BRIT ‘CRAWLS’ 656 PUBS
[caption id="attachment_3672" align="alignright" width="384"] Cathy Price[/caption] A woman has completed possibly the world’s longest pub-crawl, visiting every one of the most commonly named pubs in the UK – the Red Lion. British personal trainer Cathy Price began the marathon effort
GALLAGHER POUNCES ON TIGER BAR
Patrick Gallagher has snapped up Hurstville’s Tiger Bar in a play to round out his growing Sydney-wide portfolio. The king of the Irish bars has purchased the southern Sydney favourite for a reported $28 million from a syndicate that included
AUSSIE PUB PATRONS TO BUILD JACK’S BAR WORLD FIRST
Pub backbar staple Jack Daniel’s is celebrating ‘the man’s’ birthday with a crafty promotion to have patrons build brand engagement – and a “Bar that Jack Built”. The world-first totally crowd-sourced bar, built on-tour throughout the promotion, is the 2015
YOUNG PEOPLE DRINKING ‘WISER’: EFFIES
The much-lauded campaign to teach adolescents the virtues of wisdom in the consumption of alcohol has done it again, taking two prestigious advertising industry awards for effectiveness. Engineered to get into the heads of 18-24-year-olds and depict “drinking to get
CENTRAL TOWERS TO GO ABOVE HERITAGE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL
Developers Frasers Property and Seksui House are set to proceed with the next stage of the Central Park on Broadway project – on the old Carlton Brewery site, atop the historic Australian “Abercrombie” Hotel. Having purchased the site in 2007,
NEWTOWN PATRONS RUN TO PUB CRAWL
Sydney’s Newtown showed off its ability to eat, drink and rock yesterday, with thousands attending the “King Street Crawl” – without a single incident recorded by police. The brain-child of Matt and Dan Rule – the former operators of the
BAYFIELDS CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER
Bayfield Hotels held its annual liquor industry trade luncheon last week, with guests again showing overwhelming support for the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI). Attendees gathered at the Dee Why Hotel for fundraiser activities and keynote speakers, and brought over $125,000
COURT TRIES ICE-USING HOTEL THUGS
Rockhampton District Court last week tried the case of two ice users that perpetrated a violent, “gratuitous” robbery at the Brunswick Hotel. Dylan Warcon and Travis Anderson were charged with robbery in company and with personal violence after the assaulted
REGULATORS LAUNCH ‘SAFE, VIBRANT INDUSTRY’ STAKEHOLDER EVENTS
The NSW OLGR has announced plans to conduct a series of events to brainstorm a new era of a “safe and vibrant” hotel industry. The Office of Liquor Gaming & Racing (OLGR) has this week kicked off plans for six
LAST DRINKS AT LANSDOWNE’S FINAL GIG
[caption id="attachment_3605" align="alignright" width="443"] DZ deathrays[/caption] One of Sydney’s most famous live music venues will host its ‘Last Call’ mega-gig next weekend. The heritage-listed Lansdowne Hotel, on City Road, off Sydney’s Broadway, announced it will close as a pub, after
