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National Wine Tourism Conference: Beyond the Barrel
Speaker Profile | DR JENNIFER CRONIN
Jennifer was appointed President of Wharf Hotels in February 2016. Her focus has been spearheading new initiatives and strategic developments, further strengthening the Niccolo Hotels and Marco Polo Hotels portfolios as leading regional players in the hospitality industry.
Jennifer graduated with a Doctorate…
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Speaker Profile | NATASSIA WHEELER
Natassia Wheeler is a dedicated and loyal professional with a strong passion for tourism, having worked in multiple Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) throughout her career. Tash has proven she is the key ingredient to building, strengthening and maintaining strong relationships with key industry…
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2019 Visitor Servicing Bootcamp - Enrolments Close Soon
Speaker Profile | MARK OLSEN
Mark joined Tourism Tropical North Queensland as the CEO 12 months ago after 25 years in the tourism and hospitality industry. Starting his career in the 90’s washing dishes to nine years at Tourism Queensland, then a decade running an international tourism consultancy working in over 70 countries, was good…
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Tourism, Trade and Investment Advisor, QLD
Speaker Profile | MARGARET BOWEN
Head, Tourism Recovery, Austrade
Margaret joined Austrade in 2015. She advocates the interests of Austrade and its clients on international business issues. Margaret enjoys work that brings government and business together to solve problems and create economic opportunities for Australia.
Margaret brings more than…
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Economic Development and Tourism Officer, Nillumbik Shire VIC
Speaker Profile | JO BOUNDY
Chief Marketing Officer, Qantas Group
As the Chief Marketing Officer for the Qantas Group, Jo is responsible for the brand and marketing strategy for Qantas’ domestic and international airlines, Loyalty and associated businesses.
Prior to her previous role, Jo was Chief Marketing Officer of Qantas Loyalty and Executive…
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Speaker Profile | HAYLEY HARRIS
Hayley Harris joined Tourism Australia in 2015. She is currently responsible for delivering consumer, market and industry insights from a wide range of research and data sources in order to help improve Tourism Australia’s strategic direction and decision making.
Most notably, managing the Consumer Demand Project…
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Speaker Profile | GRANT WILCKENS
Grant Wilckens is CEO and Founder of the G’day Group which is Australia’s largest regional accommodation provider with 208+ properties. The company is home to three brands; Discovery Holiday Parks, Top Parks and G’Day Rewards.
Grant has a corporate finance background, coming from Rothschild and 360 Capital…
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Speaker Profile | DR CLAIRE ELLIS
Dr Claire Ellis is the current Chair of Ecotourism Australia. She has worked for much of her career in tourism, enjoying its challenges and opportunities. Her varied tourism work includes being a operator (running her own business in Indonesia), working for other operators, undertaking research and working as…
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Manager Economic Development, Environment and Strategy, Wangaratta Council
Speaker Profile | CAROLYN CHILDS
CMRS, CEO, Futurist, Strategist
MyTravelResearch.com founder Carolyn Childs’ passion is empowering travel organisations to succeed. Her career spans 30+ years & 35+ countries including with Travel Research Centre, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) & heading research giant TNS’ Australian travel…
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Speaker Profile | COLIN GRAHAM
Colin is the founder of Causeway Innovation and was previously the founding CEO of the Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast. He has worked with over 300 startups, small and mid-sized firms and large corporates with a focus on business development through innovation. Colin is also Course Facilitator for the New…
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