NEW LIFE AND BLOOD FOR CALEDONIA HOTEL

After an exhaustive marketing campaign, the Caledonia Hotel has been sold to new blood, as the incumbent looks to other hotel and business interests. Local Ian Negline has been owner of the Caledonia, along with other Central Coast hotels and

ILLAWARRA HOTELS’ BIG HEARTS

Wednesday night saw a record-breaking effort by the Hotels Have Hearts Illawarra team, collecting $178,000 for local special-needs schools. The Illawarra’s hotel elite hosted special guests including a contingent from the AHA NSW, as well as kids and staff from

BREDBO INN – SALE OF SNOWY RIVER AND GOLDMINES

The “historic” Bredbo Inn has come to market – boasting connection with the legendary Man from Snowy River, and a goldmine for the right operator. Located at #1 the Monaro Hwy, the Bredbo Inn dates back to 1836, originally built

THE PUB WITH NO BEER HITS THE MARKET

The original Pub With No Beer made famous by Slim Dusty is up for grabs. Lees Hotel, the celebrated birthplace of Slim’s quintessential bushman’s song, is in Ingham, around 100 kilometres north of Townsville. The first pub built on the

PUBLIC HOUSE HOSTS ANOTHER BIG LADIES’ LUNCHEON

Public House Group has racked up another big win for charity, with the second annual Ladies Luncheon at Bistro Moncur in the Woollahra Hotel last Friday. The inaugural 2016 event of the Ladies Luncheon raised over $135,000 for the Royal

RETRO COUNTDOWN PARTIES TO ROCK PUBS

In celebration of the ABC’s running of the Classic Countdown series, venue entertainment provider Nightlife has produced a Countdown party pack to tune in generations of Aussies. The pioneering ABC music show Countdown, hosted by Molly Meldrum, aired from late

TOAST FOR THREE CHEERS SAS CHALLENGE

In celebration of the start of the summer silly season, Three Cheers has issued the SAS Challenge, in the name of better patron experience and venue profits. Career liquor industry trainer Sam Coffey operates Three Cheers, offering the Special Alcohol

SORRENTO’S MAGNIFICENT CONTI – BACK TO MARKET

Hotelier Julian Gerner is offering up the freehold and development opportunity of Sorrento’s magnificent Continental Hotel – the only four-storey limestone building in the southern hemisphere. Gerner purchased the historic hotel from long-time owners the Di Pietro family in 2015,

FROST LISTS THE OAKS

Long-time publican Barrie Frost has called time, listing his last pub – The Oaks, The Oaks. The Oaks is an idyllic suburb on the outskirts of the metro, around 12 kilometres west of Camden, around 75 from the CBD, in