MERIVALE UNVEILS KING ST PRECINCT PLANS
The Merivale juggernaut has awakened with plans revealed for a major hospitality precinct, set to be created within historic adjacent buildings around Hemmes’ cornerstone Hotel CBD. Representing years of planning, the group is poised to submit a development application next
ALH FINED $178K OVER TEENAGE GAMBLING
The Victorian regular has hit ALH with multiple fines totalling $177,500 over charges relating to a minor repeatedly playing EGMs, and for inadequate supervision of gaming rooms. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) issued charges against Australian
PUB GRUB ON A BUDGET: AUSSIES RAISE A GLASS BUT NOT SPENDING
An Antenna survey conducted in June this year for Tyro’s Eat Pay Love Report showed that while the cost of living has skyrocketed, Australians still love visiting their local pubs. The survey questioned over 1,000 Australians on their preferences for
OPERA HOUSE’S VENUES OUT TO TENDER
The world-famous Sydney Opera House has begun a tender process looking for leading operators to manage its popular harbourside venues, currently known as Opera Bar and House Canteen. It is being billed as a “once-in-a-decade opportunity” to reimagine the venues
EULO QUEEN LEGEND FOR SALE IN OPAL COUNTRY
The fabled Eulo Queen Hotel, with its saucy history of a serial widow with an obsession for opals, is for sale as cornerstone of a broader business in the historic outback town. Eulo was named as a settlement on the
THE BENDI’S BACK
In March Melbourne’s iconic music venue the Bendigo Hotel, aka ‘The Bendi’, was forced to close after 14 years championing the punk, rock and metal live music scene. Now, just six months later, it’s back. The Bendi has found a
GOVT DRIVING BOOM IN TOURISM ECONOMY
The NSW government has massively ramped up its expectations for the state’s ‘visitor’ economy, ushering millions more airline seats, thousands of hotel rooms and a focus on experience-led tourism. This review of the NSW Visitor Economy Strategy will further cement
PORT ELLIOT PUB CHAOS AS CAR PLOUGHS INTO CROWD
Patrons leaving a South Australian pub at closing time last weekend became caught up in a shocking incident as a car allegedly ploughed into a group of people. Just after 1:30am Saturday morning, a blue Ford sedan was recorded reversing
COLLIE HOTEL ON OFFER
The one and only Collie Hotel is being sold by owner-operators, offering a big, booming regional watering hole with blue sky and no competition. Occupying a generous 4,295sqm site on the edge of the busy Oxley Highway through town, the
LAUNDY LETS LOOSE BEN’S THE MONA
Laundy Hotels’ icon of the northern beaches officially begins trade today as The Mona, after a grand reopening, major overhaul, and addition of fellow peninsula legend Ben. A staple of the precinct for nearly a century, the storied Mona Vale
