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Scott’s Spot Hello all and welcome to the October edition of Scott’s Spot. This month’s edition will cover photos and random observations over the last couple of months.
Max Detweiler or as the Von Trapp kids referred to as “Uncle Max”. See photos for proof.
Finally, a beautiful pic taken by GM, Ian Horne, while flying into Mount Gambier on a stunning Monday evening. Love your work!
REGIONAL MEETINGS There have been back-to-back regionals throughout the months of August and September starting with the Clare Country Club and followed by the McCracken Country Club . The September regionals were then hosted by the Mount Gambier Hotel then backed up by the Tanunda Hotel the following week. A massive thank you to all these venues for hosting events, along with the incredibly strong attendance from members within these regions and the wonderful support from our corporate partners.
I was walking past Gary Coppola’s office and noticed this sign below posted on his window. Now Gary is the king of slap dash joke telling, with this one topping the charts. Nice work Gazza.
The Melville Hotel in Yorketown recently celebrated 150 years. Congratulations to Tracey, Ed and their beautiful family for reinvigorating the Melly back in 2019.
AROUND THE AHA | SA OFFICE Welcome to Alisa Wenzel who has recently joined the AHA|SA as Financial Controller. Alisa is in the middle of Katherine Taylor and a confused looking Bronte McCarthy in the photo below.
HAPPY 150TH TO THE MELVILLE HOTEL
Always nice to catch up with legends of this industry and spotted Guy Matthews in the boardroom studying the history books of the hospitality industry. I couldn’t resist a photo opportunity.
Fun fact: Tracey and Ed were actually married in the beer garden,with three of their four children raised in the pub.
Speaking of Bronte, I took a photo of our esteemed Finance Manager a few weeks back and it occurred to me, after watching the Sound of Music for the 50th time over the weekend, that Bronte has a striking resemblance (in my opinion) to 10 | Hotel SA | W W W . A H A S A . A S N . A U
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