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Scott’s Spot Hello all and welcome to the November edition of Scott’s Spot. This month’s edition will cover photos and random observations over the last month. Importantly, the spotlight will be on the Somerset Hotel in Millicent with publicans, Amanda and Alex Gordon discussing their venture into the hotel industry.
Bronte Michelle, Chef from the Ceduna Foreshore Hotel Motel , was in attendance and won the prize for most kilometres travelled representing hotels for the night. Great guy - and I was lucky enough to be snapped with him.
REGIONAL MEETINGS This month the Alma Tavern, Norwood hosted the Metropolitan Regional, with over 100 members and corporate partners in attendance. The regional meeting featured a panel discussion with Melanie Cooper - Coopers Brewery, Danny Celoni - Carlton United Breweries and David Smith - Lion Australia, that was both informative and extremely well received by our members. They added incredible value to this event and their views will be featured in the next issue of Hotel SA.
Okay, so Didier Vollerin checking out the table planner is a normal thing to do, right? However, I took this snap at around 9pm with Didier in this spot for a good three minutes in a trance-like position. Hoping he found his intended target!
There’s been a lot written about the psychology of shapes and how it affects peoples’ perceptions of things. Boy, did we see it in action on the night. The layout had changed dramatically, moving the stage by 90 degrees to the north. However, the biggest talking point was replacing round tables with rectangular tables. People were buzzing about it on the night and are still telling me how it great it was. Such a simple thing that made such a difference. Who were those good-looking kids that starred in the video to announce the Best Family Dining award? It didn’t take long for those ‘not-in-the-know’ to work it out, based on family resemblances. They were Katherine Taylor’s children, Audrey and Ben. Katherine is the AHA|SA’s Manager of Communications.
AROUND THE AHA | SA OFFICE AND AHA | SA AWARDS EXTRAVAGANZA Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners, with the 2022 Awards for Excellence recently run and won. A special mention must go to EOS by SkyCity – Best Overall Accommodation Hotel, Loxton Hotel – Best Overall Country Hotel and the Stirling Hotel – Best Overall Metropolitan Hotel for winning the best overall hotel in each of their categories.
Having a meat tray ‘raffle’ at the awards ceremony was a great idea.
Enjoy a couple of stories that were sent anonymously to me, along with a couple of observations by yours truly.
It didn’t really feel like a front bar – given the 900 people in the room – but the two pool tables certainly helped with the overall effect.
With 900 attendees, the noise level amped up from time to time but MC Mark Soderstrom did a great job. He’s had a lot of experience at rowdy footy awards nights! A FEW OBSERVATIONS FROM THE AWARDS NIGHT
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One award was missed on the night – AHA|SA Partner Fashion Award. Drum roll please … and the award goes to Harold from Concept Collections. His attire is as smooth as his moves on the dance floor, although his son Shannon dominated the stage with incredible Back to Contents
