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Sometimes the choice of venue can enhance the success of an event, and the clever choice of holding a forum in a brewery was an inspired one

OPEN forums and debates are usually very dry affairs. Not so for this unique forum on Tuesday night which was part of the inaugural Gold Coast Tourism Week because the ingenious organisers decided to hold it at Burleigh Brewing. Clever that. The topic du jour was ‘Is tourism hard news?’ with various industry professionals and stake holders, with beer in hand, more than happy to state their opinions to the crowd. The end result? Not sure but it certainly was a great night.

Molly MacLaren.

Petrina Zaphir, Dale Mansfield, Kate Innes.

Jason Thomas, Natasha Kollosche, Clinton Farlow.

Heidi Merchant, Scott Gillies, Kate McLeod.

Cristina Matisan, Chris Logan, Angie Christofis.

Sue-Anne Chapman and Scott Krueger.

Alison and Jackson Dean.

Heather McWhinnie and Judy Quodling.

Karly Abbott, Dean Gould, Karen Halbert.

Caitlin McCarthy and Kath Gouley.

Ellie Hughes and Anne Reynolds.

Caitlin Dickinson and Brooke Robertson.

Lara Boath and Libby Brady.

Missy Burrell and Karla Costello.