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Art Series to open in Bendigo

Art Series Hotel Group is expanding is offering with the opening of two ‘Art Series Studios’ properties over the next 13 months. Owners Asian Pacific...

Quest to add 150 hotels

Quest Serviced Apartments is set to double its portfolio to 300 properties in the next 10 years, according to the company’s Chairman and founder Paul...

How to avoid weekend penalties: have lots of kids

It’s a lucky family hotel owner who has six boys: weekend penalty rates are for others, not you. Rosario (Ross) Colosimo, now 66, was blessed with six...

Diageo could call last drinks over tax bias

The head of alcohol giant Diageo's Asia-Pacific division has warned the company could cease investing in Australia unless the federal government eases...

Prince of Wales and Lawson Park among state’s best pubs

The Australian Hotel Association (AHA) NSW Awards for Excellence on Monday night felt like “being at the ARIA’s” for Prince of Wales proprietor Rowena...

Narrabri hotel receives top award

Narrabri's Crossroads Hotel has won the Best Budget Pub-Style Accommodation award at the Australian Hotels Association NSW Awards for Excellence. The...

Council puts lid on bar plans

A Fremantle gallery owner's two-year bid to open a small beachside bar is in doubt over a dispute about where the toilets should go. Kidogo Art Institute...

Australian Hotel to go under the hammer

As another era at the long-standing Australian Hotel draws to a close, Gympie realtor Billy Mitchell looks towards its future. The iconic blue pub with...

A hotelier with a gift for hospitality

The warmth of a good Aussie pub can be hard to beat. It was a feeling third-generation hotelier Cyril Maloney knew and believed in only too well. But even...

Cowin sells off KFC stores for $56m

Fast-food pioneer Jack Cowin has finally sold his KFC franchises in WA in a $56 million deal with restaurant operator Collins Foods. Mr Cowin had for...