Australian Venue Co continues to invest in venue improvements, this month revealing further refreshed looks for two of its Queensland pubs. North Brisbane’s Everton Park Hotel is the most recent overhaul, now boasting a sunny beer garden with its own bar, enhanced by big screens and festoon lights. Its new-look sports bar reaches across a […]
Australian Venue Co (AVC) continues to invest in Melbourne pubs, this time opening the Gardiner Hotel in Malvern while simultaneously unveiling its renovation of the Flinders Hotel on the Mornington Peninsula. Previously the old National Bank building, The Gardiner’s doors opened last Friday following a seven-month renovation to the 109-year-old building. Owned by Paul Tuddenham,
Australian Venue Co has made the controversial decision to not do Australia Day celebrations at all of its 200-odd pubs around the country, and nationalistic pundits are not impressed. Australia Day on 26 January is commemoration of the day that the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay, in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union
Weighing into the recent return in pubs activity, Australian Venue Co has struck its first major deal under its new majority owners, buying 10 venues from Hallmark Hospitality in SEQ. The Melbourne-based group has paid around $50 million for the ten pubs and nightclubs, at Brisbane, Surfers Paradise and the Gold Coast. In the deal
Australian Venue Co has doubled down on its investment in town with a partnership acquisition of the windswept and interesting Airlie Beach Hotel, in association with restorative owner-operator Mick McFie. Occupying a generous lot just metres from the destination Whitsundays tourist beach, the Hotel was built in 1968 and offers a public bar, restaurant, conference
AVC’s Middle Park Hotel is moving up, hurdling a protracted battle with locals in VCAT for expansion and a rooftop terrace in the ‘quaint’ central Melbourne precinct. National pub operator Australian Venue Co looked to undertake one of its signature refurbishments on the 134-year-old heritage-listed hotel. The redevelopment application looked to add bar and dining
Australian Venue Co has confirmed it has signed a sale agreement for the acquisition of Melbourne Pub Group’s The Prince of St Kilda. The Prince of Wales was built in 1862, as a two-storey residential hotel. In 1937 it was rebuilt in the Art Deco style and expanded to offer two bars at street level, one of which went
AVC has triumphantly returned Sydney nightlife icon Cargo to King Street Wharf, following a comprehensive four-month renovation, nearly 24 years since its debut. The waterfront institution, known for its Wharf-side beer garden and legendary club nights, now boasts a fresh new look across its two expansive levels. Since opening in 2000, Cargo has been a
Australian Venue Co has again demonstrated its dedication to innovation with the launch of its retail media network for partner marketing and promotion, AVC Experience+. The concept provides access to AVC’s growing national portfolio of 219+ venues, offering the ability to reach up to 15 million consumers annually through curated experiences, encompassing 35 media touchpoints
Australian Venue Co is finding renewed strength under new owners PAG, and armed with a new investment chest is ratcheting up its acquisitions. In August news broke of the $1.4bn deal whereby PAG Asia Capital bought KKR’s 80 per cent stake in the pub group. The transaction has now settled, heralding a new $900 million debt
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