Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

A NEW ERA IN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SPORTSPLUS

In what is being hailed as an evolution in immersive hospitality entertainment, the innovative new SportsPlus concept has opened its first instalment, within Canterbury Leagues Club. SportsPlus is a groundbreaking fusion of hospitality with interactive, high-tech entertainment, looking to appeal to a variety of demographics, including both sports enthusiasts and those seeking a novel form […]

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ALH GETS NOD TO BUY RYE

Property, Real Estate / Clyde Mooney

Australia’s largest publican, ALH, is clawing back in its plan to turn the balance sheet around, securing approval by the ACCC to proceed with purchase of Victorian landmark the Rye Hotel. ASX-listed Endeavour (ASX:EDV) agreed in June to purchase the large-format pub from long-time owner Peter Houghton, for a price believed to be close to

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HOTEL FINED OVER TEEN GAMBLING SPREE

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

A Melbourne pub has been fined for its role in the run-away debts and gambling problem of a 16-year-old, whose mother had tried every means to stop him. The Melbourne mother discovered her son was gambling thousands of dollars, and early 2022 she began trying to get him help, contacting dozens of individuals and organisations,

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TWO AUSSIES WALK INTO ALL THE BARS

Community, Fundraising / Clyde Mooney

A couple of Aussie blokes have joined the legends in the Guinness book of World Records by having drinks at the most pubs in a 24-hour period. Eyeing the Guinness World Records accolade, 26-year-olds Harry Kooros and Jake Loiterton broke the Record with a pub crawl to 99 different venues over the course of 24

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NEW GOVT CAMPAIGN PUSHES DRINKING, NO DRIVING

Anti Liquor & Gaming, Pub Relations / Clyde Mooney

The Transport Accident Commission has released a hard-hitting public service campaign aimed at discouraging people from driving after drinking at all, telling consumers to stop ‘kidding’ themselves. The new “Drink Driving: Stop Kidding Yourself” campaign by the Commission (TAC) in Victoria aims to encourage people to make the choice to separate drinking from driving –

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CLAREMONT OWNERS SUING NATIONAL BUILDER FDC

In the Courts, Legal / Clyde Mooney

The landlords of AVC’s glittering Claremont Hotel, which re-emerged this year after a massive makeover, are allegedly suing builders FDC Construction over matters relating to ‘breach of contract’. A hotel opened on the site in Perth’s western suburbs in 1886, but was replaced in 1902 by the current structure, in the Federation Filigree style. It

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MULLETFEST: FIGHTING BRAIN CANCER

Community, Fundraising / Clyde Mooney

Winners of the 2023 Mulletfest, attracting international competition, have been awarded their party-in-the-back prizes after the big event over the weekend. Mulletfest began in 2018 at the Chelmsford Hotel, in Kurri Kurri. It raises money for a cause very close to everyone’s hearts, brain cancer research, care and treatment, through local boy charity The Mark

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DEADLY DRAUGHT CLAIMS THREE IN BURKE ST PUB

General Business, Suppliers / Clyde Mooney

Three people have been made extremely sick and one has died after drinking draught beer in a pub in North Carolina. The Burke St Pub in Winston-Salem, NC, was established in 1997, and is your classic American pub, with a selection of its beers available by tap, advertised by oversized, novelty decals. Reportedly, on

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VENUES UNLOCKED GOES LOUD

Industry, Industry News / Clyde Mooney

Furthering its pledge to support the live music industry, the NSW government has rolled out its Venues Unlocked program to increase the number of live performance venues and events, coupled with industry best-practice sound control and management. In October the Minns administration broached its anti-NIMBY laws that would bolster live music and the people who

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WELDBOROUGH PUB PULLS APPLICANTS WITH ‘VIRAL’ SOCIAL MEDIA POST

Payroll & Employment, Staffing / Clyde Mooney

A pub in a Tasmanian tourist town has solved its staffing crisis with a social media post with a twist, calling for “high achieving” workers, or thereabouts. Late November the Weldborough Hotel posted that it was looking for staff with “proven experience in a high pressure environment, ideally with references from Gordon Ramsay or Heston

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BLAIRGROVE SPICES IT UP AT LEICHHARDT

SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S HOSPITALITY SHINES AT 2024 AWARDS

THE GOBLIN DRESSES UP

HPI KEEPS THE FAITH

WINDSOR’S HISTORIC TATE’S TO MARKET

WHY EVERY PUB DA NEEDS A TOWN PLANNER AND LIQUOR CONSULTANT

Author name: Clyde Mooney