Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

Breaking news: More craft beers for hipsters

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Mark Leonard, veteran Australian filmmaker and avid critique of any given thing at Sydney’s Harold Park Hotel, has invested a moment’s talent into collating a list of the hippest and trendiest taste sensations dreamed up in brewing laboratories for socially

Hotelier charges up Inca Trek for charity

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Brisbane entrepreneur and hotel legend Jason Titman, has taken on a challenge to walk the Inca Trek to raise money for the Mater Hospital. Former operator of successful Queensland venues including the Chalk Hotel, Regatta, Hotel LA, Scarborough and most

Bendigo’s Metropolitan Hotel is back in town

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

One of Bendigo’s most historic pubs is going back to its roots to better capitalise on the trade it is missing in the thriving Victorian town. After 12 years owning the Metropolitan, aka Pugg Mahone’s Irish Pub, Andrew Lethlean says it’s

Red-hot HPI snatches two blue-ribbon Queensland pubs

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Two quick purchases by one of the country’s best-performing hotel property owners has set the tone for a hot year in the investment market. After a successful IPO in 2013, Hotel Property Investments (HPI) – the freeholder spin-off of re-structured

Giving your customers a voice

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

When social media first arrived on our computers and smartphones it was purely a form of self-promotion. Facebook pages were inundated with posts about what your friend just ate for breakfast, or how terrible that movie was. But things have

Sky Racing’s Big Sports Breakfast bigger than ever

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Sky Racing launched another promise-filled year of the popular Big Sports Breakfast show yesterday, with a new studio on show to viewers watching the radio program’s simulcast. Hosts Terry Kennedy and Michael Slater are back behind the desk, demonstrating they

Hotel Heart-throb Kim Maloney awarded OAM

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Industry veteran and Hotels Have Hearts chairman Kim Maloney has been awarded for his dedicated community work with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM). Also Vice-President of the NSW branch of the AHA, Maloney was awarded for ‘Social Welfare’ after

Pubs celebrate Australia Day celebrations

Posted on January 28th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Australia Day was celebrated with patriotic gusto around the country, with the iconic pub leading the charge to out-Aussie all comers. Possibly the most respectable and heritage-laden individual pub celebration was the 34th Annual Cockroach races at Brisbane’s Story Bridge

Why we don’t like Nanny

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

It is a largely forgotten fact that the world’s modern law enforcement agencies were built upon the principle of ‘protecting people from crime’ and as a ‘visible deterrent’. The first modern, professional police force was Robert Peel’s “New” police, based

Breaking news: Craft beers for hipsters

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Mark Leonard, veteran Australian filmmaker and professional stool-warmer at Sydney’s Harold Park Hotel, has taken it upon himself to stay keen to the cutting-edge of craft beer marketing. Scouring the globe for insights to the trend-setting elements of society, he