CUB LASHED FOR PICKING ON REDHEADS
Carlton & United Breweries has been chastised and ordered to cease a campaign for its Rusty Yak Gingery Ale, after the ad was found to “vilify” people with red hair. The Advertising Standards Bureau received many complaints after the ad
JDA TAKES FULL OWNERSHIP AT AUCTION OF PADSTOW PARK
Following an international EOI campaign, the Padstow Park Hotel has sold under the hammer to incumbent operators JDA Hotels. The Padstow was purchased in 2014 by White & Partners for $13.7 million from Coles’ Spirit Hotels, with John Feros’ JDA
WINEMAKER TEMPTED INTO LEURA’S ELEGANT ALEXANDRA
A former publican turned winemaker is back in the game after snapping up Leura’s beautiful Alexandra Hotel, in the lower Blue Mountains, outside of Sydney. Once upon a time, Greg Perrett was proprietor of the Bellbird Hotel in the Hunter
AGE 2018 MORE BUSINESS AND GAMING
The AGE is reminding hotel operators that the Australasian Gaming Expo is all the best new gaming technology in one place, but also everything else hospitality, and this year with an expanded seminar program. The 2018 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE)
YOUNG MAN DIES FOLLOWING PUB FIGHT HEAD INJURY
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 21-year-old man following his involvement in a fight in and outside a local pub. On Saturday morning (17 March) local stonemason Sam Leschke was found dead at his parents’ house, where he
HURLEYS CELEBRATE NO “X” WITH NEW SA PREMIER MARSHALL
People and pubs across South Australia are celebrating a comfortable win by the Liberal party at the weekend’s State election, with a resounding “no” to Nick Xenophon’s anti-pokies SA Best party. In the aftermath of the Tasmanian election, just two
WESFARMERS’ WOES COULD BE AUS VENUE CO BOON
The battle of the supermarket pub groups has taken another twist with Wesfarmers’ mooted plans to shed Coles from its portfolio, as Aus Venue Co looks to step up the value of its operations. Eleven years after buying and reviving
IRIS SEEKS HOTELIER FOR NEWCASTLE’S EAST END
Iris has changed tack in its massive East End development, now considering a hotel operator for an alternative use in the former David Jones building. The four-stage development at Newcastle’s East End originally conceived 16 large apartments to occupy the
MIXED LOVE FOR NEW HOTEL LONGTIME ASIAN-FUSION PUB
Restauranteurs that took over Adelaide’s fading Hampshire Hotel have quickly been accused of salacious behaviour in the branding of their re-worked and re-named Asian-fusion pub Hotel Longtime, and its Ping Pong Club Room. Alex Fahey and his Vietnamese wife Tin
GATEWAY FINDS NEW PATH IN NEWCASTLE HOTEL
The very recognisable Gateway Hotel in Islington has reopened as the Newcastle Hotel, shedding its LGBT reputation to be an all-inclusive late-trader, but retaining its rainbow exterior – for now. The Pertado family has held the title on the Hotel
