Awards

NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2019

Posted on September 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The National AHA Awards for Excellence took place this afternoon in a gala event at The Star on the Gold Coast, ushering the unrivalled for 2019 in everything hospitality. Nearly 500 VIP and industry guests from across Australia gathered for

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

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,

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

AGE RECOGNISED AS TOP INDUSTRY EVENT

Posted on November 12th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Australasian Gaming Expo has been recognised as one of the premier events on the calendar with the Gaming Technologies Association named as a finalist in the EEAA 2018 Awards for Excellence. The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA)

QUEENSLAND EXCELLENCE CROWNED FOR 2018

Posted on October 10th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland’s hospitality elite gathered Monday night in the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre to celebrate the State’s best at the 2018 QHA Awards for Excellence. Hundreds of nominated finalists vied for title to the 43 award categories before a record