Four months out from its 30th birthday, the GTA notes 92 per cent of exhibitors at the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) offering every other thing in hospitality except gaming. Back for another milestone, the annual AGE is indisputably the best place in the southern hemisphere to see all the latest in hospitality gaming machinery, systems […]
Continued scorching, thirst-inspiring weather across the country has prompted continuation and even expansion of pubs offering discounted and free beer as the temperature rises. Last summer the ever-active Abbotts Hotel in Waterloo launched its grace-saving Beer-O-Meter to huge local acclaim, offering $3.80, then $2.80, then $1 and eventually free schooners of beer as the outside
The Farmer’s Hotel at Vacy is mustering its own Christmas celebrations, marching to the tune of Santas in kilts and seeing how many of the jolly fellas it can pack onto a double-decker bus. Proprietor Dr Maurice Harden is part of a the catchy-named former Royal Australian Corps of Transport ACT Pipers and Drums bandsman
Marty Short’s The Glenmore is jumping on the festive wagon, presenting a party for all the non-Christmas people of the world – Festivus, For the Rest of Us! From the Latin, Festivus, meaning ‘jovial’ came an alternative to the oft hollow ritual of celebrating the birth of the Christian deity, which is finding itself out
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Around 10,000 revellers paraded the streets of Wollongong wearing festive costumes over the weekend, for the 25th instalment of the world-famous Santa Pub Crawl. The concept began in Wollongong in 1993, when a group of friends decided to dress up and spread some Christmas cheer around the city’s licensed venues. It has grown and gone
Jim Beam is buying a whole lot of ‘mates’ a drink, with 40 venues around the country hosting the inaugural ‘Mate of a Mate’s Day’ next Friday. From 4-7pm on 14 December, pubs around the country (full list below) will be serving gratis Jim Beam & Cola or Highballs. Jim Beam is the biggest-selling spirit
The Royal Hotel Leichhardt will host the triumphant return and second instalment of the Inner West Beer Fest, over the weekend of 17-18 November. Royal Hotel Leichhardt GM Mark Chapman says they decided to run the event again because the response last year was so positive. “We find that the community loves it when there
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W. Short Hotel Group continues its commitment to festivals, rolling out more instalments this month at the Australian Heritage Hotel in The Rocks and The Tudor in Redfern. The 14th annual Australian Beer Festival will take place in the Australian Heritage 12-14 October, heralding another big street party for devotees of craft beer and food.
To celebrate the new season of cult TV show Will & Grace, streaming provider Stan teamed with the Sydney Collective for a big-glitter theme party and launch of Karen’s Martini Bar at the iconic Imperial Hotel. The themed pop-up bar opened last Friday night for “one fabulous gin-fuelled weekend” with Karen’s pink or espresso martinis
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The Australian Brewery’s David Ward spoke with Liam Pereira, general manager of Sydney’s “biggest and best celebration of beer” and veteran of Dave’s Brewery Tours on Sydney Beer Week. DW: You are a bit of a Sydney beer icon, how long have you been at Dave’s? LP: I started as a casual tour guide
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