FFAR) operates in Australia and New Zealand, providing expert advice on matters
ILG MELTDOWN COOLS IN TIME FOR AGM
Some semblance of order has been restored at the head office of ILG, with a Supreme Court ruling returning power to the ousted board members ahead of what will be a dramatic AGM on Monday. A growing divide between four
LAUNDY TAKES UP THE OAKS
Laundy Hotels has secured the freehold going concern of The Oaks The Oaks, promising to bring some “TLC” to the neglected local pub. The former Tathra Hotel has resided on a generous 1-Ha block in the suburb of The Oaks,
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY HITS BRISBANE MARKET
The freehold going concern of the International Hotel in Brisbane has come to market, boding a future development project on the city’s outskirts. The modest structure on the corner of Boundary and Torrington Streets in Spring Hill occupies a 1,745sqm
REDCAPE SECURE BIG SOUTH COAST TRIO
Redcape is three steps closer to its mooted IPO with the big-ticket acquisition of Joel Fisher and Andrew Denmeade’s trio of pubs south of Sydney. Denfish Hotels is a long-term partnership of Denmeade and Fisher that has bought, built and
ILG TAKEOVER ATTEMPT SEES DIRECTORS LOCKED OUT
ILG has declared a “black day” at the liquor co-op, with four directors attempting to oust the CEO and take control of Australia’s largest member-owned liquor distributor. Independent Liquor Group (ILG) is an organisation of licensed venues, including hotels, registered
HISTORIC HOTEL MITCHELL SET TO CLOSE
The century-old Hotel Mitchell west of Brisbane has issued a ‘hail Mary’ for a new owner, with trustees looking for a bare-bones offer on the historic two-storey pub. Mitchell is a town of 800 souls an hour west of Roma,
TWO BIG QUEENSLANDERS HEAD TO MARKET
Private investors have offered up a portfolio of two big-trading Queensland pubs likely to be some of the last offered in the northern state for 2018. The Commercial Hotel in Redbank and Oonoonba Hotel Townsville are run under management by
GRAND VIEW SEES HUNGRY INVESTOR INTO MOUNTAINS
Ben Tufrey is free to pursue retirement, having sold his long-held Grand View Hotel in the Mountains to a Chinese investor. Tufrey has owned and operated the Grand View for 16 years, virtually “going through the motions” in the past
