Hotel SA Jan 2023-Feb 2024
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O N E F O R T H E R O A D W I T H V A U G H A N Y<br />
SCOTT’S<br />
SPOT<br />
BY SCOTT VAUGHAN<br />
Hello all and welcome to the final<br />
edition of Scott’s Spot for <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
REGIONAL MEETINGS<br />
There have been a number of<br />
regionals since the August edition.<br />
held in September, there were two<br />
regionals held with the first at the<br />
Victoria <strong>Hotel</strong> in Port MacDonnell<br />
followed by the Exchange <strong>Hotel</strong> <br />
in Gawler.<br />
Moving into October the Kent Town<br />
<strong>Hotel</strong> hosted the Metro Regional,<br />
followed by the Ardrossan <strong>Hotel</strong> <br />
hosting the Yorke Peninsula meeting.<br />
To cap off <strong>2023</strong>, The Port Lincoln<br />
hosted the Eyre Peninsula regional to<br />
draw a final curtain over what was a<br />
big year.<br />
Thanks to all members and corporate<br />
partners for their attendance and<br />
support and looking onwards and<br />
upwards to <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARDS FOR<br />
EXCELLENCE<br />
Halloween was the night where<br />
record numbers attended the gala<br />
awards event at the Entertainment<br />
Centre.<br />
Congratulations to all the nominees<br />
and award winners with 2022<br />
recently run and won. A special<br />
mention must go to Mount Lofty<br />
House - Accommodation, McLaren<br />
Vale <strong>Hotel</strong> - Country and the<br />
Cremorne <strong>Hotel</strong> - Metropolitan for<br />
winning the best overall hotel in each<br />
of their categories.<br />
Enjoy a couple of stories that were<br />
sent anonymously to me from a<br />
couple of my spies!<br />
Who said Treasurers don’t have a<br />
sense of humour. Speaking at the<br />
AHA|<strong>SA</strong> awards night, Treasurer<br />
Stephen Mulligan told the audience<br />
he had been selected to represent<br />
Premier Peter Malinauskas, who had<br />
fallen ill.<br />
When he said “… it’s no mean feat<br />
being Peter’s body double”, I think<br />
many in the 920-strong crowd were<br />
picturing the famous photo of a<br />
gym-buffed “Mala” , bare-chested<br />
in a swimming pool during the<br />
State election.<br />
It flips the old advice that nervous<br />
speakers can employ the relaxation<br />
technique of imagining their audience<br />
in the nude!<br />
Still on our fun-loving Treasurer, how<br />
good was his major events joke?<br />
He was speaking about the Adelaide<br />
500, Gather Round and other<br />
major events.<br />
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