BEERMO TO BRING GIRLS AND MOUSTACHES IN PUBS IN MOVEMBER
Stomping Ground has teamed up with Movember to get women involved in the celebrated moustache-twirling antics of the month-long awareness and fund-raising in the name of men’s health. While Australian men have a lingering reputation for stoicism in the face
GAMING EXPO BREAKING ATTENDANCE RECORDS
The 2017 AGE is in full swing, with record attendance on the first day, 26 per cent more exhibitors, trips to Vegas and the prize awarded for this year’s Best Stand. Two days complete for the first year at the
MERIVALE GRABS COLLAROY ‘PAVILION’: HEMMES
Justin Hemmes says Merivale has strengthened its northern beaches “destination” portfolio with the $21m purchase of Mitchell Waugh and PHMG’s The Collaroy. Speaking with PubTIC, Hemmes explained how The Collaroy feels like an opportunity he has had before. “I think
ACQUISITIVE MELBOURNE GROUP OPENS UNION HOUSE HOTEL
Still hammering away at their big overhaul of Mt Erica, one of Melbourne’s rapidly growing hospitality groups has opened the doors to its reinvented Union House Hotel. Around three years ago the team of Will Benjamin, Matt Vero and Callan
WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT BRITISH PUB: RESEARCH
Britain boasts some of the highest concentration, smallest and oldest pubs in the world, and while many features are time-honoured, research finds what Britons want in a pub has little to do with booze. New research from YouGov Omnibus found
YOU AM I ROCK THE GOLDEN SHEAF AND CITY2SURF
Solotel’s Golden Sheaf consolidated its reputation as one of Sydney’s best live band venues yesterday, serenading the city-to-surfers with an impromptu gig by hard-rockers You Am I. Surprising the more than 80,000 runners taking part in this year’s instalment of
REDCAPE VESTIGES IN $24m ALL SEASONS SALE
Redcape has completed the sale of its very large-format All Seasons Quality Hotel in Bendigo for around $24 million, completing a process begun before Moelis bought the balance of the portfolio in June. Occupying 3.56 hectares on McIvor Highway in
SHORTS’ TRIBUTE TO REDFERN MISFITS
Marty Short’s group has taken an eclectic step to the left with the unveiling of the quirky and retro-inspired Misfits, in the former Mr Mary’s in the Courthouse Hotel, Redfern. Short Hotel Group (WSHG) bought the tired Courthouse last September.
NOT JUST CLEAN, BUT BEER CLEAN
The Institute of Beer’s Neal Cameron continues his series on the business of (good) beer, with the importance of the vessel of the brew. This follows his doctrines: Beers Ain’t Beers Beer is Just Like Milk What Lurks Below, and
BAYFIELD FIGHTING FEAR AND FIRE FOR CHILDREN’S CANCER
Kaine Bayfield is at it again – scaring his own pants off in the name of helping sick children. The Children’s Cancer Institute is Australia’s only dedicated medical research institute for childhood cancer. Cancer kills more Australian children each year