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Ace Hotels founder Calderwood passes away

The hotel industry has lost one of its visionaries with Ace Hotels founder Alex Calderwood passing away on November 14 in London. Calderwood, 47, was...

Tilley's HPI pub fund raises $279 million ahead of stock market listing

Mike Tilley’s Hotel Property Investments has raised $279 million from institutional investors ahead of its mid-December stock market listing. HPI, which...

HK hotel group patiently awaits right site to build in Sydney, Melbourne

Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel Group is scouring Sydney and Melbourne for a site to build one of its six-star hotels - but the company says it could take...

Coles divesting Queensland pub assets

The country's second-largest pub operator is offloading some Queensland freehold assets to concentrate on running the businesses. Coles Property Group...

Australian produce 'best in the world': Heston Blumenthal

He’s had a TV show in which he popularised the combination of science and food to make a one-tonne ice-cream cone and prove that biscuits taste better...

The $99 beer

Ten thousand individually boxed bottles of Australia's most expensive beer hit Australian retail shelves last week. Crown Ambassador Reserve Lager 2013,...

Hotel dining: Sorry, boys, now it's mostly about the upmarket ladies lounge

The last vestiges of the pub as a male preserve are being ripped out in a fresh wave of Sydney hotel renovations as owners chase women with ever classier...

A family friendly focus

Gloucester's Roundabout Inn is in the running for a prestigious Australian Hotels Association (NSW) Award for Excellence. The hotel is a finalist in the...

Victor Liong's big plans in Melbourne's Duckboard Place

ONE of Melbourne's hottest new restaurants will close next year. But it certainly won't be the end for Lee Ho Fook, the exciting modern Chinese restaurant...

Redcape bookbuild faces strong demand

Shares in Redcape's new $500 million-plus Hotel Property Fund will probably trade at the upper end of its $2 to $2.15 range when it lists on the Australian...