BAYFIELDS BUILD BACKYARD ON PADDO PUB ROOFTOP
The Bayfield family has disclosed plans to build a backyard on the roof of their newly-acquired Paddo pub, the Light Brigade. Speaking to PubTIC, Bayfields Hotel Group general manager Kaine Bayfield says they are really keen to be the next
A VERY REGAL PUB PERFORMANCE SEES $100k RAISED FOR CHARITY
Last Friday night saw a regional hotel host a moving fundraiser event, generating an incredible $100,000 for the plight of sufferers of cystic fibrosis. Camden’s newly renamed Royal Hotel – more recently known as the Merino Tavern, after a temporary
AUSSIE FIRST: PEDAL-PUBS HEADED TO ADELAIDE
After two decades pushing into markets in dozens of overseas cities, pedal-pubs are set to set off in Adelaide later this month. US-based entrepreneur and former Rolls Royce engineer Stephen Lindsay is bringing two Amsterdam-manufactured 16-seater cycles to Australia to
SOLOTEL TO OFFLOAD ALBION HOTEL PARRAMATTA
Solotel is executing another big-ticket sale and lease-back, divesting the dirt at its Albion Hotel in Parramatta amid booming opportunity. After 30 years owning the generous 3,000 m² block on George St, facing the Parramatta river, Bruce Solomon has put
LOCKOUTS ARE NO SOLUTION, JUST CROWD CONTROL: FOUNDATION
In the countdown to new legislation being introduced to Parliament, the Just Let It Go Foundation is pleading for real measures against violence, not another political circus. “The lockout is not a means to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence … it is
OSCARS CLOSING BAR CENTURY – BUT NOT DUE TO LOCKOUTS
Oscars Hotels has announced the closure of its George Street icon, Bar Century – but refutes that it had anything to do with lockouts or a drop in trade. After nine years operating the sublease, Oscars is executing a make-good
FEROS GROUP KICK-STARTS CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE
NRL legends and celebrities joined guests last Thursday as Feros Group kick-started the 2016 Hogs For The Homeless motorcycle ride. The Hogs For The Homeless event began in 2013 and sees an entourage of riders cover over 3,500 kilometres and
KEYSTONE SELLS FIRST NSW HOTEL TO MORRIS’ COLONIAL LEISURE
Chris Morris’ Colonial Leisure Group has made its much-anticipated entry into NSW, grabbing Keystone’s Newtown Hotel amid a “natural evolution” of the pub market. Reshuffling its portfolio in recent years, Colonial Leisure Group (CLG) has sold a number of pubs,
BAIRD BATTLES AS SYDNEY LOCKOUT BACKLASH LOOMS
The NSW Government finds itself defending from shaky ground as public sentiment against the draconian ‘lockout’ and bottleshop laws swells – just in time for “an independent, evidence-based review”. The past nine days have seen NSW Premier Mike Baird on
ANOTHER MERIVALE ‘MERICLE’ OF MARKETING UNLEASHED
Kick-starting the party on Wednesday night, Merivale’s latest festival embodies the “decadence” trend as well as the award-winning group’s new centralised and cutting-edge marketing. Late 2015 the Merivale marketing machine launched a new concept, aiming to better even engage its