COLES-TENANTED HOTEL AND BIG-BOX SELLS FOR $15m
The Coles-tenanted Redcliffe Tavern and adjoining 1st Choice freehold has sold to a private investor for $15 million. The 2,498 m² site, with frontage to both John Street and Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe, contains the freestanding tavern and big-box retail liquor
INTERNATIONAL BANKTECH ACQUIRES GLOBAL GAMING TO BROADEN SERVICES
Sydney-based international payments organisation Banktech has acquired leading systems provider Global Gaming Industries in a mutually beneficial consolidation. Banktech Group P/L was established in 1991, and provides assorted products to hospitality, including ATMs, POS, CRTs (Cash Redemption Terminals) and Intelligent
GUILDFORD’S PRIDE RE-OPENS TO TOAST OLD AND NEW
Perth’s newly relaunched Guildford Hotel is mixing innovative technology with its historic restoration, offering selected mementos alongside draught Espresso Martini and Ice Tea cocktails. “The technology behind Espresso Martinis on tap is definitely a big deal,” explains the Guildford Hotel’s
VALE EMILY TROTT, WHEATSHEAF BELOVED
Adelaide is mourning the loss of one of its true characters of hospitality, Emily Trott, one of the three owners of the beloved Wheatsheaf Hotel. Trott passed away recently from cancer and a funeral service was held this week at
SCRUFFY MURPHY’S & CO SET TO MAKE BIG HOTEL DEVELOPMENT
Sydney stalwart Scruffy Murphy’s Hotel has come to market along with surrounding blocks, representing a big hotel opportunity for the Haymarket site. With a view to large-scale development, the properties at 43-49 and 51-53 Goulburn St and 698-704 George St
COAST HOTEL ‘SET TO BE BEST’ HITS MARKET
A prime Central Coast venue has hit the market, offering a large-format hotel with amazing views and a colourful history. The Coast is located on Iguana Wharf at Gosford, surrounded by water and adjacent to the Pacific Highway and 50,000
FITZROY GETS NEW ‘SAVVY’ VENUE TO REPLACE LITTLE CREATURES
Melbourne publicans Retail Savvy Group will soon open their sixth venue, moving into the former Little Creatures Dining Hall on Fitzroy’s bohemian Brunswick Street. Fitzroy Social will open in 222 Brunswick, in the site of a former wool shed. It
GABS SUCCESS EVIDENCE OF STILL-GROWING BEER ENTHUSIASM
The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular wrapped up 2016 with the Sydney instalment over the weekend consolidating another record-breaking year for the event. GABS has become of the go-to events for craft beverages in recent years, voted one of the world’s
BUMBLING BANDITS JAILED FOR ROBBING PUB WHERE THEY WORKED
Four former employees of the Vegas Hotel have been sentenced for a brazen robbery on the Kings Cross pub in mid-2013. CCTV caught the dramatic break-in and heist – all staged to draw attention from the four employees’ identities. Their
HOTEL BOOM SEEN IN LATEST LIST OF RICH AUSSIES
The annual BRW List of Australia’s richest people was released on Friday, and despite the hotel industry’s wave of success and the demise of mining, results were mixed and hotelier rankings down. The soft-spoken octogenarian Len Ainsworth continued his legacy
