SOLOTEL TIDING FESTIVE WISHES
One of Australia’s leading hospitality groups is leading a big push to get Australians back out and back into venues for the festive season, with a campaign that pits going to the pub with cringeworthy Christmas snaps. The Solotel campaign
UK CLOSES AGAIN: ONE THIRD OF PUBS MAY NOT REOPEN
Due to a massive resurgence in coronavirus cases since mid-September, the United Kingdom has again gone into total lockdown, closing all pubs in a second attempt to get the pandemic under control. The nationwide lockdown came into effect again on
FORRESTER’S BACK TO LIFE UNDER APPLEJACK
Hamish Watts and Ben Carroll’s Applejack Hospitality has reopened institutional Sydney pub Forrester’s following an extensive makeover. Located on the corner of Riley and Foveaux Streets in Surry Hills, established in 1921, the pub was previously one of Jaime Wirth’s
COUNTRY CLUB DALBY SET TO SWING AGAIN
The landmark Country Club Hotel in Dalby has sold to a new consortium of owners from Brisbane and Sydney. Taking a large corner of Cunningham St and State Route 82, about 200 kilometres west of Brisbane, the two-story pub incorporates
TERMINUS YARRAWONGA HAS A NEW NEIGHBOUR
Former Neighbours star Scott McGregor has unveiled he is the owner of the newly refinished Terminus Hotel in Yarrawonga. Built 1882, the ‘Termo’ has been a reliable local for the northern Victorian town. Following the national closure in March, in
WORLD GAMING MACHINE COUNT SEES AUSTRALIA SLIP
The latest global count of poker machines has found Australian numbers have fallen, now less than five per cent of the number in the country with the most machines. The Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) first commissioned the World Count of
ALH PARADISE IN EDEN
Ending a quarter-century in the beer garden of Eden, the Murray family has sold its hospitality portfolio including the Great Southern Hotel to Australian Leisure & Hospitality. The family began business in the town in 1984, going on to acquire
WALSH PASSES KEYS IN RIVERINA
Popular local the Riverina Hotel in Wagga Wagga has been sold to an acquisitive Sydney-based hotelier in an off-market post-pandemic transaction that points to the increasing desirability of strong regional assets. The freehold going concern pub offers a public bar,
DAM PUB FUND’S EXPANDING PLANS
The reopening of the famous Lion Hotel this week heralds the launch of a new multi-million-dollar pub investment fund with high ambitions to be one of the biggest in the country. Duxton Asset Management (DAM) is founded by Ed Peter,
CHAPPELLS SELL TO ALH TO BUY DREAM
Michael and Megan Chappell have traded up, divesting their popular pub at Narrabri to ALH and securing big new digs at Alstonville. The stately two-storey Federation-style Tattersalls Hotel at Narrabri was built 1912. Occupying a 1,712sqm block, it boasts multiple