Aussie farmers – Are they our new tour guides?
I recently had the pleasure of another great trip to western Queensland to work on a product development project, which involved meeting local community members…
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Tourists using hire trucks when rental cars are short.
Rental cars have become increasingly expensive and difficult to book in hot tourist destinations like Hawaii. As a result, tourists have turned to booking U-Haul vehicles instead of…
How to recruit 12 new staff members to an outback pub in less than two weeks…
How the Innamincka Hotel recruited a full team of 12 staff members into their remote outback pub in less than two weeks.
Australian Regional Events Alliance Article: You can!
Guest Blogger: Lyndel Moore – Bushfire Recovery Manager, Destination Gippsland and (proud) AREA member since 2020. This week I have put my hand up to…
Border closures aren’t the only cause of hospitality’s labour crisis, and international students aren’t the only solution
https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/news/restaurant-news/hospitality-labour-shortage-19164 This is an article highlighting the challenges of workers in the tourism and hospitality industries in Australia. Over the last 40 years, this has…
International Travellers take up caravans
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/29/younger-buyers-caravanning-covid-holidays-caravans-motorhomes This is an article of the huge increase in purchase and use of caravans and motor homes in the UK over the last 18…
Impacts of AUSTRALIAN SILO ART on regional businesses – 5min online survey (Griffith University Research)
DO YOU OWN or MANAGE A BUSINESS WITHIN 100KM OF A SILO ART SITE? Researchers at Griffith University are running a 5min online survey for…
Exciting opportunity for the Tourism Awards: Supporting destination development
Tilma Group is a tourism consultancy that supports regional, rural and remote destinations to maximise the benefits they receive from the visitor economy (tourism). We…
RE-DESIGNING JOB ROLES IF WE WANT TO INNOVATE INDUSTRY
Written by Ali Uren – Founder and Director of Kiikstart To be able to redesign ourselves and our businesses, it’s essential we’re looking at not…
Make it Inclusive to help make it Accessible
It is that time of year again when our team starts working on the next Visitor Guide for our region, pulling together all the experiences…
