MAN ARRESTED OVER ARKABA RAMPAGE
A Sydney man accused of assaulting staff and damaging several poker machines at the Hurley Group’s Arkaba Hotel has been released into home detention, after being detained by workers. Around 2pm on Sunday afternoon police were called to the Hotel
QUANTACO CONNECTS WITH INDUSTRY EVENT AND POSITIVE RESULTS
Hospitality specialist Quantaco recently conducted its inaugural ‘Connect’ event, bringing together analysis and hospitality thought leaders to discuss the coming year. Aiming to be an industry collaboration, Quantaco Connect assembled some of the industry’s movers and shakers to share ideas
BANGOR BONANZA ON THE BLOCK
The business of the Bangor Tavern has been put to market, offering a well-rounded operation in an exclusive Sydney metro catchment. Located around 35 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Bangor is a prime developing precinct with residential population of
SEQ HOSPITALITY FALLS SHORT ON EUMUNDI TAKEOVER
SEQ Hospitality, headed by rich-lister Nick Politis, has put up a $77 million bid for listed publican landlord Eumundi Group, but one major shareholder and hospitality player is holding out. Eumundi began as a craft brewery named after its location,
MORETON HOSPITALITY MAKEOVER FOR TWO MORE ICONS
Last week restauranteur Ben Walsh announced the sale of Surf Parade venues Miss Moneypenny’s and Fat Freddy’s to Anthony Moreton’s Queensland-based group. The new owner of the multimillion-dollar venues, Moreton Hospitality, has likewise announced its plans for the two spaces,
ROYAL MELBOURNE PASSES THE PUB TEST
The stately Royal Melbourne Hotel has been exonerated in a court case where a patron sued the pub and an assailant for injuries sustained in an altercation. Around 10pm on 30 May 2018, Rene Van Rullen was in the venue
HOTEL COMMONWEALTH’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Surviving the purgatory of subsidence, the iconic Hotel Commonwealth reopens after a multi-party restoration a decade in the making. Established in 1910, the two-storey pub was built in the Colonial style, with ornate balustrades skirting the upper balcony and a
GLASS ACT: WALLOON HOTEL’S AMNESTY TO BRING BACK WAYWARD VESSELS
The Walloon Hotel in Ipswich has hit the headlines this week for declaring a 7-day “glass amnesty”. The 126-year-old pub, also known as the ‘Walloon Saloon’, put the call out to punters to return glasses. Owner Stewart Gibson posted the
NSW AWARDS BRING OUT THE BEST
The best and brightest of New South Wales hospitality gathered Tuesday for the AHA NSW annual gala Awards for Excellence ceremony, at Royal Randwick Racecourse. A crowd of around 1,350 industry, political and business leaders attended to see the results
LATEST GAMING INDUSTRY ATTACK: TAX RETURNS
An article of accusation in the Sydney Morning Herald this week has stirred up a hornet’s nest and claims a pending ‘government clampdown’ on gaming companies claiming legal tax credits through the ATO’s R&D incentive scheme. The topic arose following
