2024 AHA National Awards for Excellence
The AHA National showcase of Australia’s hottest pubs and hotels will take place at the brand-new Star Hotel in Brisbane on Monday 25 November 2024.
The open-air Leisure Deck will come alive as winners from each State and Territory branch join together to celebrate their achievements, all vying to be crowned the very best in their field in Australia.
Catching up with colleagues, making new friends and rubbing shoulders with the stars of Australia’s hospitality scene, it’s going to be a star-studded event!
Event Details:
Date: Monday 25th November
Time: 5pm
Location: The Star Brisbane
Dress Code: Dress to impress!
See you in Brisbane!
Award Categories:
The entry fee required to nominate into the AHA National Awards for Excellence is $330 per category.
Please be aware that payment for your nomination is due within 14 days of receiving the invoice.
AHA National Award categories include:
General Division
- Best Bar Presentation & Service - Metropolitan
- Best Bar Presentation & Service - Regional
- Best Entertainment Venue
- Best Restaurant - Metropolitan
- Best Restaurant - Regional
- Best Outdoor/Non-Enclosed Facility
- Best Bistro - Metropolitan
- Best Bistro - Regional
- Best Family Dining
- Best Traditional Pub Accommodation
- Best Deluxe Pub Accommodation
- Best Retail Liquor Outlet
- Best Sporting Entertainment Venue
- Best Redeveloped Hotel - General Division
- Best Gaming Venue - Metropolitan
- Best Gaming Venue - Regional
- Best TAB Licensed Venue
- Best Marketed Hotel - General Division
- Draught Beer Quality Award
- All Abilities Hotel – General Division
Individual Awards
Accommodation Division
- All Abilities Hotel – Accommodation
- Best Restaurant - Accommodation Division (Deluxe)
- Best Restaurant – Accommodation Division (Mid-Range – Superior)
- Best Marketed Hotel - Accommodation Division
- Best Mid-Range Accommodation
- Best Redeveloped Hotel - Accommodation Division
- Best Suite/Apartment Hotel
- Best Superior Accommodation
- Best Lifestyle/Resort Style Accommodation
- Best Deluxe Accommodation
- Best Luxury Accommodation
- Best Hotel Bar - Accommodation Division
Performance Awards
- Excellence in Innovation, Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Practice
- Best Tourism Initiative
- Outstanding Community Service and Achievement
- Best Meeting and Events Venue
- Outstanding Achievement in Training
- Best Hotel Group Operator
Overall Awards
Nominee Information
Eligibility for National Awards
To be eligible to enter the AHA National Awards for Excellence, venues must have won an equivalent category in their State or Territory Awards. If you are unsure of which category you are eligible to enter, please contact our friendly events team via email on events@aha.org.au.
Please note, at the time of entering your State or Territory Awards, venues will be asked to accept their nomination into the National Awards. If you select yes, your nomination will automatically be accepted and you will be sent a tax invoice. Where your venue is an accommodation property and a night stay is required, you will also be sent a tax invoice for reimbursement of one nights stay + breakfast for two (if available).
Nomination Fees
The cost to nominate into the AHA National Awards for Excellence is $330 per category. Please be aware that payment for your nomination is due within 14 days of your confirmed nomination.
If your circumstances have changed and you no longer wish to participate, please let our events team know as soon as possible via email events@aha.org.au. Due to the timing of some of the State and Territory awards, it’s possible that our judges have already been to your venue. In this case, you may be required to pay for any judging expenses that have already been incurred.
Site Inspections and Interviews
Judging will begin in April and conclude in October. Venues may be judged any time within this period after advice has been received from State and Territory branches of those venues who have pre-accepted their nomination into the AHA National Awards for Excellence.
Site visits, along with written submissions and interviews (where applicable), will form the basis of judging.
Site visits will be 100% anonymous. Accommodation-based categories will no longer require a voucher for the judges stay. In replacement of this system, nominees will be asked to agree to be invoiced for the cost of one night’s accommodation and breakfast for two people (where required/available).
Proof of overnight stay receipts will be presented for this reimbursement of expense.
If you have any problems with this process, please contact us on the email below for assistance.
Email: events@aha.org.au
Employees nominated for individual employee awards will be contacted by the AHA National Office to set up their online video interview after each of the State and Territory awards.
Marketing and Publicity Support
All finalists will receive marketing and publicity support as a part of their nomination fee. All finalists will be presented with a “Finalist” logo (electronic version). All AHA National Awards for Excellence winners will be sent a “Winner” logo. These logos can be used in any marketing and promotional activities.
Photos & Logos
All photos and logos will be supplied by State or Territory branches. If you wish to provide updated or additional photos, please email them through to events@aha.org.au.
Photos and logos will be used for a number of marketing and promotional activities conducted by the AHA National Office in promoting finalists and the Awards night in general. Planned activities include general marketing, pre-event marketing announcing the finalists, a multi-media presentation to be played on the evening and post event media releases.
The AHA National office also reserves the right to use the images provided for ongoing promotion and collateral.
Written Submissions and CVs
In categories where written submissions or CVs are required, the AHA National events team will be sourcing all written submissions and CVs from your State or Territory branch.
If you wish to provide an update of your written submission or CV, please do so. This can be done by uploading using this online portal or can be emailed directly to our team at events@aha.org.au.