EULO QUEEN LEGEND FOR SALE IN OPAL COUNTRY

The fabled Eulo Queen Hotel, with its saucy history of a serial widow with an obsession for opals, is for sale as cornerstone of a broader business in the historic outback town. Eulo was named as a settlement on the

THE BENDI’S BACK

In March Melbourne’s iconic music venue the Bendigo Hotel, aka ‘The Bendi’, was forced to close after 14 years championing the punk, rock and metal live music scene. Now, just six months later, it’s back. The Bendi has found a

GOVT DRIVING BOOM IN TOURISM ECONOMY

The NSW government has massively ramped up its expectations for the state’s ‘visitor’ economy, ushering millions more airline seats, thousands of hotel rooms and a focus on experience-led tourism. This review of the NSW Visitor Economy Strategy will further cement

PORT ELLIOT PUB CHAOS AS CAR PLOUGHS INTO CROWD

Patrons leaving a South Australian pub at closing time last weekend became caught up in a shocking incident as a car allegedly ploughed into a group of people. Just after 1:30am Saturday morning, a blue Ford sedan was recorded reversing

COLLIE HOTEL ON OFFER

The one and only Collie Hotel is being sold by owner-operators, offering a big, booming regional watering hole with blue sky and no competition. Occupying a generous 4,295sqm site on the edge of the busy Oxley Highway through town, the

LAUNDY LETS LOOSE BEN’S THE MONA

Laundy Hotels’ icon of the northern beaches officially begins trade today as The Mona, after a grand reopening, major overhaul, and addition of fellow peninsula legend Ben. A staple of the precinct for nearly a century, the storied Mona Vale

ARMADA OFFERING PARKSIDE GREENFIELD

Hospitality developer Armada Hotels & Leisure is offering an operations partnership in its ready-to-build greenfield site the Parkside Tavern in the burgeoning Territory. Set to be located at the arterial junction of Bloodwood Street and Tuckaroo Boulevard, on the outskirts

BATH ARMS BLAZE CAUSES MAJOR DISRUPTION

A major traffic disruption occurred on Sydney’s Parramatta Road this week as firefighters were called to a blaze at the popular Bath Arms Hotel, Burwood. Owned by the De Angelis family, the historic inner west hotel broke out in flames

PUB-LIC HONOURS: NSW’S BEST PUBS COMPETE AT AHA AWARDS

The prestigious Australian Hotel Association NSW Awards for Excellence are on again, with overall winners to be announced at the end of this month. Metropolitan finalists have been found across Sydney, from Bella Vista to Hurstville to Neutral Bay, but

ALH TO HAVE THE CAV

Endeavour Group and ALH have stepped up the footprint in the Territory, securing approval to buy Mick Burns’ legendary The Cav. The Cavenagh Hotel is one of the Northern Territory’s oldest pubs, first licensed in 1932 as the Don Hotel,