Global investment giant KKR has formalised an agreement with alternative investment firm PAG for purchase of its controlling share in Australian Venue Co (AVC) in a billion-dollar-plus deal. Today’s announcement finalises a process that began nearly a year ago with a strategic review of the group’s market value. Although terms of the transaction were not […]
Australian Venue Co has revealed another major renovation of a landmark Queensland pub, bringing a stylish new look and revised name to Nundah’s Royal. Opened in 1888 in Brisbane’s northside as the Royal English Hotel, in recent years the pub has been known as The Royal. Part of the Hotel had to be closed for
Australian Venue Co has this week relaunched the rebranded Morris House, following a transformational multi-million-dollar renovation. The all-new four-level Morris House boasts a bright new-look exterior, entertainment on multiple levels, fine dining and outdoor areas, including a terrace and expansive rooftop with city views. It can accommodate 550 guests, with 180 on the roof. Street
Riverland, a popular waterfront bar and kitchen on Brisbane’s Eagle Street Pier, opened for its big reveal on Monday 22 May. Owners and veterans of pub revitalisation Australian Venue Co had spent $3.5 million on this latest project, including extending the existing riverside deck by 800 square metres. The deck’s three tiers boast views of
The latest pub to benefit from Australian Venue Co’s ongoing major investment in Queensland is the Metropolitan Hotel in Mackay, which has reopened after a $1.6 million renovation and positioning as the city’s new social and entertainment hub. The makeover revitalised the pub’s beer garden, entertainment and bistro spaces, looking to make it both the
Australian Venue Co is recruiting a small army of pub-goers to join their Secret Sipper Club, tasked with visiting venues across the country and getting paid to mystery shop. The Secret Sipper mission is simple: visit assigned AVC pubs and bars approximately once per month throughout the year, remain discreet and impartial, and complete an
AVC has furthered its Queensland quest, unveiling the reworked The Club Hotel at Gladstone, equipped with a modern sports bar, bistro and all-weather beer garden. Doors to The Club reopened 13 April, following a $2.8 million renovation led by Kingston architects to transform it into a new and modernised destination for the local community. The
Australian Venue Co is driving fundraising for food charity SecondBite across the Easter long weekend, donating money from every ‘parma’ sold at pubs across the country. SecondBite is Australia’s largest free food rescue organisation, assisting 1,400 charities, with a mission to end food waste and food insecurity by rescuing quality surplus food from growers, manufacturers
Australian Venue Co has reopened the iconic Claremont Hotel, after nearly three years dark and an amazing $12 million makeover. A hotel first opened on the site in 1886, but it was demolished and in 1902 the current structure was built, in the Federation Filigree style. It has seen a myriad of changes, to become
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The first partnership venue between Australian Venue Co. and BrewDog, BrewDog Pentridge, threw open its doors last week to Victorian beer devotees. BrewDog Pentridge has been a $3 million project by AVC and BrewDog – one of the world’s largest craft beer bar operators. “We’re excited that our first partnership with BrewDog has come
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