PUBLIC HOUSE SERVES UP ANOTHER BIG CHARITY EVENT FOR THE LADIES
Public House Group is celebrating the results of its third annual Ladies Charity Luncheon, which this year was in support of Sydney-based women’s mentoring program, SISTER2sister. The invitation-only event on Friday (23 March) was fronted by Today host Georgie Gardner,
MASSIVE AUSTRALIAN JOHNNIE WALKER CAMPAIGN TAKES ‘THE NEXT STEP’
Diageo has launched its biggest national brand campaign for a decade, cementing the lucrative Scotch market with an evolution of the iconic Keep Walking and what that means in Australia in 2018. Whiskey and Scotch in particular are growing categories
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST CROWD-FUNDED PUB NOW OPEN
The Sporting Globe Plenty Valley has burst open, the result of an “overwhelming” response to the group’s idea of Australia’s first crowd-funded pub. Courtesy of new crowdfunding legislation passed late last year, The Sporting Globe (TSG) launched a campaign through
O’HARA LISTS BATHURST’S KELSO HOTEL
Liam O’Hara has reluctantly listed his thriving Kelso Hotel in Bathurst, as he looks to develop other businesses and close to 100 villas. Member of the industry stalwart O’Hara family, Liam has owned what was the only pub in the
REILLY UNVEILS SYDNEY PARK HOTEL’S BOUTIQUE ACCOMMODATION
Ray Reilly has built upon his golden triangle, unveiling stage two of three at the landmark Sydney Park Hotel, bringing a new suite of boutique accommodation into his harem. Irish-born Reilly bought the Sydney Park Hotel mid-2016, not long after
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
