Photo: Getty ImagesA major Australian hospitality group has just snapped up one of Queenstown’s biggest portfolios. Republic Hospitality Group sold all of its interests to Redcape Hospitality, owned by ASX-listed MA Financial, which operates 40 large-format pubs and taverns across Australia’s eastern seaboard. Day-to-day operations will remain unchanged, and the long-term senior membership team — Justin and Eilis Fenton, Lauren Ludlow Viera and Maddie Dennis — will also remain in place. Mr Unger said the Burgesses and the team led by Mr Impey had built an ‘‘incredible portfolio of venues in one of the world’s most amazing locations’’. ‘‘As the hospitality-loving people that we are, we can’t wait to work with Blair and the team as we continue the Republic journey together.’’tracey.roxburgh@odt.co.nz

Source: Otago Daily Times February 06, 2026 00:23 UTC