AUS BEER Co CARAVAN DRIVING CRAFT BEER TO THE PEOPLE
The Australian Beer Company is targeting the great untapped frontier of craft beer, showcasing its Yenda range by taking it on the road to the average Joe. Australian Beer Company's range is distributed exclusively in Australia through drinks giant Coca-Cola
DOES THE HOME OF CRAIC AND LEPRECHAUNS HAVE THE BEST PUB IN THE WORLD?
The Irish Times has pronounced a tiny old pub in Ireland as the best … perhaps “in the world”. The Jim O’ The Mill has been trading for around two hundred years, in the two-hundred year old farmhouse built by
PUB BARON LAUNDY ASSUMES $60m CENTRAL COAST CROWNE
Australia’s pub baron has pulled a trifecta, snapping up his third Central Coast hotel this month for nearly $60 million. The Crowne Plaza Terrigal is the biggest hotel on the Central Coast, occupying over 9,000 m² of beach frontage. It
PANANIA PUB LAUNCHES WITH NEW TAB SPORTS BETTING PLATFORM
One of the country’s top gaming operators is piloting an advanced new betting platform at his newly-acquired pub in Panania. Mark Malloy purchased the Panania Hotel last June for around $15 million, citing considerable ongoing support and help from family
CROCODILE DUNDEE PUBLICANS GEARING FOR BIG BIRTHDAY BASH
Almost thirty years ago an Australian box office extravaganza put one unlikely pub in remote north-west Queensland on the international map. The Walkabout Creek Hotel, formerly the Federal Hotel, resides in McKinley, Queensland … a home to just 16 residents
BEER DELUXE ON TAP IN DARLING HARBOUR
Wednesday night saw the official launch of Armada Hospitality’s splash into Sydney – Beer Deluxe King St Wharf. Overlooking tourist mecca Darling Harbour, on the King St Wharf boardwalk, the two-level pub is a strategic entry for Armada into the
LAUNDY BUYS SETTLER’S TAVERN ‘PIECE OF THE PUZZLE’
The Laundy Group continues its growth into growth areas, buying yet another Central Coast hotel to fit into its “jigsaw”. The Settler’s Tavern is close to the West Gosford commercial hub, central to the town’s 13,000 business and 65,000 employees.
MOELIS EDGES AHEAD IN RACE FOR REDCAPE
The future of the Redcape portfolio has taken another step, as the Moelis-Meers partnership progresses in its race to own its 26 pubs in New South Wales and Queensland. The Australian Financial Review reported that Moelis and Redcape have signed
AINSWORTH TO SELL TO NEW AUSSIE PLAYER FOR $473m + OPPORTUNITY
Nonagenarian father of Australian gaming Len Ainsworth has cashed out for around half a billion dollars to make room for a new big player in Australia and opportunity for AGT. After more than half a century in poker machines, the
VENUES COP ‘ATTITUDE TEST’ FROM LICENSING: SOLICITOR
As licensing regulations and their enforcement face the spotlight in NSW, the front line of the defence speaks of wasted resources and an “attitude test” applied to publicans. Speaking with PubTIC, specialist lawyer to the hospitality industry, David Sylvester of
