Announcement came today Victoria will go into lockdown again for five days, from midnight tonight, in a designated “short, sharp circuit-breaker” to stem the spread of the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus. Striving to prevent spread into the community and a third wave, Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the snap lockdown, due to end at […]
Institutional university pub the Hawthorn Hotel will live again in 2021, courtesy of an “innovative partnership” between Australian Venue Co. and Swinburne University of Technology. The 152-year-old pub was built 1868, on a corner of Burwood Rd in the Melbourne CBD. It came to be surrounded by buildings of Swinburne University, and in 2015 the
Australian Venue Co. continues to pursue post-pandemic opportunities, taking a new venue in regional Victoria and fronting more specials to get patrons back into their pubs. Today AVC announced its purchase of the leasehold interest in the Criterion Hotel in Yarrawonga, around three hours’ north of Melbourne. The handsome two-storey Georgian pub sports a period
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Australian Venue Co has been putting its best half-foot forward, offering everything at half-price at its Sydney pubs during January as it strives for recovery. Eight Sydney bars are fronting a fresh start for ‘21 with ‘Sydney’s Happiest Hour’ offering 50 per cent off all food and drinks bills from 5-6pm, every day throughout January
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The challenge to fill staff positions has hit top gear with Australian Venue Co offering sign-on bonuses of up to $1,000 in a bid to secure workers to operate the group’s 150 pubs around Australia. The second wave of the pandemic in Victoria struck a second blow when operators began reopening to find a critical
ASX-listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments has entered agreements to acquire three hotel properties, across Queensland and Victoria, for a combined $63.3 million. The hotels are Mango Hill Tavern and First Choice Liquor, 29 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD, the Jubilee Tavern in Airlie Beach, and the Summerhill Hotel, 12 kilometres north of the
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Pubs around Victoria have embraced the easing of restrictions, with some of the State’s major players eager to welcome patrons back, while the Andrews’ government’s tight controls keep many closed. One of the largest groups in the country, Australian Venue Co (AVC) triumphantly opened all its Victorian pubs at first opportunity, on Wednesday. “We are
New research is finding Aussies are keen to dine out again, but they have new needs and wants that hospitality operators must address. The SevenRooms Restaurant Reckoning: Australia report is in-depth research into the changing expectations of Australian diners in the new era of hospitality. Australians report that dining out allows them to help their
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AVC’s Mihi Tavern has rebounded from natural disaster, reopening after a $2.5 million renovation with a new offering targeted directly at the local young family demographic. In February the popular pub was forced to close after flash flooding, seen in many regions of central and south-east Queensland at the time. Making the most of the
Australian Venue Co (AVC) is scratching the travel itch and filling bucket lists for Aussies stuck Down Under by launching a major “Staycation” series of events inspired by global destinations, and giving away trips to the Whitsundays. While Australia enjoys an enviable position in terms of suppressing the pandemic, as the fire rages in much
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