Promotional Events

HARVEST REAPS WINTER AT THE COURTHOUSE

Posted on July 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Harvest’s Courthouse Hotel in Tamworth is inviting guests to come and chill, out, with a resplendent Winter Wonderland promotion that includes ice skating. The Courthouse has been a Tamworth institution since 1876, and Harvest Hotels is ushering in its first

SPUD SPOTLIGHT: INTERNATIONAL POTATO DAY NEARS

Posted on May 23rd, 2025 by Jane Louise
The humble potato will be centre of attention next week, when the second annual International Day of Potato is celebrated on 30 May. The United Nations (UN) National Assembly created this day in recognition that potatoes are “much more than

MOON DOG’S WILD WEST BIRTHDAY BASH

Posted on April 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne craft beer doyen Moon Dog is celebrating a year at its Wild West brew-pub, throwing a dog-style birthday bash. Founded in 2010 by brothers Josh and Jake Uljans and school mate Karl van Buuren, the tenacious craft beer brand

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

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,

ARE YOU READY FOR GOLD AT THE OLYMPICS?

Posted on April 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The biggest sporting event of the year is gearing up to take place in July, and now is the time for Australian venues wanting to capitalise on the activity to begin chasing Paris Olympics gold. Australian hospitality legend and Sydney

GREEN ANTS MARCH INTO VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY

Posted on November 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Pioneering Australian gin brand Seven Seasons has teamed up with Solotel and venues around the country, pouring its top-shelf Green Ant Gin.   Barangaroo House's Rekōdo Bar recently hosted an event introducing the Green Ant Gin Martini, in celebration of