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2011
HM Awards winners announced in front of record audience
SYDNEY,
September 3: In front of a record crowd of 600 hoteliers,
industry leaders and major suppliers, the winners
of the 2011 HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation
Excellence, presented by Sealy, have been announced.
Held
at the prestigious Sydney Town Hall last night (Sep
2) and hosted by television personality Larry Emdur,
the HM Awards have, for the 9th time, recognised the
accommodation industry's finest staff, properties,
brands and chains across Australia, New Zealand and
the South Pacific.
Major
winners on the night were Pan Pacific's CEO and President,
A Patrick Imbardelli (Asia-Pacific Hotelier of the
Year), IHG's COO for Australasia - Bruce McKenzie
(Australian Hotelier of the Year), Accor New Zealand's
Paul Richardson (New Zealand Hotelier of the Year),
Accor Hotels (Accommodation Chain), Hilton (Hotel
Brand), InterContinental Sydney (Hotel of the Year)
and Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa (Environmental Program).
Hamilton
Island's qualia picked up three key awards (Australian
Lodge, Resort and Spa), while Hilton Sydney also claimed
a trifecta (Hotel Bar - Zeta, Engineer - Craig Cavers
and General Manager - Paul Hutton).
Over
NZD$65,000 was also raised on the night for the Christchurch
Earthquake Appeal Trust in the greatest charity display
the accommodation industry has seen for years.
The
accommodation industry's generosity and desire to
help the people of Christchurch was absolutely remarkable,
said HM magazine managing editor James Wilkinson.
I am incredibly proud of the way the accommodation
industry dug deep to help our friends and family across
the Tasman in what are still such challenging times.
The
2011 HM Awards were hosted by HM magazine, presented
by Sealy, and co-hosted by AHS Hospitality, Intrust
Super, ISIS and Philips.
Once
more we were proud to recognise the industry's finest,
particularly the staff that have been doing such an
amazing job over the last 12 months, Wilkinson
said. Sure a hotel can be rewarded for its aesthetics,
style, design and comfort, but its the people
who work in hotels that gives the accommodation industry
in Australasia its soul.
This
year, our people categories generated the most interest
and in the case of Rising Star, held for the first
time in 2011, the most nominations out of the 48 categories.
On
behalf of the team at HM magazine and all of our fantastic
sponsors this year, congratulations to all of the
winners, highly commended recipients and finalists
in 2011, Wilkinson said.
Four
Hoteliers were also inducted into the HM Awards Hall
of Fame. Former Mirvac CEO Andrew Turner was joined
by Fritz Gubler, Max Player and Gavin Faull, with
the trio recognised for their services to education,
having been responsible for starting the Blue Mountains
Hotel School outside Sydney and the Pacific International
Hotel Management School in New Zealand.
The
2011 HM Awards saw not just a record crowd, but also
a record number of entries with 1600 this year.
2011
HM Awards winners announced in front of record audience
In
front of a record crowd of 600 hoteliers, industry
leaders and major suppliers, the winners of the 2011
HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Excellence,
presented by Sealy, have been announced.
Held
at the prestigious Sydney Town Hall last Friday night
(Sep 2) and hosted by television personality Larry
Emdur, the HM Awards have, for the 9th time, recognised
the accommodation industrys finest staff, properties,
brands and chains across Australia, New Zealand and
the South Pacific.
Major
winners on the night were Pan Pacifics CEO and
President, A Patrick Imbardelli (Asia-Pacific Hotelier
of the Year), IHGs COO for Australasia
Bruce McKenzie (Australian Hotelier of the Year),
Accor New Zealands Paul Richardson (New Zealand
Hotelier of the Year), Accor Hotels (Accommodation
Chain), Hilton (Hotel Brand), InterContinental Sydney
(Hotel of the Year) and Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
(Environmental Program).
Hamilton
Islands qualia picked up three key awards (Australian
Lodge, Resort and Spa), while Hilton Sydney also claimed
a trifecta (Hotel Bar Zeta, Engineer
Craig Cavers and General Manager Paul Hutton).
Over
NZD$60,000 was also raised on the night for the Christchurch
Earthquake Appeal Trust in the greatest charity display
the accommodation industry has seen for years.
The
accommodation industrys generosity and desire
to help the people of Christchurch was absolutely
remarkable, said HM magazine managing editor
James Wilkinson. I am incredibly proud of the
way the accommodation industry dug deep to help our
friends and family across the Tasman in what are still
such challenging times.
The
2011 HM Awards were hosted by HM magazine, presented
by Sealy, and co-hosted by AHS Hospitality, Intrust
Super, ISIS and Philips.
Once
more we were proud to recognise the industrys
finest, particularly the staff that have been doing
such an amazing job over the last 12 months,
Wilkinson said. Sure a hotel can be rewarded
for its aesthetics, style, design and comfort, but
it is the people who work in hotels that gives the
accommodation industry in Australasia its soul.
This
year, our people categories generated the most interest
and in the case of Rising Star, held for the first
time in 2011, the most nominations out of the 48 categories.
On
behalf of the team at HM magazine and all of our fantastic
sponsors this year, congratulations to all of the
winners, highly commended recipients and finalists
in 2011, Wilkinson said.
Four
Hoteliers were also inducted into the HM Awards Hall
of Fame. Former Mirvac CEO Andrew Turner was joined
by Fritz Gubler, Max Player and Gavin Faull, with
the trio recognised for their services to education,
having been responsible for starting the Blue Mountains
Hotel School outside Sydney and the Pacific International
Hotel Management School in New Zealand.
The 2011 HM Awards saw not just a record crowd, but
also a record number of entries with 1600 this year.
2011
HM AWARDS WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED RECIPIENTS
AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY AWARDS
1.
Serviced Apartment Property
Presented by: AHS Hospitality
Winner: Fraser Suites, Sydney
Highly Commended: Medina Grand Adelaide Treasury
2.
Budget Accommodation
Presented by: Intrust Super
Winner: Econolodge Sydney South
Highly Commended: Aarons Hotel, Sydney
3.
Economy Hotel
Presented by: AHS Hospitality
Winner: Travelodge Docklands
Highly Commended: Pensione Hotel Melbourne
4.
Midscale Hotel
Presented by: Vintech Systems
Winner: Vibe Hotel Rushcutters
Highly Commended: Holiday Inn Burswood
5.
Upscale Hotel
Presented by: Philips
Winner: Q Station Retreat
Highly Commended: The Sebel Pier One
6.
Upper-upscale Hotel
Presented by: ISIS
Winner: The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa
Highly Commended: Crown Metropol
7.
Luxury Hotel
Presented by: HotelHome Australia
Winner: Crown Towers, Melbourne
Highly Commended: The Observatory Hotel, Sydney
8.
Australian Lodge
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: qualia
Highly Commended: Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
9.
Business Hotel
Presented by: FOXTEL
Winner: InterContinental Sydney
Highly Commended: Hilton Sydney
10.
Resort
Presented by: DALLEN
Winner: qualia
Highly Commended: Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
11.
Hotel Interior Design
Presented by: ISIS
Winner: The Olsen
Highly Commended: Emporium Hotel, Brisbane
12.
Boutique Hotel
Presented by: Intrust Super
Winner: Emporium Hotel, Brisbane
Highly Commended: Henry Jones Art Hotel
13.
New Hotel
Presented by: Philips
Winner: Peppers Broadbeach
Highly Commended: Wildman Wilderness Lodge
14.
MICE property
Presented by: SPICE magazine and spicenews.com.au
Winner: The Langham Melbourne
Highly Commended: Q Station Retreat
15.
Regional Property
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Highly Commended: Kims Beach Hideaway
16.
Day Spa
Presented by: ISIS
Winner: Spa qualia, qualia
Highly Commended: Isika Day Spa and Urban Retreat,
Crown Metropol
17.
Hotel Bar
Presented by: Southtrade International
Winner: Zeta Bar, Hilton Sydney
Highly Commended: Blu Bar on 36, Shangri-La Hotel
Sydney
18.
Hotel Restaurant
Presented by: San Pellegrino
Winner: Est, Establishment
Highly Commended: Lake House Restraurant, Lake House
Daylesford
19.
Tech-Hotel
Presented by: DOCOMO interTouch
Winner: Crown Metropol
Highly Commended: Hilton Sydney
NEW
ZEALAND & SOUTH PACIFIC PROPERTY AWARDS
20.
New Zealand Hotel
Presented by: PHILIPS
Winner: Sofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa
Highly Commended: Hilton Queenstown
21.
New Zealand Regional Property
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: Hilton Lake Taupo
Highly Commended: Millbrook Resort, Queenstown
22.
New Zealand Lodge
Presented by: Robert Oatley Vineyards
Winner: Blanket Bay, Glenorchy
Highly Commended: Huka Lodge, Taupo
23.
Fijian Property
Presented by: ISIS
Winner: Likuliku Lagoon Resort
Highly Commended: InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort
and Spa
24.
South Pacific Property
Presented by: Ernst&Young
Winner: InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thalasso
Spa, French Polynesia
Highly Commended: Sofitel Moorea, French Polynesia
GENERAL
AWARDS (ALL COUNTRIES)
25.
Marketing Campaign
Presented by: Time Out Sydney and Time Out Melbourne
Winner: Vibe Hotels, Toga Hospitality
Highly Commended: Hilton Melbourne South Wharf
26.
Service to the Community
Presented by: Intrust Super
Winner: Mercure Sydney
Highly Commended: Hilton Cairns
PEOPLE
AWARDS
27.
Concierge
Presented by: Intrust Super
Winner: Steve Ciric, The Westin Melbourne
Highly Commended: Ronald Maskell, Crown Towers Melbourne
Highly Commended: Alex Williams, Sheraton on the Park,
Sydney
28.
Hotel Chef
Presented by: FRANKE
Winner: Brendon Coffey, Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa
Highly Commended: Anthony Ross, The Langham Melbourne
Highly Commended: Andrew McCrea, The Sebel Suites
Brisbane
29.
Food and Beverage Associate
Presented by: Coca-Cola Amatil
Winner: Cherie Stubbs-Timbery, Swiss-Grand Resort
and Spa, Bondi Beach
Highly Commended: Chris Hough, Sheraton on the Park,
Sydney
Highly Commended: Chris Smith, Assistant F&B Services
Manager, The Sebel Parramatta
30.
Human Resources Associate
Presented by: TMS Asia-Pacific
Winner: Nicole Salonga, Four Seasons Sydney
Highly Commended: Amanda Lutvey, Emporium Hotel Brisbane
Highly Commended: Bronwyn Knutson, Mantra Group, New
Zealand
31.
Sales and Marketing Associate
Presented by: Vacations & Travel magazine
Winner: Blair Weir, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
Highly Commended: Ivy Zhang, Sheraton on the Park,
Sydney
Highly Commended: Evelyn Page, Best Western Sanctuary
Inn, Tamworth
32.
Communications Associate
Presented by: Travmedia.com
Winner: Linda Sweeney, Mirvac Hotels and Resorts
Highly Commended: Rebecca Freestun, Sofitel Luxury
Hotels
Highly Commended: Tara Bishop, Crown Hotels Melbourne
33.
Front Office Associate
Presented by: AHS Hospitality
Winner: Calisha Allsworth, 8Hotels
Highly Commended: Simon Wanstall, Radisson Blu Plaza
Hotel Sydney
Highly Commended: Joseph Kuchappan, Quest Suva, Fiji
34.
Procurement Associate
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: Michael Thomas, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Highly Commended: Nicholas Grandioso, Accor Hotels,
Australia
Highly Commended: Lori Finglas, Mantra Group
35.
Housekeeper
Presented by: AHS Hospitality
Winner: Chona Ogilvie, Four Points by Sheraton Sydney
Highly Commended: Elizabeth York, Chifley Hotel Penrith
Panthers
Highly Commended: Karina Gordon, Diamant Hotel Canberra
36.
Hotel Engineer
Presented by: Philips
Winner: Craig Cavers, Hilton Sydney
Highly Commended: Sean Smith, The York by Swiss Belhotel,
Sydney
Highly Commended: Dieter Spielkamp, Novotel Twin Waters
Resort
37.
Rising Star
Presented by: TMS Asia-Pacific
Winner: Danielle De Veaux, Establishment Hotel
Highly Commended: Rebecca Patterson, Swiss Grand Resort
and Spa, Bondi Beach
Highly Commended: Cory Clark-Goodison, The Sebel Resort
and Spa Hawkesbury Valley
MAJOR
AWARDS
38.
South Pacific General Manager
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: Julian Moore, Pacific Resort Aitutaki, Cook
Islands
Highly Commended: Adam Laker, Sofitel Fiji Resort
and Spa
Highly Commended: Wayne Milgate, Vomo Island, Fiji
39.
New Zealand General Manager
Presented by: Philips
Winner: Bruce Garrett, The George, Christchurch
Highly Commended: Wouter de Graaf, Sofitel Queenstown
Hotel and Spa
Highly Commended: Callum Mallett, SkyCity Hotels,
Auckland
40.
Australian General Manager
Presented by: Intrust Super
Winner: Paul Hutton, Hilton Sydney
Highly Commended: Peter Tudehope, Radisson Blu Plaza
Hotel Sydney
Highly Commended: Michael Sheridan, The Sebel Pier
One Sydney
41.
Environmental ProgramPresented by: ISIS
Winner: Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa, Lithgow
Highly Commended: Hilton Sydney
42.
Supplier
Presented by: HM magazine and hotelmanagement.com.au
Winner: MICROS-Fidelio
Highly Commended: Sealy
43.
Hotel Brand
Presented by: AHS Hospitality
Winner: Hilton
Highly Commended: Sofitel
44.
Accommodation Chain
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: Accor Hotels
Highly Commended: Langham Hospitality Group
45.
Hotel of the Year
Presented by: Sealy
Winner: InterContinental Sydney
Highly Commended: Crown Towers, Melbourne
46.
HM magazine New Zealand Hotelier
Presented by: HM magazine and hotelmanagement.com.au
Winner: Paul Richardson, Accor Hotels
47.
HM magazine Australian Hotelier of the Year
Presented by: HM magazine and hotelmanagement.com.au
Winner: Bruce McKenzie, InterContinental Hotels Group
48.
HM magazine Asia-Pacific Hotelier of the Year
Presented by: HM magazine and hotelmanagement.com.au
Winner: A. Patrick Imbardelli, Pan Pacific Hotels
Group
News
Australian
Gambling On Pre-Commitment Pokies: Lovers VS Haters,
by Greg Tingle - 21st January 2011
Gambling
On Pub Pokies Gambling Pre Commitment?...
It's
one of Australia's hottest political stories at the
moment. At least, that's the vibe, and its getting
a good run on Aussie talk back radio and inches dedicated
to Australian newspaper print, not to mention the
strong coverage on leading news and entertainment
website portals such as Gambling911, Media
Man, Crikey and 'The Shout'.
Gaming
- pokie giant ALH (Australian Leisure and Hospitality
Group).... you've got to love the "leisure"
reference, has punished and kicked the head in (figure
of speech: there were no pub fight ok punters) of
the Aussie government plan requiring all gamblers
to nominate how much they are prepared to lose down
the throats of slots - fruit machines aka "one
armed bandits" before trying their luck, starting
it would have a "seriously" negative impact
on most who enjoy getting on the punt pokies style.
The
ALH, 75% cent owned by Woolworths, who we affectionately
call 'The Fast Cash People' (satire ok guys) advised
the gambling policy was "deeply politicised"
and club and pub owners were being unfairly targeted
while online gaming escaped regulation.
Clubs
and pubs are of course land based premises on Australian
soil, while online gaming and online gambling no very
few boundaries, with many of the world's largest media
companies, including some in Australia, covering the
sector in both a media, PR, affiliate, B2B and holistic
campaign capacity.
In
recent years Australia's Fairfax Media, publisher
of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and a number
of online news and entertainment website portals like
Brisbane Times, along with The Daily Telegraph online
and other Murdoch Australian online news entities
have developed dedicated sections on gambling, gaming,
sports betting et al, with punters and readers lapping
it up. Australia's AdNews website is has also taken
on ads, and James Packer's Betfair has promos on a
swag of websites, and on many mainstream TV broadcasts.
Yep, gambling is everywhere, and NRL team, the Penrith
Panthers is tipped to soon have their footy ground
renamed Centrebet Stadium, or something to that effect.
Website
portals like IGN, Virgin and Media
Man Int, are expanding out in a wide variety of
domain name extensions, building brands and reach,
some targeting specific geographic regions. Example:
Media Man
now has Media
Man Canada.com and well as Media
Man Asia and Media
Man Network, which Virgin has .ca and over 100
variations of its Virgin name, including Virgin Games,
Virgin Casino and Virgin Unite. For the record Virgin
is not currently accepting Australian online players
from what we can gather. PartyGaming, PartyCasino,
PKR,
Captain
Cooks, Winner,
Centrebet
and James Packer's Betfair
appear to be some of the strongest online brands that
can accept Australians (and New Zealanders), and online
portals like Media Man list them for educational purposes,
putting the information out to the world via the global
medium - the internet. In many cases casino games
are reviewed listing currency and language options,
as well as play for free or play for money scenarios.
To
their credit, many of the media and entertainment
companies featuring some gaming and igaming coverage
do support a number of worthy causes, be it The Salvation
Army, Virgin Unite, The Red Cross and GenerationOne,
and some even making cash donations to struggling
charities on the quite, not seeking fame of thanks
for their good deeds.
Crown
Casino, home to the Aussie
Millions has an online presence, and has conducted
B2B with the likes of PartyGaming,
where the current champion is an Australian who learned
how to play online with Party's online poker brand.
Crown over the past few years have got into bed somewhat
with online poker firms, accepting "online poker
satellite qualifiers", where players play on
online websites, with the some of the best players
winning seats to the land based poker tournaments.
Back
to the politics of pub pokies, much of the fuss relates
to the Australian government broken promise to the
Australian clubs and pubs sector, while pandering
to the wish list of a certain well known Australian
senator. Many media commentators in Australia said
the senators demands (for securing his vote), accounted
to a version of blackmail! Strong allegations, and
these were carried in about a dozen different media
outlets down under in Australia. The policy itself
was a mammoth clash with the Productivity Commission's
view - policy on the run...a deal struck between the
independent... get read for the name... MP Andrew
Wilkie and the federal government. In exchange for
Wilkie's support, the government promised a "full
pre-commitment scheme" for poker machines by
2014, igniting a war of words and public backlash
from the powerful pubs and clubs sector, with Wilkie
being shouted out of a few meetings with regional
clubs, with Australian pensioners being some of the
most upset, distressed and basically, pissed off,
wanting the Aussie Labor Government thrown out of
office.
The
ALH Group outlined in its submission to a parliamentary
inquiry, the government's policy would probably be
ineffective and would basically force substantially
higher costs on pub owners, clients, associates and
suppliers.
A
lengthy Productivity Commission inquiry recommended
"full pre-commitment" by 2016, and the ALH
and others pushed for more research.
The
ALH is the proud operation of in excess of 12,000
pokies aka "one armed bandits" and 286 pubs.
They are king! Pushing for a voluntary pre-commitment,
ALH advised problem gamblers would still find a way
to bet online where the internet has few boundaries,
where less regulations applied. Online brands such
as PartyGaming, PartyCasino, Captain Cooks, Centrebet
and Betfair are well known, trusted, ethical and popular
with Australians and New Zealanders, with punters
not so keen to try out other lesser known brands.
Senator
Nick Xenophon, an anti-poker machine "hater"
(not lover), pointed the finger at Woolworths 'The
Fast Cash People' (satire) of trying to defend the
indefensible.
The
submission ignored "overwhelming evidence"
that a pre-commitment scheme would help reduce problem
gambling, Senator Xenophon said, likening its stance
to big tobacco firms denying the dangers of smoking.
The question and claim is being investigated with
some journalists not so sure it was "overwhelming
evidence" with some saying it was clever spin,
backed by "junk science" coming out of some
Australian universities known for their dislike of
the gaming and gambling sector.
'Mr
X' (satire) added "The irony is there are people
who cannot afford to buy food from a Woolworths supermarket
because they are blowing their money on a Woolworths
poker machine".
Senator
Xenophon and other anti-pokies groups convinced Woolworths
last year to keep children away from its poker machines.
Woolworths made $176.7 million in pre-tax profits
from its hotels division last financial year. The
pub baron Bruce Mathieson owns the remaining 25 per
cent of ALH.
The
parliamentary inquiry will hold public hearings in
capital cities next month.
Many
Aussie based legal eagles such as Jamie Nettleton
from Addisons are expecting strong business this year,
as the legal complexities of online vs offline, website
portals vs casinos, affiliate programs, PR VS news
and campaigns et al, continue to get looked at. Our
friend Nettleton has already gone on record that many
Australian laws are outdated and do not basically
cover or apply to the global medium that is the world
wide web. Nettleton is recommending more regulations,
which in turn will help better protect consumers,
and well as help with taxation laws and other business
functions, resulting in a win - win - win.
Australian
Land Based Casinos VS Land Based Pokie Palaces: Australian
Casinos List...
Punters,
we know your just begging to get your current Australian
land based casino hotspots back on file, many of which
are massive tourist attractions, so here it is...
New
South Wales
Star City Casino (Sydney)
Victoria
Crown Casino (Melbourne)
Queensland
Conrad Treasury Casino (Brisbane)
Jupiters Hotel & Casino (Gold Coast)
Jupiters Townsville Casino (Townsville)
The Reef Hotel Casino (Cairns)
South
Australia
Skycity Adelaide (Adelaide)
Western
Australia
Burswood Entertainment Complex aka Burswood Casino
(Perth)
Tasmania
Wrest Point Hotel Casino (Hobart)
Country Club Casino (Launceston)
Australian
Capital Territory
Casino Canberra (Canberra)
Northern
Territory
Lasseters Hotel Casino (Alice Springs)
Skycity Darwin (formerly MGM Grand Casino) (Darwin)
Tobacco Industry VS Government Wars: Australian Sinners
Key Target...
The
tobacco industry has launched a fresh and "backdoor"
type attack on legislation to make plain packaging
of cigarettes compulsory, using a regional FTO (free
trade agreement) to which Australia is expected to
sign up to.
Tobacco
giant Philip Morris has used Australia's plain-packaging
laws, set to come into effect next year, to debate
the need for "investor state" provisions
in the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
This would basically facilitate companies to sue member
governments if they pass legislation curtailing business
activities!
Thomas
Faunce, an Australian Research Council future fellow
at the Australian National University, called on the
federal government to resist the inclusion of investor
state provisions in the agreement. He said the provisions
duplicated ground that had already been covered in
the 2005 Australia-US free trade pact.
"Australia
can rebut such attempts on the basis that they reopen
the (free trade agreement) negotiations where an investor-state
clause was expressly excluded," Associate Professor
Faunce wrote in a critique published today in the
Medical Journal of Australia.
Negotiations
on the trade agreement - between the US, Australia,
New Zealand and six South American and south-east
Asian countries - intensified last year and are expected
to be completed in September.
In
a submission on the proposed trade agreement to the
US trade representative, Philip Morris cited Australia's
plain-packaging laws among "initiatives of concern".
The
company said it supported laws to reduce any harm
caused by tobacco, but opposed "extreme and disproportionate
regulation
which has the effect of violating
international law and expropriating intellectual property
rights".
Simon
Chapman, a professor of public health at the University
of Sydney, said the company's stance was consistent
with the tobacco industry's history of attempting
to use trade agreements to defeat individual countries'
health laws.
"It's
yet another sign of the degree to which the industry
will go to to defeat and delay any measure that will
actually work (to cut smoking rates)" he said.
The
World Trade Organisation's Uruguay Round had established
the right of countries "to put health considerations
above international trade considerations".
Patricia
Ranald, of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment
Network, which advises on human rights, and the environment,
said Australia would receive little export benefit
from the treaty because the free trade agreement was
already in place.
"What
we want to say to our government is that we should
negotiate about trade issues but not about social
policies," Dr Ranald said.
Craig
Emerson, the Minister for Trade, would not commit
on excluding investor-state provisions from the trade
pact, saying he was not prepared to make policy on
the run.
But
he said Philip Morris would be "whistling in
the wind" if it tried to undermine national anti-tobacco
laws.
The
tobacco industry ie: smoking, has long been linked
to other industries such as gambling (where punters
often chase land based pokies where smoking is allowed),
the sex and fetish industry, fashion (models smoke
instead of eat correctly, not to put on weight) and
motorsport (especially F1), but exposure of tobacco
products on cars has been massively reduced - more
than halved, over the past 5 years, with energy drinks
like Red Bull picking up some of the slack.
Media
Man, Casino
News Media and Gambling911
are website portals. Not casinos as such, however
are recognised as world leading websites that cover
the sector and act as central points to games, news,
reviews and more.
Readers...
er, punters, how did you like our report? Tell us
in the forum.
If
you have a bet, please bet with your head, not over
it, and for God's sake, have fun.
*Greg
Tingle is a special contributor for Gambling911
*Media
Man is primarily a media, publicity and internet
portal development company. Gaming is just one of
a dozen sectors covered
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