SYDNEY BEER WEEK EVENT REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Sydney Beer Week 2017 is due to take place 20-29 October, and event registration is now open for venues to be part of the celebration of the city’s beer culture. Organisers state Sydney Beer Week’s (SBW) main aim is to
O’NEILLS PARTING WITH BOOMTOWN BEACH HOTEL
After more than three decades building a tropical utopia, the O’Neill family is parting with its huge-format Airlie Beach Hotel on the beach. Located 1,000 kilometres north of Brisbane and nearly 300 south-east of Townsville, Airlie Beach is in the
WORLD’S BIGGEST ALCOHOL BRANDS – INSIGHTS FOR A CHANGING MARKET
The 2017 list of the world’s top alcohol brands is out, and the big news is the meteoric rise of the incumbent biggest beer and spirit brands. London-based global business valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance has released its latest
HOTEL GUARD BEATS COFFS HARBOUR TEEN: FOOTAGE
Damning footage has emerged of a security guard assaulting and choking a teenager in an unprovoked and potentially dangerous attack. 19-year-old Josh Little was with friends at a Coffs Harbour local hotel celebrating St Patrick’s day festivities (19 March). At
VB EXIT PROVOKES CALL TO BAN BEER IN AUSSIE SPORT
Carlton & United Breweries has ended a 20-year partnership with Cricket Australia, pulling VB sponsorship from the Australian test and one-day teams. “CUB has made a commercial decision to focus on more direct advertising during summer across our broad portfolio,”
PAECH’S PETERSHAM PUB & HOTEL HEADS TO MARKET
The purveyors of good time are divesting their newly renovated West Village pub and accommodation in Sydney’s inner west. Well known publican Locky Paech and business partner Dr James Bodel are GoodTime Hospitality. The group has owned and operated the
HPI OFFERS UP COLES TENANTED HOT PROPERTY INVESTMENTS
Listed landlord HPI is making hay in the Sunshine state, offering up two of its Coles-tenanted pub freehold investments. Capitalising on the continued bullish market conditions, HPI (Hotel Property Investments) has listed the freehold of its Hotel Allen in Townsville,
ADELAIDE PRINCE PARKS ROYAL COACH HOTEL
The prominent Royal Coach Hotel has been strategically bought by Prince Alfred College, banking a long-term development opportunity. Vendors Hospitality Investments P/L and McCracken Kent Town P/L have divested the three-storey city-fringe Hotel, which features a bar, the Terrace Restaurant,
COURTS SLUG TABCORP AND HAWKS BIG FINES FOR GAMING BREACHES
Regulators have issued heavy fines for Tabcorp and Hawthorn Football Club for breaches relating to gaming licensing and failing to comply with security obligations. The Federal Court heard a case against gaming giant Tabcorp brought by Austrac – Australia’s financial
MARCH INTO MERIVALE – FOR 1 NIGHT ONLY
After a booming year of acquisitions and openings, on Wednesday Merivale delivered March Into Merivale 2017 in one spectacular night, taking over the entire ivy complex and surrounding laneways. Ash Street was transformed into an Asian street food market, sporting
