Sebel Townhouse Hotel
General information
Address19 Elizabeth Bay Road
Town or cityElizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates33°52′22″S 151°13′38″E / 33.872738°S 151.227164°E / -33.872738; 151.227164
Completed1963

Sebel Townhouse Hotel is a former hotel in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The hotel was noted for its popularity with entertainers.

History

The hotel opened in 1963.[1] By the mid-1960s, it had gained "an international reputation for its intimacy and attention", and became popular with entertainers.[1] The hotel "became the unofficial home of the Australian music industry" during the 1970s and 1980s, and a location where Australian artists were able to meet with notable musicians staying at the hotel.[1] The hotel declined in the 1990s, when new hotels—nearer the harbour—opened in the city, and the Kings Cross neighbourhood near the Sebel Townhouse "become more sleazy".[1] The hotel closed in 2000, and was converted to private apartments.[1][2]

Notable guests and events

Notable guests include Lauren Bacall, David Bowie, the Clash, the Harlem Globetrotters, Malcolm McLaren, the Moody Blues, and Rod Stewart.[1][3] Dire Straits stayed at the Sebel Townhouse, the band's guitarist John Illsley writing the hotel was "colorful and edgy", and "the discretion of the staff is one of the reasons why it is so loved by the more untamed celebrities".[1][4][5]

The hotel was featured in ABBA: The Movie (1977).

It was also the official hotel sponsor for all the cast and crew members who work on television variety shows including Countdown (1975-1987) and Hey Hey It's Saturday (1984-1987), when they did live shows in Sydney.

In 1984, the hotel hosted the wedding reception of Elton John and Renate Blauel.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Townhouse". Listen. 19 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Caccetta, Wendy (3 March 2012). "Starry eyed". The West Australian.
  3. ↑ Rosebery, Richard (15 April 2020). "Hotelier created icon where stars would stay". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ↑ Solis, Gabriel (2017). "Punk Politics, Blackness, and Indigenous Protest; The Clash's Australian Tour, 1982". In Peacock, James; Cohen, Samuel (eds.). The Clash Takes on the World. Bloomsbury. p. 165.
  5. ↑ Illsley, John (2021). My Life in Dire Straits. Diversion Books.
  6. ↑ Matt Bamford (23 June 2015). "Elton John's bridesmaid selling Valentine's Day marriage dress on eBay". The Daily Telegraph.
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