One of Glebe’s historic watering holes has a new Friend – for the third time in six years, as Ray Reilly and co take on the inner west pub, following a public sale by Marcello Colosimo’s Momento Hospitality. In 2022 Momento undertook a rapid expansion of its inner west footprint, buying the Friend from Wallaby […]
City-fringe companion the Friend in Hand of Glebe has returned to market, as Marcello Colosimo’s Momento maintains impetus on its north-west expansion. The corner local keeps a large trading footprint and revenue-producing space across two levels. It saw an extensive renovation and refurbishment in 2021. It was purchased mid-2022 by Momento from Wallaby publican
Eyeing its increasingly complex future, the Colosimo family’s Momento Hospitality has announced the appointment of David Clifton as its new chief executive officer, effective from 3 June. Momento has expanded to become a leading force in Australian hospitality, and it continues to grow in both complexity and reach. The Group will soon welcome the addition
Marcello Colosimo has taken an inner west hattrick, picking up Dixon’s historic Nag’s Head Hotel in Glebe. Former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and business partners David Birkbeck and Russ Lowe’s vehicle DBL Pub Group bought the 1860s-built pub in 2015 from industry doyens the O’Hara family. The O’Haras had owned and lived it for 15
The Colosimo’s Momento Hotels has backed up plans for its new $38 million Oran Park Hotel with plans for a second greenfield pub, the Oran Park Tavern. Sixty kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Oran Park has been one of the fastest growing suburbs over the past decade, transitioning from pastural land to welcome a
Eatons Hotel in Muswellbrook has been sold by the Ryan family to an associate of Marcello Colosimo, with operations destined for the Momento portfolio. Eatons is positioned on almost an acre of land (3,490sqm) on the major arterial road through the Upper Hunter region, around 130 kilometres north-west of Newcastle. The area is known for
Some of the biggest names in hospitality have joined forces to launch HelpOutHospo, supporting hospitality workers without income by sharing hospitality skills with people stuck at home. The “by hospo, for hospo” initiative is centred around an interactive video library, featuring cooking and mixology lessons for everyday Australians. Venues post ‘how-to’ videos and receive financial
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Momento Hospitality has leapt to the aid of Sydney’s Hills community with operation of the Essentials Express service from its Bella Vista Hotel. Essentials Express offers essential items, many of which have recently been missing from supermarket shelves. The most popular items so far have been (unsurprisingly) toilet paper, meat packs, and pasta. The operation
The Colosimo family’s extravagant new build Mullane’s Hotel at Baulkham Hills is now open, offering an epicentre for Italian craftsmanship and consumption. The new multi-level Hotel near Norwest train station features on the ground floor a traditional public bar, VIP lounge and café delivering fresh Italian coffee and small bites. But the star of the
Marcello Colosimo, CEO of Momento Hospitality Group, learnt the virtues of hospitality at a young age, working weekends at the family bottleshop, front of house, and as a kitchen hand at the Castle Hill Tavern. These days Marcello’s primary passion is community. Firing up the north-west of Sydney with some of the finest venues, he
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