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UPG BLITZES OKTOBERFEST REVELLERS

Posted on September 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Urban Purveyor Group is in the grips of Oktoberfest, and bringing some serious crowd-pulling bier cheer to revellers in three states. The Group (UPG) operates a collection of licensed venues, with some of the largest being their Bavarian Bier Café

SOLOTEL GETS $60m FOR ALBION HOTEL LANDMARK

Posted on September 28th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Solomon’s Solotel has achieved its second big-ticket sale and lease-back, settling on a bid of $60 million for the land holding of its Albion Hotel in Parramatta. The generous 3,135 m² block on the corner of George and Harris

WAUGHS UNVEIL BUENA FOR MOSMAN

Posted on September 28th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group will tomorrow re-launch the Buena, Mosman cornerstone, bringing pub gastronomy to the elite foreshore ‘burb. [caption id="attachment_7394" align="alignright" width="338"] The Buena Vista Hotel, 2011[/caption] PHMG burst into prominence in May last year when it

SYNTHETIC ALCOHOL – NO SIDE-EFFECTS – ON TRIAL FOR FUN

Posted on September 26th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A rebellious chemistry nerd is pioneering products to save the world from the effects of booze, with a pill to sober you up, and a synthetic alcohol with no ill-effects. David Nutt, from Imperial College London, is a neuropsychopharmacology professor

ROYAL BEER & CIDER WINNERS REVEALED

Posted on September 26th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s best and brightest brews and brewers were lauded on Friday night at the awards event for the Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show. 2016 marks the 10-year anniversary for the event, hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW,

PUB HUB DOUBLES SPACE TIME DOMINION

Posted on September 23rd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Two guys have founded a company called Pub Hub – renting unused areas in pubs during the day as co-worker office space. The fledgling business is the brainchild of founders Daniel Rubin and Doron Maman, who noted the amount of

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE WINNERS REVEALED

Posted on September 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
On Monday night over 460 guests and professionals of the hotel industry gathered to recognise the Australian Hotels Association’s 2016 National Awards for Excellence. The red carpet event was held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort and nominees from around