ARK Group

What ARK Group does

ARK Group is the corporate parent entity behind ARK Hospitality Group, a diversified Australian hospitality conglomerate. Its principal operating asset is The Brisbane Hotel (legal entity: Brisbane Hotel Tradings Pty Ltd), a historical corner pub and garden venue established in 1898, located at 292 Beaufort Street, Highgate, Perth WA 6003. The Brisbane Hotel operates under a Tavern license (number 6020001180) and trades seven days a week from 11am till late, serving food and an extensive drinks list across indoor and garden seating, with proximity-driven overflow from HBF Park events.

The product surface is a single integrated hospitality offering composed of Dine & Drink, an inner-city Garden, a What's On / events programming layer (comedy club, daily specials such as Split The B and Neighbourhood Pizza Mondays, Closing Weekender), Functions venue hire with a dedicated functions team, Sports viewing, Gift Cards, and bar tab service. The only third-party technology in evidence is the NowBookIt platform, used for online table reservations and digital gift card sales. There is no proprietary software, no app, no API, and no AI/ML component.

The revenue model is a transaction-fee F&B business with on-premises dining, walk-in and reserved seating, takeaway drinks, gift voucher sales, and function/event hire billed via direct contact. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: organic social on Facebook and Instagram, a content-driven 'What's On' website, and email-driven function inquiries. The customer base is fragmented across general public/locals, function and event bookers, and HBF Park event-day visitors - with no enterprise customers or disclosed revenue figures. ARK Group itself reports only 10 employees at the parent level, suggesting the firmographic headcount reflects corporate/management rather than the full on-site hospitality workforce.

Name

ARK Group

Legal name

Brisbane Hotel Tradings Pty Ltd

Website

https://arkgroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ARK Group is the parent company behind ARK Hospitality Group, operating The Brisbane Hotel, a historic Perth corner pub and garden venue established in 1898 that serves food, drinks, functions, and event-driven hospitality to local consumers and HBF Park visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: On-premises dining and drinking service offering mouth-watering plates and an extensive drinks list. Operating hours from 11am till late, 7 days a week.
2. Function and Event Bookings: Dedicated functions team manages celebrations and events. Spaces available for hire including the Garden area for reservations.
3. Gift Cards and Vouchers: Sale of gift vouchers for The Brisbane Hotel to friends and family.
4. Takeaway Drinks: Takeaway beverage sales available upon request to team members.
5. Bar Tab Services: Credit card and ID-based bar tab setup for customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ARK Group operates The Brisbane Hotel, a historic corner pub and garden venue in Perth, Western Australia, offering dine-in food and beverage service, outdoor garden seating, live sports viewing, a comedy club and recurring events programming, function and celebration venue hire, takeaway drinks, bar tab services, and gift card sales. The venue is open seven days a week from 11am until late and serves as a community hospitality hub anchored by its 1898 heritage and proximity to HBF Park.

Product overview

The Brisbane Hotel, part of ARK Hospitality Group, operates as a traditional corner pub and garden venue established in 1898. The offering consists of a unified hospitality service combining food and beverage (Dine & Drink), outdoor garden seating, sports viewing, events programming (comedy club, daily specials), and function/venue hire for celebrations. The venue also offers gift card sales and bar tab services. No separate modules or platform architecture is described — the venue operates as a single integrated hospitality business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine & Drink On-premises food and beverage service offering mouth-watering plates and an extensive drinks list, available 7 days a week from 11am until late for general patrons.
• Garden Reservations Outdoor garden seating area offering an inner-city hideaway for guests, with reserved tables bookable online and additional walk-in spots available on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Functions and Venue Hire Venue hire service for celebrations, corporate events, and group gatherings, including dedicated functions team support, a full function pack, and multiple spaces available for hire such as the Garden area.
• What's On / Events Programming

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ARK Hospitality GroupcoreOthersThe Brisbane Hotel is part of ARK Hospitality Group. ARK Group is the parent company/parent brand under which The Brisbane Hotel operates as one of its hospitality venues.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ALH Group: Australia's largest pub operator, running 300+ venues across the country. Directly comparable as a wide-scale incumbent in Australian pub dining, bar trade, and venue-based hospitality — the multi-venue counterpart to The Brisbane Hotel's single-venue model.
• Rockpool Dining Group: Premium Australian hospitality group running a portfolio of restaurants, bars, and event venues. Comparable as a broader incumbent in Australian hospitality with overlapping F&B, event, and function capability versus The Brisbane Hotel.
• Endeavour Group: Australia's largest drinks and hospitality group, parent of ALH Group with 300+ pubs plus Dan Murphy's and BWS. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating a large multi-venue Australian pub portfolio that captures the same dine-in, drinks, and function occasions as The Brisbane Hotel.
• Merivale: Sydney-based premium hospitality group operating pubs, bars, restaurants, and event venues. Comparable as a broader hospitality incumbent running multi-revenue heritage and inner-city venues with F&B, functions, and event programming similar to The Brisbane Hotel.

Direct peers

• Applejack Hospitality: Australian hospitality group operating a portfolio of pubs, bars, and restaurants. Comparable as a direct peer in multi-venue urban pub and bar operations with similar F&B, events, and functions revenue mix to The Brisbane Hotel.
• Solotel: Sydney-based multi-venue hospitality group operating pubs, bars, and restaurants. Comparable as a direct peer running heritage-leaning venues that combine dine-in, drinks, functions, and event programming from a similar single-site revenue stack.
• Redcape Hospitality: Australian pub portfolio operator owning and trading a network of community pubs with food, beverage, and function offerings. Directly comparable as a pub-focused operator running inner-city and suburban venues with similar F&B-led economics to The Brisbane Hotel.
• House Made Hospitality: Sydney-based hospitality group operating pubs, bars, and event spaces. Comparable as a direct peer running urban venues that combine F&B service with private functions and event programming similar to The Brisbane Hotel's offering.
• Trippas White Group: Australian hospitality group operating pubs, event venues, and restaurants including heritage-leaning sites. Comparable as a direct peer combining dine-in, drinks, functions, and events across multiple venues in the same category as The Brisbane Hotel.
• The Crafty Squire: Melbourne-based heritage pub and craft beer venue with F&B service, events, and function capability. Comparable as a single-site heritage pub operator in the same inner-city dine-in, drinks, and events category as The Brisbane Hotel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheBrisbaneHotel
• Instagraminstagram.com/brisbanehotel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ark-group-perth

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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