After 18 months in receivership, the Welcome Hotel might soon have a new owner.
Grant Thornton, a spokesman for the hotel's administrator, confirmed ''we've entered into a contract to sell, but it hasn't settled yet''.
Short Black hears the new owner is Michael O'Keefe whose background is apparently in mining, but he has a son with hospitality experience.
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