Supreme Court halts litigious patron from suing pub again
The Supreme Court of South Australia has discouraged the appeal of an unfavourable verdict by a patron that sued a pub for falling off a chair drunk. Justice Kevin Nicholson did not dismiss the appeal of Ms Schuller, but the
2015 pub market starts hot with another Iris Group purchase
The Sydney pub market has jumped into 2015, with several quick sales including yet another Iris Group purchase – Riverwood’s Napoleons Hotel. In the Western gaming heartland, Napoleons is the latest of a string of acquisitions for the rapidly growing
Should we save the Jolly Frogs?
For the past few years, Windsor’s Jolly Frog has been a dormant eye-sore on the Hawkesbury landscape – its heydays of hosting the likes of AC/DC, Cold Chisel and INXS long quiet. After a couple of years it seems one
Breaking news: More craft beers for hipsters
Mark Leonard, veteran Australian filmmaker and avid critique of any given thing at Sydney’s Harold Park Hotel, has invested a moment’s talent into collating a list of the hippest and trendiest taste sensations dreamed up in brewing laboratories for socially
Hotelier charges up Inca Trek for charity
Brisbane entrepreneur and hotel legend Jason Titman, has taken on a challenge to walk the Inca Trek to raise money for the Mater Hospital. Former operator of successful Queensland venues including the Chalk Hotel, Regatta, Hotel LA, Scarborough and most
Bendigo’s Metropolitan Hotel is back in town
One of Bendigo’s most historic pubs is going back to its roots to better capitalise on the trade it is missing in the thriving Victorian town. After 12 years owning the Metropolitan, aka Pugg Mahone’s Irish Pub, Andrew Lethlean says it’s
Red-hot HPI snatches two blue-ribbon Queensland pubs
Two quick purchases by one of the country’s best-performing hotel property owners has set the tone for a hot year in the investment market. After a successful IPO in 2013, Hotel Property Investments (HPI) – the freeholder spin-off of re-structured
Giving your customers a voice
When social media first arrived on our computers and smartphones it was purely a form of self-promotion. Facebook pages were inundated with posts about what your friend just ate for breakfast, or how terrible that movie was. But things have
Sky Racing’s Big Sports Breakfast bigger than ever
Sky Racing launched another promise-filled year of the popular Big Sports Breakfast show yesterday, with a new studio on show to viewers watching the radio program’s simulcast. Hosts Terry Kennedy and Michael Slater are back behind the desk, demonstrating they
Hotel Heart-throb Kim Maloney awarded OAM
Industry veteran and Hotels Have Hearts chairman Kim Maloney has been awarded for his dedicated community work with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM). Also Vice-President of the NSW branch of the AHA, Maloney was awarded for ‘Social Welfare’ after
