Visit Victoria has just launched their latest campaign – Click for Vic. YTN is a huge supporter of this and love the curated selection of many restaurants, cafes, bars, producers, growers, and artisans offering you a slice of the good life delivered straight to your door. Support the businesses you know and love, and explore […]
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The Trusted Advisors Program for 2020 is off to a flying start, partnering industry professionals with students and new entrants to the industry for 3 months of advising, guiding, leading and learning. The following 18 experienced professionals have been matched with their student. We are so excited to take you along for the ride. PROGRAM
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To help our readers get to know you, tell us a bit about yourself and your career journey so far. What/where did you study? Did you always want to go into tourism and events marketing or is that something you fell into? I started my tourism studies first completing a Diploma of Tourism at Holmesglen,
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On the evening of Thursday 6th August 2020 Young Tourism Network members and friends were joined by tourism industry professionals Richard (Dickie) Currer from Funlab and Jon Perrett from Air Adventure for an insightful webinar discussing the power of partnerships. Both speakers spoke about how creating successful partnerships can lead an organisation to improve its
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Your role: Visitor Services Officer at Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine Tell us a bit about yourself- where and what did you study? In 2007 I studied a joint course with Deakin University and South West TAFE in Warrnambool. My courses were a Bachelor of Management and Advanced Diploma in Tourism. I learnt a
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Tell us a bit about yourself- Your studies and past roles in tourism. I completed a BA (International Studies) at RMIT and a Master of Tourism at Monash University. During both courses I had the opportunity to study overseas with an exchange in the Netherlands, an internship in Thailand and another exchange to Estonia. Past
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Resources Regarding COVID-19 and the Tourism Industry– Official COVID 19 Government website– Victorian Tourism Industry Council website– Tourism Australia website Webinars– Australian Tourism Export Council: ATEC is running a series of weekly webinars for members covering the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic– Victorian Tourism Industry Council: VTIC supports the development of our members and all businesses in the
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Last week we met with Jordana Baron of Resolution X to deep dive into session 4 of the Trusted Advisor Program at their HQ on Wednesday 2nd October. Jordana and the team from Resolution X let our YTN advisee have a peek behind the curtain into the wide world of events. With resolution X
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“Act, feel, become; believe in yourself and it happens” Michelle Gatzoubaros YTN members, along with other young professionals and students, gathered at William Angliss Institute Thursday evening to hear from four leaders who started their own tourism ventures. John O’Sullivan, founder of Walks101, kicked off the event with his story that took
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“Some people say, ‘I want to be a nurse or a firefighter to help people’ – that’s how I feel about being concierge. You help people.” YTN’s Trusted Advisor Program continued last Thursday when advisees met at the Melbourne Marriott Hotel to learn about the inside world of hospitality with the hotel’s Chief Concierge,
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