Hospitality News & Trends

Sydney “bar tsar” Justin Hemmes has broken his silence on why he has inexplicably ventured south, buying his first property outside of NSW with the purchase of Melbourne’s historic Tomasetti House in a $40m-plus deal. Mr Hemmes’s Merivale Group purchased the landmark Flinders Lane property from the Millett family, in what he said was the start of a national expansion for the company.

A Brisbane property and retail entrepreneur has snapped up one of the Sunshine Coast’s favourite pubs with arguably Noosa’s best views.

Billionaire Sydney hotelier Justin Hemmes is making his first move into Melbourne buying Tomasetti House in trendy Flinders Lane from the Millett family in a $40 million deal.

Queensland-based villages and parks owner Lifestyle Villages has bought the BIG4 Stuart Range Outback Resort for an undisclosed price in a bid to create a “desert oasis” for tourists.

Popular Surfers Paradise live music venue and whisky bar the Tipsy Pig is for sale with a 20-year leaseback offer.

Buy this 130-year-old building, which is located in a revitalised and popular pub precinct, and you’ll be drinking in the benefits in no time.

A pub landlord is offloading a popular venue in one of the nation’s hottest property markets, and with a major hotelier already in place, the investor may not even need the luck of the Irish to make a big sale.

Hospitality industry entrepreneur Peter Metzner has bought the former La Strada premises in Potts Point.

Olivia Newton-John is selling her wellness retreat in Byron Bay, saying the time has come to “pass the baton” to new owners.