Hunt Hospitality

SEABREEZE NELSON BAY ON OFFER

Posted on September 17th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Hunt Hospitality has sent to market another large-format pub operation, offering the oceanside Seabreeze Hotel, in the heart of idyllic Nelson Bay. The windswept pub is on a commanding 3,180sqm corner with dual-frontage, just 200 metres from the Bay and

HUNT HOTELS THE TOAST OF NEWCASTLE TOURISM

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle Tourism has celebrated the “best of the best” in the region at the 2025 Newcastle Hospitality & Tourism Awards, with Hunt Hospitality taking two top honours. The Newcastle Tourism Industry Group’s (NTIG) Awards were held at Newcastle Cruising Yacht

HUNT AWARDED NSW BUSINESS LEADER OF 2021

Posted on November 29th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Humble hotelier and son of the Hunter Stephen Hunt has been awarded the title of NSW Business Leader of the Year 2021. The state-wide title follows up recognition by Business NSW as the Business Leader of the Year for the

HUNT GOES LOCAL AT THE IMPERIAL

Posted on August 27th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Hunt Hospitality has a little more Hunter with acquisition of the Imperial Hotel at Maitland, in time for a local get-together. Built 1851, a block from the Hunter River, the Imperial Hotel was established back when goods were still delivered

HUNT TAKES NEXT HOP, INTO HARRINGTON

Posted on July 9th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The ultra-waterfront Harrington Hotel has been sold by the Nixon family to the pub coast king, Stephen Hunt. Having purchased the pub in 1998, the Nixons have sold the Hotel in line with market guidance, sources say was $15 million,

HUNT GETS AHEAD WITH EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Posted on June 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Stephen Hunt has produced a video explaining the benefits of his group’s Employee Assistance Program for workers and the venue. In his role as managing director of Hunt Hospitality International, Stephen Hunt periodically presents informative updates on the workings and

QUINN & CO GRAB HUNT’S LAKESIDE

Posted on December 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The dynamic Hunt Hospitality has agreed to sale of its large-format Lakeside Village Tavern at Raymond Terrace, to the growing stable under Nicholas Quinn. Stephen Hunt’s pub group has been refreshing the books since the new financial year, to optimise

HUNT LANDS BIG KENT

Posted on November 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A long and hard-fought sales process on the big Kent Hotel has ended in a record price for the Newcastle region of around $25 million, and new owner in growing local vehicle SJH Hotel Fund. Peter Hunt bought the Kent

HUNT SEEKS INVESTORS IN $50m PUB FUND

Posted on September 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle-based hotelier Stephen Hunt has been courting investors to double the size of his hotels fund to $50 million, following strong growth and robust returns. SJH Hotel Fund, run by Hunt Hospitality, owns hotel trusts around the Lakeside Village Tavern

HUNT SEEKS BUYER FOR THE KENT

Posted on June 7th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Central coast pub doyens the Hunt family have put to market their high-performing The Kent, offering up one of the biggest NSW hotel businesses north of Sydney, amid Newcastle’s ongoing renaissance. Built 1924, The ‘Royal’ Kent dominates a corner of