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Speaker 1: Last night, Well, I had the wonderful opportunity to mc

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Speaker 1: the Hospitality Excellence Awards and it is always a phenomenal

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Speaker 1: night to see so many fantastic venues, so many wonderful

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Speaker 1: hospitality staff out enjoying themselves, a bit of a night

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Speaker 1: off for so many to really celebrate the industry and

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Speaker 1: all that is wonderful about the industry. And one of

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Speaker 1: the big winners overnight was the Berry Springs Tavern. Now

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Speaker 1: they took out the prestigious award and it is the

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Speaker 1: well the best overall metro pub tavern. And joining me

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Speaker 1: on the line right now is Leah Sloan from the

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Speaker 1: Berry Springs Tavern. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Leah, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: How are you and the rest of the crew this

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Speaker 1: morning after what was a phenomenal night for you guys?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Good, look, I've shaked up. Okay. A couple of

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Speaker 2: the team are a little bit dusty celebrating, which is understandable,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, it was a fantastic, fantastic night and we're

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Speaker 2: really really proud to be to be recognized with that award.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it wasn't the only award that you won, though,

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Speaker 1: was that?

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Speaker 2: No, we won marketing, which is which is a super achievement.

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Speaker 2: This year, we did things a little bit differently and

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Speaker 2: it's been a real collaboration our marketing efforts. The whole

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Speaker 2: team's become involved. We've had Lovely Sophie has joined us

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Speaker 2: from the UK and she's been doing all the social media.

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Speaker 2: We've got a young student who's been doing our tiktoks,

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Speaker 2: which I can't get my head around, but he's just,

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Speaker 2: you know, he's just really moved that into a new space.

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Speaker 2: We've got Dan who does all the cocktails in venue

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Speaker 2: and all the artwork and those sorts of things. And

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Speaker 2: then we've got Lives that executes everything on the ground

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Speaker 2: and make sure it happens when we run events. So

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Speaker 2: it is it's a real team effort. And you know,

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Speaker 2: even with the tiktoks, you'll see all the stuff in

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Speaker 2: them and everyone gets involved. So it's a lot of fun.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, I think they've they've done a really awesome job.

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Speaker 1: That's I think the wonderful thing about your venue though,

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Speaker 1: as well, is that it is so much fun and

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Speaker 1: whenever you go out there you feel utterly welcomed. It's

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Speaker 1: always a good time, and you've got such a great

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Speaker 1: team as well.

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Speaker 2: We have Katie. We've got a fantastic team culture, and

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Speaker 2: I think that's something we've worked really really hard to achieve.

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Speaker 2: Just people that are kind, they're good, you know, good people.

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Speaker 2: They care about what they do, and they really care

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Speaker 2: about our customers and getting it right. And you know

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Speaker 2: that's that's really important to me. And don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 2: we don't always get it right, but you know what,

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Speaker 2: if we don't, we really like an opportunity to fix it. So,

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Speaker 2: you know, that's the way the team, that's the culture

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Speaker 2: of the team, and you know, they're like family. I'm

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Speaker 2: very proud of all of them, and I.

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Speaker 1: Know it's you know, in a lot of ways, it's

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Speaker 1: been a tough year for a lot in our hospitality industry.

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Speaker 1: But you guys always have a smile on your face,

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Speaker 1: and so many in the hospitality industry do despite what,

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Speaker 1: like I said, has been a tough year for many.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it has, and you know, let's not shy

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Speaker 2: away from you know, some of the challenges we know

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Speaker 2: we've had, you know, poor Jason Hannah day after day,

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Speaker 2: you know, dealing with breakings and Jimmy Shue and then

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Speaker 2: of course us with the ram Rays and you know,

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Speaker 2: some days it's really hard to get up to go,

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Speaker 2: you know, have a smile on your face and say, Okay,

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Speaker 2: you know, let's keep going. Let's keep going, because you know,

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Speaker 2: those sort of things can really take the air out

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Speaker 2: of your ballooms. So it's and even for the team,

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Speaker 2: you know, particularly as we spoke about, you know, our

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Speaker 2: guys being involved in the in the ram ray that

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Speaker 2: had a massive impact on our team and for them

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Speaker 2: to still come into work and give they're all in

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Speaker 2: delivering our product and service. You know, they're an absolute inspiration.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they truly are. And at this point I should

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Speaker 1: probably apologize because one of your staff members had me

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Speaker 1: in a bear hug last night and I think I'm

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Speaker 1: in all of your photos basically after you after your

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Speaker 1: massive win. Lea, Yeah, we did.

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Speaker 2: We did speak about that briefly, Katie, and I'll just

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Speaker 2: let the listeners. No, I'm sure we did agree to

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Speaker 2: get you a very problem fishing shirt next time you're

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Speaker 2: in the venue. We are going to get you working. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I did say I'm going to need a lot

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Speaker 1: of training. I think that I probably need plenty more

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Speaker 1: training than your other staff.

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Speaker 2: Well, no, I said, I think the come with you,

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Speaker 2: you'll be talking too much. We'll have to Katie stop

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Speaker 2: you here. The work exactly.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right on, Leah. How important is it to

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Speaker 1: have a night like last night? We're not only our

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Speaker 1: wonderful Northern Territory hospitality venues are recognized, but our phenomenal

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Speaker 1: hospitality staff as well.

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Speaker 2: I look absolutely and I think you know that's something

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Speaker 2: important to recognize. I mean, you look at the winner's

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Speaker 2: list and there are some fantastic venues of Carators and

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Speaker 2: it's the team that are in those venues day and

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Speaker 2: day out that are delivering our product and service, you know.

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Speaker 2: So it's so important for them to be able to

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Speaker 2: come along and be a part of the celebrations and

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Speaker 2: be recognized for the hard work they do in delivering

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Speaker 2: our products and service every single day.

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Speaker 1: So you know.

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Speaker 2: And then you've got the likes of you know, Hotel

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Speaker 2: Dow and they're one best best bar presentation service. That's

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Speaker 2: my local. I mean, I know, they're amazing. Every time

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Speaker 2: you go in there, you've got penny and a smiling face,

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Speaker 2: and you know Nunamara and their community contributions. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you've just got in every component. There's some fantastic operators

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Speaker 2: and they're just so passionate about what they do, and

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Speaker 2: you know, they inspire their teams, and their teams work

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Speaker 2: really hard. And you know, I think we're really lucky

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Speaker 2: in the territory we have, you know, for the population

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Speaker 2: we have, we have some very outstanding venues operators and

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Speaker 2: team members.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we most certainly do well. A big congratulations to you,

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Speaker 1: do we in the entire team out there at the

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Speaker 1: Berry Springs Tavern and looking forward to to pulling that

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Speaker 1: shift out there with you.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm going to hold you to that in

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Speaker 2: a while. We're going to get it on camera and

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Speaker 2: put on your socials Katie.

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Speaker 1: Oh dear, don't get me to pour a beer. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how that'll go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we might just have to keep you to the

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Speaker 2: RTDs and the soft drink.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sounds like a plan. Sounds like a plan. Leah Sloane.

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Speaker 1: Always great to catch up with you. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you