STAND UP SPARKS MONDAY REVIVAL
Australia’s last remaining pub theatre, the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s Wooloomooloo, now has another string to its bow thanks to support from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner’s Live Performance Venue Grant Program. Due to this program, Monday
TOWN HALL HOTEL BALMAIN SELLS AT AUCTION
Balmain’s beleaguered Town Hall Hotel is back, after selling this week to a ‘restitutional’ investor as the Public Hospitality portfolio flounders. The Town Hall Hotel was built in 1888 on a corner of arterial Darling Street, opposite the suburb’s actual
AMPS TO ALES: GUITAR MAKER TUNES INTO PUBS
A live music venue is looking to become a pub, planning food and drinks and to even add its own brewery to the mix. Sunshine Coast venue Norton Music Factory started out in 2012 as a custom guitar shop, later
HOW AUSSIE PUBS CAN OWN THE WINTER SEASON
Despite inclement temperatures and flagging footfall, there are things operators can do to get patrons off the couch and in for a hot meal and good time. Paul Hadida, SevenRooms’ managing director APAC, offers some perspective for publicans looking to
PICKLED POSSUM ON THE BLOCK
Institution of Sydney’s lower north shore, the Pickled Possum in Neutral Bay, is being sold as a vacant freehold going concern through receivers and managers. A staple of the precinct since 1981, the colourful, eclectic late-night karaoke bar, famous amongst
AVC PICKS UP HERVEY BAY ICON
Fraser Coast favourite the Bayswater Bar & Grill in Hervey Bay has been sold to national operator Australian Venue Co, bringing the buzz to one of Queensland’s less frequently transacted hot spots. Positioned right on the water, the BB&G is
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HISTORIC NIGHT AT ORBOST CLUB HOTEL
History was made last month when the Orbost Club Hotel turned over its old bottleshop to the inaugural Snowy River Country Music Festival. Showcasing only local talent from across Victoria’s Gippsland, the festival was a collaboration between the hotel and
ALH EYES MASSIVE TOWER AT THE MORRISON
ALH is forging ahead with ambitious capitalisation plans, having submitted application to add a 30-storey hotel and residential tower above the historic Morrison Hotel. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is the hospitality arm of listed Endeavour Group, which holds the
HARVEST REAPS WINTER AT THE COURTHOUSE
Harvest’s Courthouse Hotel in Tamworth is inviting guests to come and chill, out, with a resplendent Winter Wonderland promotion that includes ice skating. The Courthouse has been a Tamworth institution since 1876, and Harvest Hotels is ushering in its first
