Hospitality management where venues are humanised, communities are optimised, and growth & innovation are prioritised.
Hunt Hospitality is a private equity firm with a portfolio of seven venues and over 300 employees across the sparkling East Coastline of Australia.
Hunt Hospitality in 2008 was established by CEO and Managing Director, Stephen Hunt while consulting on strategic planning and business development activity. This was developed while he was also managing The Kent Hotel in Hamilton.
To this day, the firm is always strategically planning and expanding, as well as facilitating community engagement through grassroots sponsorships to contribute to our core objective of recalling pub tradition ‘with a twist’ of today.
Savvy at executing multimillion-dollar deals, including product/service innovations and property acquisitions. Hunt Hospitality has evolved into a capital investment, local grassroots powerhouse since its establishment.
How do we do it?
Recalling pub tradition ‘with a twist’, some of Hunt Hospitality’s standout hospitality management and other business offerings include:
Fully compliant including with local liquor accords, recognition of Hunt Hospitality’s private equity entrepreneurship and sense of community includes:
- Australian Financial Review’s Top 3 Most Innovative Companies in the Entertainment, Retail, Tourism & Hospitality Sector (2021)
- Business Leader of The Year NSW (2021)
- Business Leader of The Year Hunter Region (2021)
- Variety Platinum Sponsor Award (2019)
- Excellence in Customer Service Nomination (2015)
- Excellence in Business Nomination (2015)
- Business Leader of the Year Nomination (2015)
- 11 x AHA Awards for Excellence Nominations (2016)
A note from Stephen Hunt
CEO and Managing Director
I established this hospitality management firm with the desire to effectively combine business with pleasure within hospitality management. Ever focused on growth and innovation, I then set up the SJH Hotel Fund, an operating REIT, in 2015 to enable investors (incl. employees) to financially commit to the company’s primary mission. That is, hospitality management where venues are humanised, communities are optimised, and growth and innovation are prioritised.
My core focus areas to successful business operations include:
- Overseeing strategic planning and expansion of private equity fund, including via business developments. (e.g., vertical integration)
- Undertaking complex commercial negotiations, including multimillion-dollar investments for return-on-investment escalation.
- Facilitating community engagement including grassroots sponsorships and local partnerships to penetrate and differentiate.
- Motivating investors, employees, punters, etc. to contribute to our core objective of recalling pub tradition ‘with a twist’.
