ALH GETS GREEN LIGHT ON BLUE MOUNTAIN HOTEL
Australia’s biggest publican has won the right to invest in the future of Queensland hospitality, with a massive overhaul approved for its historic Toowoomba pub. After lodging an application for a ‘material change of use of premises and land’ in
COUNTDOWN TO 2015 GAMING EXPO
The 2015 Australasian Gaming Expo begins next Tuesday, with “more of everything”. Guests will see more exhibitor space, products, innovation, food and bev and every type of hospitality industry business across three days – 11-13 August – in the Sydney
THE NEW OLD NEWTOWN: NO TO LATE-NIGHT TROUBLE
Newtown has gotten on the front foot to ward off late-night revellers looking to the area as a “last chance”. Since the trading restrictions were imposed on Sydney’s CBD early last year stakeholders and critics alike have looked for evidence
RYANS RAISE THE ROOF ON THE REPUBLIC
Patrick Ryan has lifted the lid on his chic CBD hotel renovation, with an amazing new roof-less bar atop the four-storey Pitt St pub. The Republic Hotel has come to attract an upmarket clientele of suits and business class customers
MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY OVER KENO EMBEZZLEMENT
A Queensland hotel manager accused of stealing over $60,000 through Keno has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. In February PubTIC reported on the case of the manager of the Emerald Hotel, Robert Craig Philips, being charged with offenses based on
HUGOS FIRE SALE AMID LOCKOUT BLUES
The Sydney and Kings Cross ‘lockout’ laws have claimed another victim, with the acclaimed Hugos Lounge going into voluntary administration. HLB Mann Judd reported to PubTIC that the business has lost $6 million annual turnover since the trading restrictions began
NEW CODE AN “AMBUSH” ON INDUSTRY: AHA SA
News around South Australia’s plan to continue its 3am lockouts has largely failed to tell the complete story of the Government’s “disappointing effort at consultation”. AHA SA CEO Ian Horne told PubTIC the “devil is in the detail” of the
SHORTS BRING WALLABIES TO LUNCH FOR GIDGET
Marty Short and W.Short Hotel Group are bringing Wallabies to The Rocks to raise money and awareness for the close-to-home Gidget Foundation. [caption id="attachment_3206" align="alignright" width="199"] Nick McArdle, Fox Sports[/caption] Next Wednesday (5 August) Fox Sports’ Nick McArdle will host
SEAN’S BAR NEE LUAIN’S INN: WORLD’S OLDEST PUB?
[caption id="attachment_3210" align="alignright" width="446"] Image: Facebook[/caption] A post-card quaint Irish bar in the town of Athlone is quite possibly the oldest pub in the world. Holding the Guinness Book of World Records’ title to the oldest in Europe, Seán’s Bar
BOATHOUSE TAVERN TO MAKE MARKET SPLASH
The last of former rich-lister Robert Fraser-Scott’s hotel properties has hit the market after three years languishing under the control of receivers. Surrounded by attractions, the Boathouse Tavern was one of 18 assets seized by Ernst & Young in April
