COLES-TENANTED HOTEL AND BIG-BOX SELLS FOR $15m

The Coles-tenanted Redcliffe Tavern and adjoining 1st Choice freehold has sold to a private investor for $15 million. The 2,498 m² site, with frontage to both John Street and Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe, contains the freestanding tavern and big-box retail liquor

INTERNATIONAL BANKTECH ACQUIRES GLOBAL GAMING TO BROADEN SERVICES

Sydney-based international payments organisation Banktech has acquired leading systems provider Global Gaming Industries in a mutually beneficial consolidation. Banktech Group P/L was established in 1991, and provides assorted products to hospitality, including ATMs, POS, CRTs (Cash Redemption Terminals) and Intelligent

GUILDFORD’S PRIDE RE-OPENS TO TOAST OLD AND NEW

Perth’s newly relaunched Guildford Hotel is mixing innovative technology with its historic restoration, offering selected mementos alongside draught Espresso Martini and Ice Tea cocktails. “The technology behind Espresso Martinis on tap is definitely a big deal,” explains the Guildford Hotel’s

VALE EMILY TROTT, WHEATSHEAF BELOVED

Adelaide is mourning the loss of one of its true characters of hospitality, Emily Trott, one of the three owners of the beloved Wheatsheaf Hotel. Trott passed away recently from cancer and a funeral service was held this week at

SCRUFFY MURPHY’S & CO SET TO MAKE BIG HOTEL DEVELOPMENT

Sydney stalwart Scruffy Murphy’s Hotel has come to market along with surrounding blocks, representing a big hotel opportunity for the Haymarket site. With a view to large-scale development, the properties at 43-49 and 51-53 Goulburn St and 698-704 George St

COAST HOTEL ‘SET TO BE BEST’ HITS MARKET

A prime Central Coast venue has hit the market, offering a large-format hotel with amazing views and a colourful history. The Coast is located on Iguana Wharf at Gosford, surrounded by water and adjacent to the Pacific Highway and 50,000

GABS SUCCESS EVIDENCE OF STILL-GROWING BEER ENTHUSIASM

The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular wrapped up 2016 with the Sydney instalment over the weekend consolidating another record-breaking year for the event. GABS has become of the go-to events for craft beverages in recent years, voted one of the world’s

COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL

An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce