Moteliers the Dhaliwal family have entered the pub game, becoming the proud new owners of the Roche family’s Station Hotel Motel in Kurri Kurri. The Station boasts history in the region, the design by acclaimed Maitland architect James Warren Scobie first opening in 1904. A full-format offering, it includes public bar, commercial kitchen and bistro, […]
DB Pubs has consolidated its portfolio in New England with sale of the Royal Hotel Armidale to growing local hoteliers Tom and Harley Payne. Occupying a large 1,836sqm site on main drag Marsh Street, the two-storey Art Deco hotel holds a coveted late-trading 3am licence, providing public bar, sports bar and TAB, gaming room with […]
Newcastle seaside icon the Beach Hotel has officially reopened, following an extensive and inspired restoration. Located in the heart of Merewether, the hotel was founded in the 1890s and the current building constructed by Tooth & Co in 1939 – now “steeped in sun, salt and community spirit”. Hotelier Glenn Piper grew up spending summers […]
The company owned by a former digital strategist and self-proclaimed psychic has fallen into administration, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to staff and creditors, having not turned a profit. Rahni Newsome promotes herself as an experienced freelance digital marketer, as well as advertising her services as a ‘psychic consultant’. In 2021 she moved to […]
After decades living the dream, the Burns-Woods are offering up one of Australia’s most historic and picturesque pubs, the Settlers Arms Inn. The classic colonial Georgian-style Inn was established in 1836 on the banks of the Macdonald River in the village of St Albans, crafted from convict hewn sandstone. It resides on a 6,627sqm block, […]
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Matt Coleman and co have furthered the stable of strong regional operations with purchase of Hotel Cessnock, in the Hunter Valley. Built 1908, the pub is a grand country hotel in a prominent central site in Cessnock, close to the famed vineyards of the Hunter’s wine country. The large-format pub provides a public bar with […]
Kelly & Co Hotels has exited Scone, selling the Belmore Hotel to the same growing Hunter Valley group that recently bought the nearby Royal Hotel. The Belmore is an impressive suburban local, with sandstone exterior and original pressed tin ceilings. It has a large beer garden, gaming room with eight machines, nine accommodation rooms and […]
Country connoisseur Ned Kelly has sold his Royal Hotel of Scone to an up-and-coming local. The regal pub is set on around 3,000 sqm, and includes 19 pub-style rooms, 10 modern motel suites, and gaming operation with nine entitlements and approved DA for a new room, altering the floorplan and improving accessibility. Known as the […]
The crème of the country’s hotels were crowned this week at the prestigious Australian Hotels Association National Awards for Excellence. A record 730 VIPs and industry guests gathered for the extravaganza, held for the first time at Sydney’s Campbell’s Cove, to see 249 nominees vie for 45 award categories. The major prize of Overall Hotel […]
After a couple of crazy years and several more acquisitions, Ned Kelly and gang are getting out of their Criterion Hotel in the lower Hunter Valley prairie of Weston. Sitting tall on a 910sqm block, the pub operates under a 3am liquor licence, providing public bar, bistro, gaming room with 15 machines, and 10 accommodation […]
