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DIAGEO UNVEILS DRINK INNOVATIONS FOR SUMMER

Posted on September 16th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Global drinks giant Diageo has launched a range of new-style premix drinks based on consumer insight around trends in drinking occasions. The new products were unveiled yesterday at the company’s Australian head office in McMahons Point. Managing director of Diageo

SHORT SEES DOUBLE IN REDFERN PUB

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Marty Short has grown his Redfern presence with the purchase of the former Courthouse Hotel for around $6 million. Situated on the corner of George and Redfern Streets, the old Courthouse Hotel is opposite the landmark former Redfern Post Office,

PUBS WAKING TO THE ALLURE OF COFFEE CULTURE

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Just as the gastro pub is drawing dining custom from restaurants, plenty of pubs have tapped into the all-day allure of fine coffee and the café atmosphere. The $6 billion annual coffee service industry has been in strong growth for

BEER BOOM PROMPTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO MEET DEMAND

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
As popularity and interest in beer continue to grow, demand has given rise to specialty education to counter the shortage in professionals. The booming beer industry is creating opportunity for both hospitality and staff, specialising in beer much like has

EATONS HILL MEGA FOAM PARTY SET TO ROCK

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest pub has announced its mega New Year’s Day event, tempting thousands of people to experience a massive music line-up at the 2017 Foam Party. Continuing the event tradition that began this year, the Comiskey Group’s Eatons Hill Hotel

PUBLICAN ‘WINS’ APPEAL WITH 5-YEAR BAN ON LICENCE

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The live-in publican at the Albion Hotel in south-western NSW has lost his licence for five years on appeal for allowing a drunken sex romp in his beer garden. [caption id="attachment_7184" align="alignright" width="226"] Allan Francis Ogilvie[/caption] Allan Francis Ogilvie was

HURLEY PUB GROUP DRIVES CHARITY BIKE RIDE

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of the country’s leading charitable pub groups is a driving force in the upcoming Neil Sachse Foundation's Riding Around the Barossa charity bike ride. Peter and Jenny Hurley’s pub group is arguably South Australia’s most prominent and influential family

GOLDMAN SACHS CALLED TO BROKER REDCAPE SALE

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
As the money-shuffling strategies of its hedge fund owners continues, another potential sales process has emerged for Australia’s high-profile pub group. New York-based Värde Partners and York Capital Management hold the deeds to the gaming-centric Redcape Hotel Group, but will

LEGENDS TEAM UP FOR SHOT OF HISTORY

Posted on September 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The world’s oldest and most influential tequila is partnering with perhaps the world’s oldest and most influential rock band, in celebration of their initial coupling 44 years ago. Jose Maria Guadalupe de Cuervo founded Joce Cuervo Tequila back in 1795,

HOTEL OWNER CHARGED OVER ARSON FRAUD

Posted on September 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The owner of the historic Premier Hotel gutted by arson in May has been suddenly charged with multiple offenses relating to the alleged fraud. In May news broke that a 125-year-old pub in Albany, Western Australia, was mostly destroyed after