The best of the Sunshine State gathered Monday night to recognise the winners of the Queensland Hotels Association’s prestigious State Awards for Excellence for 2025. Over 1,500 VIPs and industry guests attended Brisbane Exhibition Centre to celebrate the integral part hotels play in communities. The room was adorned in ‘rock n roll’ décor, in a […]
Highlight of the hospitality calendar, the National Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence took place in Brisbane Monday night and there was no shortage of success on show. Around 700 VIPs and industry guests gathered in the afternoon at The Star for an epic event of 57 awards, hosted by Australian TV personality Tim Campbell
The annual highlight of Victorian hospitality took place Monday night as the industry’s best were honoured across 40 categories at the 2024 AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence. The Association welcomed 1,200 guests at Crown Palladium for the sold-out gala dinner and awards ceremony celebrating the industry’s strength and successes. “At the 2024 AHA (Vic)
Kickon Group has kicked again, bringing more skin into the game with purchase of The Dock and Wharf in Mooloolaba, on the Sunshine Coast. Overlooking the picturesque Mooloolah River and Marina, The Dock offers bars, a 500sqm restaurant seating over 300, multiple function rooms and an open-air beer garden. The largest pub operator in the country, Australian Leisure
More than 1,200 hospitality professionals and guests gathered this week at Crown Palladium to celebrate this year’s champions at the 2023 AHA Victoria State Awards for Excellence. The annual awards are a celebration of the accomplishments of Victoria’s pubs and hotels. Paddy O’Sullivan, CEO of AHA Vic, says they recognise “outstanding hospitality service and delivery”
Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has taken another new prize in the Grand Dame of Cleveland, bringing plans for a multi-million-dollar renovation, and a familiar face partner. Built 1851, the Grand View Hotel began life as Cleveland House, before being renamed the Grand View in 1910. It is popularly known as the ‘Grand Dame’ to friends
Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has announced its expansion into northern Queensland and new partner Bart Furst, in acquisition of Townsville’s The Watermark. The Watermark, in the heart of Townsville tourist hotspot The Strand, features a relaxed sports bar and contemporary dining restaurant, boasting breathtaking views of Magnetic Island and Cleveland Bay. Kickon embraces a strategy
The many talents behind the remaking of the famous Continental Hotel of Sorrento have announced the massive makeover is to begin opening this month. Built in 1875, the Hotel Continental heritage-listed hotel was bought in 2019 from parties including hotelier Julian Gerner, by a consortium comprising the Victor Smorgon Group, the Kanat family and Trenerry
The fast-growing Kickon Group has taken its next step into Queensland, and kick-started its progressive new Pub Partner Program. Kickon has now settled on the iconic Osbourne Hotel in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, which is its first official acquisition since rebranding from Collective Heads in September. The Osbourne Hotel was established 1864, and has been operated
Craig Shearer and crew’s Collective Heads has relaunched as Kickon Group, along with new appointments and two new venues in the portfolio. The Kickon Group portfolio began with Fitzroy North’s The Terminus, Brisbane’s historic Plough Inn, and The Collective, on the Gold Coast. The new outfit heralds significant growth plans, headlined by in-progress redevelopment of
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