A Hunter Valley publican is facing a slew of charges relating to supply and possession of cocaine at his Scone pub. 37-year-old John William Allen, aka Jack Allen, fronted Muswellbrook Local Court last week to face multiple charges, the most serious being supply cocaine on an ongoing basis. Hunter Valley detectives, part of Strike Force […]
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Quinn & Co have agreed to sell their thumping Windsor Castle Hotel in East Maitland for $51 million to the acquisitive Harvest Hotels, smashing the group’s own record for an inland regional pub. Around two hours’ drive north of Sydney, ‘The Castle’ is a large-format hotel across a 6,613sqm lot, built in the 1920s. It […]
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The NSW government has announced free training on in-demand skills, aiming to get more workers ready for a “bumper winter” tourism and hospitality season. The NSW Government’s Winter Skills program is delivering more than 1,500 fee-free training courses, preparing people to work hospitality roles including bartenders, waitstaff and the ski industry, to help businesses meet […]
The high-profile Caledonian Hotel of Singleton has been put to market by husband and wife team Helen and John Hill. Singleton is in the upper Hunter Valley, approximately 70 kilometres from Newcastle, and benefiting from strong economic and tourism activity in the wider area. Set on a prominent 2,226sqm corner block, it cites average weekly […]
Cessnock’s Royal Oak Hotel is in fresh new hands again, with a Newsome-Horvath partnership finding new life in the old Oak. Built in 1922 on a prominent corner in the gateway to the Hunter Valley, the large brick hotel features a bar, bistro, spacious rear beer garden, off-street parking, and a separate cafe point of […]
Ned Kelly’s burgeoning pub group has taken the deeds to the Belmore Hotel in Scone, in a return to where it all began for the industry veteran. Built 1866 in the upper Hunter Valley as the Railway Hotel, the pub was renamed the Belmore in 1871, after a visit by the Earl of Belmore. Some […]
A number of large-format hotels are capitalising on COVID-quashed dreams of travel, opening themed installations, seen in Shoal Bay Country Club’s Atmos Greek restaurant, and Garden State Hotel’s Italian temptation Tippy-Tay. Andrew Lazarus’ Shoal Bay Country Club (SBCC) is whisking visitors to a Greek experience at Port Stephens through expansion of its dining offering with […]
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The licensee and employees of the self-proclaimed “freedom” Caledonian Hotel have been repeatedly fined and the pub now closed for breaching public health orders. In a post on social media more than a week ago, the Singleton pub vowed to never give up fighting “the tyrants and evil that threaten our very own freedoms and […]
The Brownlee family have put to market their monarchical Belmore Hotel, in the NSW equine capital. Built 1866, the two-storey Belmore of Scone was originally named the Railway Hotel, before being renamed the Belmore in 1871, following a visit by the Earl of Belmore. Occupying a prominent 1,555sqm lot on Kelly Street, it stands adjacent […]
Continuing the shake-up in Hunter Valley hospitality, the Railway Hotel in Cessnock has been sold to a local, diversifying operator. The two-storey Railway Hotel features a public bar, commercial kitchen and bistro, popular children’s playground, ten accommodation rooms plus a licensee’s apartment upstairs, as well as a small bottleshop, barbershop and other facilities on the […]
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