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HOLEY MOLEY SANDRINGHAM HOTEL NOW HAS PUTT-PUTT

Posted on July 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The American-style good times that is Holey Moley is set to launch tomorrow in Sydney, bringing food & bev and two 18-hole mini golf courses to Enmore’s famous Sandringham Hotel. Holey Moley champions a mix of pop culture and team

FWC GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO MORE FLEXIBLE PART-TIME

Posted on July 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Fair Work Commission has today ruled in favour of greater flexibility for part-time employment that could see more people in hospitality engaged part-time rather than casual. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) released the Decision Summaries as part of its

‘FRESH MEAT’ AT HOTEL COOLGARDIE

Posted on July 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Hotel Coolgardie is a raw, documentary-style film that puts a spotlight on a harsh side of hospitality in outback pubs, following the story of a 3-month deployment of two female Finnish backpackers to a depleted WA mining town. The industry

CHINESE DEVELOPER BUYS PARRAS’ PEACHTREE

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

ASX-listed Chinese developer BHL has entered the Australian pub scene with the purchase of Colin Parras’ Peachtree Hotel Penrith. Boyuan Holdings Limited (ASX: BHL) is a Chinese property development company with growing interests in both residential and commercial development in

REVISED FOUR IN HAND NOW OPEN: WAUGH

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG has settled in and overhauled the legendary Four in Hand, reopening with new integration alongside a sustained homage to history in the heritage-listed pub. Bursting onto the scene mid-2015, Public House Management Group (PHMG) let loose the

HUMBLE GREAT WESTERN TO GROW 26-STOREY TOWER

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Council is expected to approve plans tomorrow for a $15m 26-storey tower atop the 153-year-old Great Western Hotel in Melbourne. Described as one of the most intact goldrush era pubs in Melbourne, the Great Western was built in 1864 on

MAN ‘CATCHES’ BUS TO PUB

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The pub is an institution in Britain. One goes to the pub to celebrate good times, commiserate bad times, and of course when one needs one’s nerves settled. 53-year-old Simon Smith had such a day recently, when at 9:13 in

MOELIS AT LAST LANDS FLYING REDCAPE HOTEL PORTFOLIO

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

A vehicle controlled by investment bank Moelis Australia has finally cemented purchase of the high-flying Redcape Hotel portfolio for $677 million. Ending around two years’ speculation as to the hotel group’s fate, including rumours of suitors such as a partnership

PUBS CLOSING EARLY TO AVOID COMPULSORY ID SCANNERS

Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Compulsory use of ID scanners is set to begin tomorrow in Queensland, causing unintended consequences for patrons as venues affected forgo their late-night trading to avoid installing them. In January the Queensland Government announced its decision to end plans to