In a stock-starved market where strong regional pubs are becoming the ‘new black’ – two more Sydney-satellite freeholds will soon test the waters at a group auction. Murphy Hotels is putting up the large-format Belmore Hotel, dominating Maitland’s main street. The Art Deco building has recently seen a $2.5m facelift, modernising the business while retaining […]
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After 75 years in the family, Scott and Casey Cronin will soon bid a reluctant farewell to their historic Mirani Hotel. Mirani is a town in the heart of sugarcane country, a transport hub mid-way on the Mackay to Eungella highway, on the rail line that bears its name built in 1885 to transport crops.
Registration is now open for the largest gaming Expo in Australasia – as the AGE makes a triumphant return to Darling Harbour in August, at the amazing new ICC Convention and Exhibition complex. After three years at the temporary facility on Glebe Island while ICC Sydney was under construction, the GTA (Gaming Technologies Association) reports
After shelving its mooted IPO, Dixon Hospitality Group is rumoured to be in talks with private equity buyers – including KKR – the company that sank Keystone. Dixon Hospitality Group (DHG) has hinted at plans for an Initial Public Offering almost since it burst into the Australian hospitality spotlight with meteoric expansion courtesy of a
High-profile pub ‘The Eli’ plus land package have come to market as the Apple Isle strides into its tourism boon and its builder owner needs a break. The large-format Elimatta Hotel sits on the banks of the Mersey River, adjacent to the dock of the two Spirit of Tasmania ferries that come to Devonport, on
UPDATE: Stonequarry Creek and Mother Nature have brought to market the historic George IV Inn at Picton, as the Maloneys set off to tackle their insurance woes. As reported in January, extreme weather on 5 June last year saw the usually mild Stonequarry Creek in Picton rise up and flood through the George IV –
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The team behind Sydney’s Cauliflower Hotel are again growing its legend, launching a Mai Tai competition for Australian drinks professionals and rum aficionados. Justin and Pippi Drew took over Waterloo’s Cauliflower in mid-2015, and dived straight into self-promotion with a combined Footy Finals and Oktoberfest party. The Drews also operate Big Island Operations, holding the
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After decades selling drinks to them, former Lion director Frank Arangio has slipped onto the other side of the bar, buying Wyong’s Royal Hotel for nearly $7 million. Continuing the flow of sales of NSW coastal hotels, Arangio bought the Royal at Wyong alongside wife Marney, and in partnership with industry stalwart, publican Pat Gurr
Platinum Group has gone the full Monty – unveiling its ‘approachable yet refined’ new pub, the Montague Hotel, in Brisbane’s West End. Emerging from a doldrums office building on the corner of Montague Rd and Kurilpa St in the south Brisbane precinct, the self-nick-named The Monty says it is “first and foremost” a gastropub. Described
The star-studded St Hotel St Kilda has slipped into liquidation, said to be owing $1.7m to creditors. Landlord to the pub business, Chris Maiotis, who is also a director of the failed entity, reportedly took possession due to unpaid rent, and liquidators Roger Reidy have been appointed, with over a million dollars owed to suppliers
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