AHA NATIONAL AWARDS GO OFF WITH A BANG

Australia’s hospitality elite gathered Monday night to celebrate the best of the best at the 2017 AHA National Awards for Excellence. The event took place for the second year at the magnificent RACV Royal Pines Resort, facilitating an outdoor aspect

GINTY LAYS DOWN GLASGOW ARMS

Steve Ginty has sold his Glasgow Arms Hotel in Sydney’s inner west, ushering in another up-and-coming veteran Adam Derwin. Ginty has been a career publican, beginning life in pubs as a barman at the Woolwich Pier Hotel. [caption id="attachment_11062" align="alignright"

A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING

In a world where beer is no longer simple, people serving it must know something of what they're doing. Acclaimed brewer Neal Cameron offers insight into insight.   We’re big on education in Australia. We are in the top ten

PATONGA BEACH HOTEL SOLD TO BE LATEST BOATHOUSE

Jewel of the central coast the Patonga Beach Hotel has sold to a growing operator, the waterfront pub to become another addition to the acclaimed Boathouse port. Boasting 1540sqm of water frontage overlooking Patonga Beach, facing south-east across Pittwater to

TREASURED COURTHOUSE HOTEL LANGUISHES

The heritage-listed and battle-trophy Courthouse Hotel Cairns has become a dormant site of itinerants and drug paraphernalia since Council purchased it from Pelathon last December. Built in 1922 as part of a scheme to employ returning WWI soldiers, the building

LOCAL SNAPS UP MURPHYS’ BELMORE HOTEL MAITLAND

The Murphy family has parted with Maitland’s thriving Belmore Hotel, with a local businessman picking up the freehold going concern for $9 million. The Murphys have owned the Belmore since 2003, and citing increasing interests in other endeavours made the

PORT MACQUARIE’S FINNIAN’S HITS THE MARKET

Furthering the NSW coastal surge, popular Port Macquarie pub Finnian’s Irish Tavern has come to market. Finnian’s occupies a large 1,223sqm site on the same block as one of Port Macquarie’s largest shopping centres, between a Coles supermarket and a

ROGERS TAKE ON HETHERINGTONS’ GUNYAH

Campbell Rogers has grown his footprint of Central Coast pubs, purchasing the Gunyah Hotel from rugby league families the Hetheringtons and the Mullins’. League legend brothers Brett and Jason Hetherington and family have owned the Gunyah in Lake Macquarie with

ABBOTSFORD’S PARK HOTEL HOT SALE BY AUCTION

Melbourne’s tightly-held freehold market has held to precedent, with the Park Hotel in Abbotsford selling at auction for more than 140 per cent of reserve, at a razor-sharp yield. Built in 1864, the Park sits on a big corner block

FEROS’ JDA WORKS SALE OF ALLAWAH HOTEL

John Feros’ JDA Hotels and associates have executed a sale and management deal on top gaming pub the Allawah Hotel for around $30 million. Located on 1,274sqm on a corner of Railway Parade, beside the refurbished Allawah train station, the