Category: Hospitality Industry
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ALH EYES MASSIVE TOWER AT THE MORRISON
ALH is forging ahead with ambitious capitalisation plans, having submitted application to add a 30-storey hotel and residential tower above the historic Morrison Hotel. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) is the hospitality arm of listed Endeavour Group, which holds the pub operator, with 350 hotels, and major retail chains BWS and Dan Murphy’s. Many of…
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ALH’S IMPERIAL HOTEL TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE
Australian Leisure and Hospitality’s Imperial Hotel, in south-east Queensland, will permanently close this September in favour of a railway upgrade, ahead of the 2032 Olympic games. Located in Beenleigh, 35 kilometres south of Brisbane, the two-level Imperial resides on a 1,834sqm site, featuring main bar, sports and Keno bar, gaming room and drive-through BWS bottleshop.…
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THE GENERATIONAL PRICING DIVIDE – PubTIC
The latest Eat, Pay, Love Hospitality report outlines the most popular food and drink orders, and finds Australian hospitality dealing with a range of price expectations across generations. The 2025 Eat Pay Love report by Tyro Payments is drawn from over 30 million food and drink orders, and a survey of more than 1,500 Australian…
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MANAGER SEEKS BIG PAYOUT FOR WORKPLACE INJURY
A former manager of the Currumbin Hotel is suing for more than half a million dollars in damages, after slipping and falling, trying to locate a dead rat. According to a damages claim lodged with Southport District Court in June, Cathryn Alice Morris (58) was employed as an assistant manager at the Gold Coast pub.…
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INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AT QHA AWARDS
The best of the Sunshine State gathered Monday night to recognise the winners of the Queensland Hotels Association’s prestigious State Awards for Excellence for 2025. Over 1,500 VIPs and industry guests attended Brisbane Exhibition Centre to celebrate the integral part hotels play in communities. The room was adorned in ‘rock n roll’ décor, in a…
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DURAL’S DUKE HEADS TO GOOD BEER
Momento Hospitality has confirmed the sale of The Duke in Dural to John Azar’s Good Beer Company, for $25 million. The Duke was a brownfield site developed into a pub by Momento in 2020, during the time of COVID lockdowns, while the group’s Bella Vista Hotel drive-through bottleshop and warehouse were pivoted to help bridge…
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PUBS INSTALLING PHONE BOXES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Coffs Hotels have joined the local Rotary and Australian charity DV Safe Phone to help collect unused mobile phones, for victims of domestic and family violence. DV Safe Phone collects, tests and repurposes discarded mobile phones, distributing them – with chargers and starter SIM cards – via a network of more than 450 frontline agencies,…
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WAUGH GOES THE FULL MONTAGUE
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group (PHMG) has announced the opening of Montague Hotel, in the heart of Marrickville, promising the charm of a modern local with the energy of a late-night lounge. Set to begin trading in July, ‘The Monty’ aims to be a new take on the classic Australian pub, as an entirely…
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PUBS THE PLACE TO STAVE OFF WINTER BLUES
Research finds many people are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), particularly in the colder months, and pubs can play a role in helping stave off the blues through socialising. According to physiatrist and University of Tasmania adjunct professor Dr Adriana Nevarez Flores, SAD is when depressive episodes have recurred, during the same season, for…
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INNER WEST PUBS GET GREEN LIGHT FOR 2AM TRADING
Following a vote by Sydney’s Inner West Council on Tuesday, pubs and bars in six new ‘entertainment precincts’ will now be able to trade until 2am, after a successful trial in Enmore Road, Enmore. The precincts include Darling Street in Balmain and Rozelle, Norton Street and Parramatta Road in Leichhardt, Marrickville and Illawarra Roads in…