Events

PUBS MAKING STEAK GREAT AGAIN

Posted on April 9th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Four western Sydney pubs have hit back at the tariffs imposed on Australian products, supporting farmers “the best way they know how” – by slashing the price of (T)Rump Steaks. The American President last week announced widespread and widely criticised

STORM-DODGING HOTEL STEPS UP AGAINST SUICIDE

Posted on March 10th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The windswept Northern Rivers Hotel is putting on a Lunch with your Mates event, aiming to increase awareness of the startling rate of suicide in Australia and battles around men needing help. Scheduled for Friday, 4 April, the four-hour event

GAMING EXPO TO BEGIN IN BRISBANE

Posted on February 26th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Australasian Hospitality and Gaming Expo (AHG) will begin in two weeks and gaming manufacturers IGT and Ainsworth are pumped to show off the new wares. Set to take place in the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 12-13 March, the

BACKYARD BREW-TIFUL: MELBOURNE’S SUBURBAN OASIS

Posted on November 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A new pop-up is set to take Suburban Melbourne to new heights of culture. ‘The Backyard’, a combined effort from iconic venue The Suburban and popular craft brewery Mountain Culture Beer Co, opens Friday, 15th November, just in time for

QUANTACO CONNECTS WITH INDUSTRY EVENT AND POSITIVE RESULTS

Posted on November 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality specialist Quantaco recently conducted its inaugural ‘Connect’ event, bringing together analysis and hospitality thought leaders to discuss the coming year. Aiming to be an industry collaboration, Quantaco Connect assembled some of the industry’s movers and shakers to share ideas

BIG SPLASH AT ROYAL CROWN’S SCHOONER CHALLENGE

Posted on July 26th, 2024 by Jane Louise
Ethan Ortlipp, owner of the Royal Crown Dudley and Coal and Cedar in the centre of Newcastle, has seen every conceivable technique for carrying schooners—from glass-stacking to meticulous arrangements and rim-gripping manoeuvres. But last Saturday night, every competitor at Royal

FLIGHT CLUB LIGHTS UP JULY

Posted on July 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney’s newest and wildest social darts concept bar – Flight Club – has hit a ‘bullseye’ with Christmas in July and a winning formula for its global takeover.   Flight Club combines state-of-the-art dart-watching with a sophisticated setup and great

GOING FOR GOLD

Posted on May 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing our series on venues capitalising on the excitement of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Max Hitchins talks promo prizes. In last week’s issue of PubTIC I said this week I would share some innovative ideas and ways to find

LOOKING FOR OLYMPIC GOLD – PART 2

Posted on May 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
There are less than 80 days until the Paris Olympics … have you begun your planning in order to get the absolute most out of this, the biggest sporting event in the world in 2024?  Max Hitchins, the Hospitality Doctor,