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The Official Publication of THE AUSTRALIAN HOTELS ASSOCIATION (SA branch) Registered by Australia Post: PP504655/00074 December 2011/January 2012 President’s Christmas Lunch Graeme Goldberg is back in Adelaide ClassiC styling meets the latest teChnology The Ultimate GaminG experience For more information, please contact your local Ainsworth Representative. Toni Odgers - Mob: 0402 927 833 Email: [email protected] Andrew Copperstone - Mob: 0409 171 616 Email: [email protected] 3 16 WIH Christmas Female hoteliers celebrate the festive season at the Edinburgh Hotel. Contents. 06 President’s Christmas 10 Graeme Goldberg 22 Sustainability is 38 On the road with Lunch A favourite son returns the key Smithy The hotel industry to the Stamford Plaza Hotels are Catch up with the and the big names and the Stamford increasingly looking latest that the AHA’s of South Australian Grand. at more sustainable Brian Smith has been politics gathered at the practices. up to. InterContinental. Talk to us about a customised solution T +61 8 8268 1388 E [email protected] Beverage and Ice Systems that allow you to serve the perfect beverage every time. www.lancerbeverage.com Our systems are in some of the biggest entertainment venues and organisations in Australia Complete product set-up from front of house dispensers through to complete back of house systems set-up Hoshizaki Ice Machines & Refrigerators HACCP Approved Lancer Beer Systems The world’s first and only HACCP approved Draught Beer System www.ahasa.asn.au 5 President’s Report Peter Hurley, AHA|SA President he following is a summary of the main issues addressed ‘winner takes all’ attitude of the anti-gamblers, that’s trashed Tby AHA|SA President Peter Hurley at the Association’s the accumulated goodwill that has been carefully cultivated Annual Christmas Lunch on December 6. The presentation was over the last two decades. The anti-gaming zealots have attended by seven State Government Ministers including Premier ensured that any compromise and concessions, any respect Jay Weatherill, the Leader of the Opposition Isobel Redmond for each other’s perspective has been irreparably damaged. and some 25 MPs, MLCs and Senators. Also attending were Continued page 34 senior State and Federal Government Bureaucrats, Regulators, Judges and Police including SAPOL Commissioner Mal Hyde, Business Leaders and the media. The event provides an opportunity for the AHA|SA to articulate to decision makers and those that influence decisions what are the real issues and concerns facing the hotel and hospitality sector. What a year it’s been. Our industry has been flogged everywhere but the soles of our collective feet. The only reason the soles of our feet have escaped the flogging and the subsequent welts is because as an industry we refuse to lie down. This snap shot will summarise our year. • There has been the ongoing saga of the ill- conceived Gillard/Wilkie agreement. This deal threatens the very viability of the club and hotels industry. As a result of the The Advertiser, Wednesday, December 7, 2011, p.7. www.ahasa.asn.au 6 PResident’s ChRistmas LunCh he annual President’s Christmas Lunch Tbrought the hotel industry and the State’s leading politicians together for an opportunity to reflect on what has been an interesting year for the sector. Premier Jay Weatherill was special guest for the occasion, held at the InterContinental Adelaide on December 6. Many other Members of Parliament joined Mr Weatherill, eager to listen to the AHA|SA’s point of view. Leader of the Opposition Isobel Redmond also attended along with numerous business chiefs and community leaders. AHA|SA President, Peter Hurley, spoke about the many issues and challenges facing the hotel sector including the relaxation of shop trading hours, over- regulation and public holiday rates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Peter Hurley – AHA|SA President 2. Sue Binns – Robin Hood Hotel; Linda Noack – Belair Hotel; Lisa Matthews – Matthews Hotels 3. Hon George Weatherill, Hon Jay Weatherill MP 4. Jason Fahey – Fahey Hotels; Santo Scaglione – Clare Hotel 5. Anthony Ball – Clubs Australia; Peter Hurley – AHA|SA President 6. Robert Priest – Coca Cola Amatil; David Basheer – AHA|SA Vice President; Mark Powell – Lion 7. Kerry Moore; Guy Matthews – Matthews Hotels; Hon Patrick Conlon MP HOTEL SA 7 8 9 10 8. InterContinental Hotel 9. Simon Rogers – McLaren Vale Beer Co; Leanne Fraser – Coopers Brewery 10. Jerome McGuire – Department of Justice; Ian Horne – AHA|SA 11 12 11. Annabel Digance – SA Progressive Business; Natasha Stott-Despoja; Colin Dunsford – Ernst & Young 12. Greg Fahey – Fahey Hotels 13. Craig Bildstein – Office of the Fairwork Ombudsmen; Hon Michelle Lensink MLC 14. Chris Flaherty – Treasury Wine Estates; Wolf Blass AM; Simon Carter – 13 14 Treasury Wine Estates 15 16 15. AHA|SA State Council 16. Melanie Cooper – Coopers Brewery; Brett Matthews – Matthews Hotels 17. Jake Parkinson – Lion; Nick Chigwidden – FIVEaa 18. Hon Jing Lee MLC; Melinda McCauley – Alma Hotel Willunga 17 18 www.ahasa.asn.au 8 19 20 19. Hon Jay Weatherill MP 20. Guests enjoy the President’s Lunch 21. Lucy Randall – AHA|SA; Sally Neville – Restaurant & Catering SA 22. Tim Salt - Diageo, Peter Hurley – AHA|SA President, John Murphy – Coca-Cola Amatil 23. Max Basheer 21 22 AM; Guy Matthews – Matthews Hotels 24. Jane Jeffreys, Alec Gilbert – Adelaide Convention Centre 25. Jenny Hurley – Arkaba Hotel; Hitaf Rasheed – Events SA 26. Glenn Cooper AM – Coopers; Nicole Cornes – Office of the Minister for Transport; Chris Clarke – Clarke and Brownrigg 23 24 25 26 HOTEL SA 9 27 28 27. Peter Hurley – AHA|SA President 28. Isobel Redmond MP; Glenn Cooper AM; Dorinda Hafner 29. Matt Rogers – Goodwood Park Hotel; Russell Barratt – Accolade Wines; Craig Williams – Saturno Hotels; Shane Bullus and Richard 29 Leddicoat – Accolade Wines 30 31 32 30. Robert Foord - Proud Australia Group; Jeff Ellison – Sealink; David O’Loughlin – SATC; Andrew Killey – KWP 31. Chris Greening – Samuel Smith and Son; Brenton Wilkinson – SAJC 32. Graham Hobbs – Eureka Hotel Group; David Papps – Royal Exchange Hotel Kadina; Mark Davies – Western Hotel Pt Augusta; Tom Hannah – Bombay Bicycle Club 33. Ian Horne – AHA|SA; Peter Hurley – AHA|SA President; Peter Jones – ALH 33 Group; Wally Woehlert – Gaming Care www.ahasa.asn.au 10 GoldberG’s back By James Murphy raeme Goldberg is back in Adelaide. and the commitment G The big man has returned to the city after leaving to the new Riverbank nine years ago. The larger than life personality returns with a Precinct is just going simple mandate – return the Stamford Plaza and the Stamford to be fantastic. Not Grand to the pinnacle of the hotel industry. only that project “It’s great to be back in Adelaide again after an absence of but also bringing approximately nine years,” Graeme said. the football back to “I was here before for five years as the Vice President of Adelaide Oval is Stamford Hotels and Resorts Australia and New Zealand. great because I can “In the end with much reluctance I was forced out of basically touch it from Adelaide to be relocated in Sydney.” my hotel. Then there’s The newly appointed Stamford Plaza Managing Director, the development of who is best known for his relationships with international the Convention Centre celebrities, said he was happy to be back. and all of these “I know whenever a new boy comes into Adelaide he projects are going to will say, ‘I love Adelaide’ just like when you go to the benefit the Plaza. Entertainment Centre and the entertainer will come out and “She’s a grand old say, ‘Adelaide is my favourite city’. You just sit there and say, lady this hotel. I’ll do ‘Yeah sure’. her hair up, fix her make up and buy her a new frock and I “But when I say that I love Adelaide I can prove that will re-introduce her to the Adelaide market. because people know how much I love it. “We want to be part of the development that is happening “I left Stamford Hotels about five years ago to run my own along the River Torrens. The money that we are going to hotel and I also owned two restaurants and then I sold my spend here is that we are going to renovate all of the rooms assets. I got the call from C.K. Ow who is the owner and and the suites, we are going to reconfigure the lobby and we chairman of Stamford Hotels. He invited me back to do it have already done the pool area. again.” “The Grand is in good shape, there is a couple of million that we will spend on the food and beverage area of the Vision hotel.” Graeme returns to Adelaide with a cheque book and a vision. The A-list “I’ve got $6 million to spend on the Plaza and a couple Graeme has been a General Manager of hotels right across of million to spend on the Grand. Once I’ve been given a the world since he was 27 and through that time he has built mandate and the money to fix something then I am going to up some wonderful contacts with celebrities, some of which do it. he now considers personal friends. “After my first five weeks I’ve already had the Presidential It is this connection with stars that the industry veteran hopes Suite gutted and it’s in the process of being refurbished. will return the Plaza to the place to stay for the world’s A-list. “Throughout my career I have always seemed to be in the “The Plaza will once again return to being the entertainment right place at the right time.
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