POLITIS’ SEQ TURNS TIDE ON EUMUNDI

Hot on the heels of Charter Hall and Hostplus’ successful play on HPI, SEQ Hospitality has secured the keys for listed publican landlord Eumundi Group. Eumundi began as a craft brewery named after its Sunshine Coast location, going on to

THE 1880 NEW-TIMERS RACING IN BATHURST

The 1880 Hotel in Bathurst is in eager new hands, as the team of White and Saxby look to bring the love back to the regional landmark. The two-storey pub resides on a prominent 1,233sqm lot opposite the Bathurst Council

OLDEST RIVALRY KEEPS BREWING

A friendly clash has been simmering for some time between two Tasmanian pubs, who each lay claim to being Australia’s oldest continually licensed venue. Hobart’s Hope and Anchor and New Norfolk’s Bush Inn have been around since the start of

FEROS VOWS TO REBOUND IN BERRY

Chris Feros’ growing outfit has hit a speedhump with plans for a major redevelopment at Berry shot down – again – but the challenge is not over. Established 1863, the Berry Hotel has long been servicing the Shoalhaven town, today

REOPENED EMPIRE CLOSED AND FOR SALE

Only two years since its long-awaited revival, the Empire Hotel in South Townsville has closed ‘for a break’, and offers are being sought on a sale or lease. Built on a prominent corner in 1901, the pub is a short

CARLTON CLUB AND WINSOR CASTLE IN THE AIR

Well known Melbourne pubs the Carlton Club and Windsor Castle Hotel are in limbo after hotelier Tracey Lester was forced to call in administrators, and creditors are urgently seeking buyers. A former artist, emanating from New Zealand, Lester has held

CROSSROADS LOOKS TO NEW PATH

Prominent Sydney developer Sonnel Hospitality has lodged plans for a massive $33 million demolition and upgrade of the chart-topping Crossroads Hotel. An ultra-large-format pub at the ‘crossroads’ of major Sydney arteries the Hume Hwy and Camden Valley Way, the multi-faceted

ROCHE CASHES IN AT CALYPSO BAY

Roche Group has divested its waterside Harrigan’s, at Calypso Bay, to Queensland hotelier Rick Adams. Roche is the private developer of the entire $2 billion Calypso Bay master planned housing estate, which it has been creating on a 269-Ha former

WHY PUBS SHOULD TAP INTO TIKTOK

Bayfield Hotel Group’s Dee Why Hotel in Sydney has taken a new marketing approach by diversifying its social media to include TikTok. The hotel is now experimenting with TikTok content thanks to the guidance of senior account manager Tash Chapman,

TIGHTER RULES PROPOSED FOR ALCOHOLIC SOFT DRINKS

Rumours of further rules and regulations on ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in NSW have been quashed, with the Minns government ruling ‘enough is enough’. The state regulator, Liquor & Gaming (L&G) NSW, was understood to be considering new guidelines, specifically to