Category: Hospitality Industry

The Dennises have divested their big suburban Aussie in Nowra to experienced local hotelier Andrew Denmeade. The Australian Hotel is a suburban stalwart, with public bar and gaming, bistro and bottleshop. It sits on a 2,665sqm site adjoining an ALDI shopping centre, adjacent to both a Coles and Woolworths, in the heart of the Nowra…

Marcello Colosimo’s Momento has sent to market the sprawling Silverwater Hotel in Sydney’s west, less than three years after its rebirth from being a club. Building on a string of successful new developments in the recent years, including Mullane’s Hotel in Baulkham Hills, Momento reimagined the former Dooley’s Waterview Club to create the Silverwater brownfield…

The Gravanisbrothers have taken another big step into South Australia, securing Greg Maitland’s sprawling Paradise Hotel and potential in Adelaide. The veteran hotelier’s GM Hotels group has held the Paradise since 2009, forming part of a portfolio that has historically included pubs across South Australia and Queensland. In Paradise is a public bar with TAB,…

The De Angelis family has divested their big, brassy Bath Arms Hotel in Burwood, in the latest high-profile Sydney sale in an effervescent market. Joining the roadside inns established along Parramatta Road to service the coaches on the Sydney-Parramatta run, the Bath Arms Inn was opened on the corner of Burwood Road in 1834. The…

ALH has submitted revised plans for a 146-room hotel adjoining its Forest Hotel at Frenchs Forest, providing a new option in budget accommodation for the Northern Beaches. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has been aiming to redevelop the Frenchs Forest site for years, previously submitting a DA for a hotel that was approved in 2018.…

The operation of high-performing North Sydney watering hole Billy Barry’s Hotel has been sold, heralding the retirement of its long-time owner-operator, Kieren Barry. The two-level sports bar-styled pub is located across from bustling North Sydney train station, one of Sydney’s busiest, and features a main bar, bistro, gaming room, function room, and 2am liquor licence.…

In his book Quirkology, Professor Richard Wiseman posits that behaviour can be influenced by seemingly minor events and experiences, including music, headlines and even our own name. One application of this is studies into the psychology behind why and how much people tip hospitality staff, and in a broader sense, how much they spend. Wiseman…

The Volz family have sold both their Mill Inn Tavern and Sundowner Hotel in Millmerran in a package deal to growing Queensland outfit Waymark Hotels. A town of the Southern Downs, in the Toowoomba Region, roughly 200 kilometres west of Brisbane, Millmerran is known as the ‘gateway to the outback’. Like many rural towns, its…

Glenn Piper’s Epochal Hotels has thrown in with a local syndicate to buy and rescue the beloved Tumbulgum Tavern, in the Tweed Valley, north of Byron Bay. Built in 1887 on the banks of the Tweed River, enjoying a view of Mt Warning, the two-storey suburban pub is the only hotel in town. Known locally…

Sonnel Hospitality has taken the next step in its ambitious plans, purchasing the freehold going concern of the striking Fire House Hotel, marking the first in the North Sydney CBD in more than 40 years. Vendor Mark Barry has owned the 1895-built building since 2001, overseeing its conversion in 2007 into a hotel spanning two…