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LATEST GREATEST CELEBRATED AS 2019 AWARDS BEGIN

Posted on July 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Awards season has begun, with the country’s capital and the Festival State honouring their best and brightest in the annual Awards for Excellence. Last week 470 industry and political leaders gathered at Hotel Realm to conduct the 2019 Australian Hotels

SYDNEY’S MAYBE SAMMY TAKES GLOBAL AWARD AT TALES

Posted on July 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Tales of the Cocktail took place this week in its traditional home of New Orleans, crowning Sydney bar Maybe Sammy with the award for Best New International Cocktail Bar. Tales of the Cocktail is an annual week-long conference for the

AB INBEV SELLS CUB TO ASAHI

Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The world’s biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), has agreed to sell Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) to Asahi for $AU16 billion. Talks on the deal began in April, between Lazard for ABI and Rothschild for Asahi. Agreement was reached this

NINDIGULLY TOPS SQCT HONOUR ROLL

Posted on June 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Pioneering publican Steve Burns has been honoured by Southern Queensland Country Tourism with title of Best Outback Pub for his transformation of the remote Nindigully. Found 500 kilometres west and a little south of Brisbane, the Nindigully Pub, built 1864,

BUSINESS SEMINARS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

Posted on June 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Following the success of last year’s program, the Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) has announced the Seminars program for the 2019 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE). Seminars are free for hospitality professionals visiting the AGE, aiming to augment the Expo’s display of

FERGUSON STILL ON THE JOB

Posted on February 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
AHA National CEO Stephen Ferguson has agreed to stay on in the role another five years, continuing negotiation at a Federal level affecting the hotel industry nationally. Ferguson joined the Australian Hotels Association in 2014, coming from a role as

NATIONAL HOTEL TAKES DE BORTOLI PUB OF THE YEAR

Posted on December 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The De Bortoli Pub of the Year has been announced for 2018, with Richmond’s National Hotel – aka The Nash – taking the honours. 3AW’s hospitality critic Tony Leonard reviewed The Nash in June, and on Friday announced it had

BEST OF VICTORIA CROWNED FOR 2018

Posted on November 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The best of the best in Victorian hospitality for 2018 were crowned this week at the AHA Victoria’s Awards for Excellence. A contingent of 1130 guests and nominees gathered in The Palladium at Crown Casino on Tuesday night to witness

AHA NSW AWARDS WINNERS SHINE AT THE STAR

Posted on November 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The elite of New South Wales hospitality gathered last night at Sydney’s The Star to witness the annual crowning of the State’s best of the best, filtering out winners for 40 categories in the AHA NSW Awards for Excellence. Around

AHA NSW CROWNS NEW LIFE MEMBERS

Posted on November 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Ahead of its annual Awards for Excellence, the AHA NSW has announced two new life members – long-serving AHA NSW executive member Rolly De With, and stalwart Balmain publican Maureen Thornett. In conjunction with his time representing the AHA in