Melbourne operators MD Hotels, fronted by former AFL star Corey Enright, have fallen into administration and lost possession of their Geelong pubs. According to ASIC documents, MD Hotels is owned by Mathew Dyer and Dean Trembath, listed as directors, with partners Max McKay and Corey Enright – legend of the Geelong Cats and winner of […]
The Australian Hotels Association NSW (AHA NSW) has joined ClubsNSW and three other peak industry bodies to support reforms proposed by the Minns Government to repair the state’s workers compensation scheme. AHA NSW and ClubsNSW have joined with Restaurant and Catering Australia (R&CA), the Pharmacy Guild NSW and the Australian Childcare Alliance (NSW) (ACA NSW)
Bathurst’s well-patronised Family Hotel has returned to old, with Ashton Waugh’s Watering Hole Hotels selling it back to the previous owner. The two-storey Family occupies a big corner lot on Bentinck Street, in the heart of town. It offers a large public bar, bistro, gaming room and accommodation inventory, and has developed a reputation for
The hospitality industry is experiencing an increasing stream of attacks by professional criminals, using the latest cutting-edge technologies to infiltrate systems that were really not set up to combat the intruders. A report by cyber security firm Trustwave focuses on the industry being “under siege” from skilled and persistent hackers, who employ advanced strategies to
Drink spiking has been on the rise since the 1990s, with a recent study finding around four per cent of heterosexual men and ten per cent of women and sexual minorities experiencing this crime. Without special tools, drugs such as gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and ketamine, which are tasteless and odourless, are nearly impossible to detect.
One of the most appealing forms of entertainment is music, and live music especially holds a special place in many people’s hearts. Whether you’re physically present or simply watching it on TV, the atmosphere is unlike that of any other event. And there are countless live music events that have amassed plenty of popularity, like
Glenn Piper’s Epochal Hotels has taken another “purposeful step” in the vision to remaster prime coastal properties with acquisition of the Bermagui Beach Hotel. Set on a site of more than 3K sqm opposite Horseshoe Bay in the seaside town on NSW’s Sapphire Coast, around five hours south of Sydney, the landmark Hotel was built
Tabcorp is looking to its biggest changes in decades, imploring pubs and clubs to join it as it seeks to overhaul retail wagering in the wake of a shifting market. The gaming giant has long been Australia’s dominant player in bookmaking, through its high-priced licences that give the company the exclusive right to offer
In January, PubTIC reported that Emanuel Brian Dillon, director of two Western Australian pubs, dodged a bullet to stay in business. He copped $140K in fines for what police allege were more than 2,700 breaches of the Liquor Act between 2019 and 2021. Following a complaint from police in 2021, Western Australia’s Liquor Commission launched
Byron Bay’s ‘Top Pub’ the Beach Hotel has been sold by Moelis Hospitality to stakeholders the Didier family, in one of the largest pub sales in Australian history. The landmark pub was built in the 90s by Paul Hogan’s off-sider John Cornell for around $9 million, sporting an up-close view of the picture postcard Beach
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