LION PIONEERING “TRUTH” TO MEET BEER CONSUMER DEMAND
Leading brewer Lion is tapping into consumer trends – today launching a new labelling and education campaign to inform drinkers of the nutritional “truth” about beer. The campaign is stage one in Lion’s broader “Beer the Beautiful Truth” initiative, bringing
END OF AN ERA FOR MELBOURNE GASTRO PUB
The acclaimed Terminus Hotel has come on the market as its long-term operator calls end to an “amazing journey”. Driving the Hotel since 2004, Russell Griggs says the Melbourne pub scene has changed dramatically in the past eleven years, and
BEER MECCA TO PONY UP NEW ENDEAVOUR
Sydney craft brewer Endeavour is celebrating its fifth birthday at one of inner-Sydney’s beer havens, which is fronting up a hundred ponies for the party. The Forest Lodge, across from Sydney University and in the heart of beer-lovers heaven, will
BIG AGE AMID SURGING GAMING SECTOR
The 2015 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) is underway, with attendance reflecting the interest in the hospitality gaming sector and hospitality innovation. The AGE threw open the doors yesterday to an eager crowd. Operators of the big show, the Gaming Technologies
MORE PROFITS PENDING FOR ALH’S LANDLORD
The original ALH listed landlord tips a “positive” future amid higher profit distribution and continued “operating profitability” across much of its pub portfolio. ALE Property Group last week released its Annual Review, Annual Report and Property Compendium 2015, detailing finances
BIG WA HUB PUB UP FOR GRABS
[caption id="attachment_3288" align="alignright" width="281"] Image: Google Maps[/caption] The heart of a regional hub in WA has hit the market, with the 200-room Newman Hotel likely to attract big interest for a small town. Around 1200 kilometres north of Perth, the
CALLING BUSINESSES: CHIP IN FOR CHARITY GOLF DAY
[caption id="attachment_3302" align="alignright" width="403"] Chip In For Calvary Committee Members (L to R): Bill Spurr, Jenny Hurley, Paul Ellery, Mark Ricciuto, Tim Boylen, Mathew Roberts (CUB), Melanie Cooper (Coopers) and Les Burdett (Lion)[/caption] Sponsor businesses and Hurley Hotel Group are
DEATH OF KINGS CROSS SPARKS CLASS ACTION
Shutting for good on Wednesday, Thursday Hugos’ owner and staff fronted a party of Kings Cross stakeholders and a Federal MP to announce intentions of a class action against the NSW Government. As the award-winning cornerstone of Kings Cross closes
INDUSTRY BACKS PROGRAM GETTING PATRONS “HOME SAFE”
Industry has come out in support of Victoria’s “Homesafe” scheme that promises public transport throughout the night across weekends. Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Wade Noonan announced the Homesafe timetables would begin new year’s day, providing train,
BIKIE BAN LEAVES HOSPITALITY WORKERS NERVOUS
Hospitality staff across South Australia are justifiably “anxious and stressed” ahead of the first weekend of the State’s new anti-bikie laws banning OMGs from licensed venues. Laws that came into effect yesterday ban members of criminal organisations – Outlaw Motorcycle
