Category: Hospitality Industry

Five years in the planning, Freshwater’s Harbord Hotel is finally opening its next stage in renovations, Bombies. The hotel is situated metres away from the place where surfing was introduced to Australia by Duke Kahanamoku, in 1914. Previously the caretaker’s residence of the hotel, Bombies is named after the surfer slang derived from the Indigenous…

Heritage-listed landmark of Wagga Wagga, the Flour Mill Hotel, has sold to a local publican developer with big plans to capitalise on its potential. Murrumbidgee Milling Company, commonly known as ‘The Mill’, opened in 1890. The historic Mill Hotel and surrounding site were offered for the first time in April, following the recent subdivision of…

The popular Telegraph Hotel in Geelong West is being sold with vacant possession as long-time owners the Longos eye retirement. The unassuming two-storey pub is favourably located on a high-profile corner of Pakington Street, where it intersects with arterial Church Street, aka the Midland Highway, around 70 kilometres south-west of the Melbourne CBD.   It…

Melbourne operators MD Hotels, fronted by former AFL star Corey Enright, have fallen into administration and lost possession of their Geelong pubs. According to ASIC documents, MD Hotels is owned by Mathew Dyer and Dean Trembath, listed as directors, with partners Max McKay and Corey Enright – legend of the Geelong Cats and winner of…

Kuleto’s on King Street in Newtown is being offered to market as an undercooked freehold going concern, after more than 40 years run under management. The three-storey inner west pub is a prominent sight on the northern end of King Street, with three street frontages. It is close to precinct stalwarts the Marlborough, Newtown and…

The hospitality industry is experiencing an increasing stream of attacks by professional criminals, using the latest cutting-edge technologies to infiltrate systems that were really not set up to combat the intruders. A report by cyber security firm Trustwave focuses on the industry being “under siege” from skilled and persistent hackers, who employ advanced strategies to…

Bathurst’s well-patronised Family Hotel has returned to old, with Ashton Waugh’s Watering Hole Hotels selling it back to the previous owner. The two-storey Family occupies a big corner lot on Bentinck Street, in the heart of town. It offers a large public bar, bistro, gaming room and accommodation inventory, and has developed a reputation for…

In January, PubTIC reported that Emanuel Brian Dillon, director of two Western Australian pubs, dodged a bullet to stay in business. He copped $140K in fines for what police allege were more than 2,700 breaches of the Liquor Act between 2019 and 2021. Following a complaint from police in 2021, Western Australia’s Liquor Commission launched…

Tabcorp is looking to its biggest changes in decades, imploring pubs and clubs to join it as it seeks to overhaul retail wagering in the wake of a shifting market.   The gaming giant has long been Australia’s dominant player in bookmaking, through its high-priced licences that give the company the exclusive right to offer…

Glenn Piper’s Epochal Hotels has taken another “purposeful step” in the vision to remaster prime coastal properties with acquisition of the Bermagui Beach Hotel. Set on a site of more than 3K sqm opposite Horseshoe Bay in the seaside town on NSW’s Sapphire Coast, around five hours south of Sydney, the landmark Hotel was built…