Hospitality News & Trends

The notorious Malabar Lodge on Smith St is up for sale. For years the property has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Almost daily, police attend the residence to deal with the anti-social behaviour the …

Iconic Melbourne live music and entertainment venue Cherry Bar is on the move, announcing a city-wide search for a new home and revealing it will leave AC/DC Lane early this year. The bar’s co-owner James …

The family running Victoria’s most outback pub is calling last drinks.

As far as tree changes go, this opportunity in the Cairns highlands is about as leafy as it gets. Set beneath the pristine Queensland rainforest canopy, and surrounded by the region’s volcanic lakes, trademark waterfalls …

A flipping tasty deal has hit the market in the Dandenong Ranges and, if the numbers stack up, it will be a sale to waffle on about.

Cashed up from its recent majority sale to private equity group KSL, luxury hotel operator Baillie Lodges is in an acquisition spree, looking to develop boutique properties in Sydney’s The Rocks, Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

While Australian country musician Slim Dusty sang about a lonesome pub with no beer, this “Ye Olde English” pub may have no beer, it’s anything but lonesome.

It’s that time of year when many of us returning to the hum drum of office life contemplate a world without a commute and dream of becoming our own boss.

NSW hotel magnate Jerry Schwartz has made his first foray into Queensland, buying the Hilton Surfers Paradise for just under $70 million, well down on its initial asking price of more than $80 million.