Bed & Breakfast and Farmstay Association NSW & ACT
2008 Conference Speakers - "Marketing, Managing, Meeting and Greeting"
Mollymook, NSW South Coast - Tues 19th & Wed 20th August 2008
A diverse and experienced group of speakers specialising in marketing, tourism and business will provide insights to help you optimise your opportunities as you grow your bed & breakfast, farmstay or other hosted accommodation business. |
 Hon. Matt BROWN MP - NSW Minister for Tourism since March 2007. Raised in Kiama on the NSW South Coast, Matt Brown was first elected to the Parliament of New South Wales in 1999 and currently holds the portfolios of Minister for Housing, Minister for Tourism and
Member for Kiama. Don't miss the Conference Dinner as Matt will be a special guest as well as opening the Conference on day two - Wednesday 20th August.
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 Noel Butler - Noel is a direct descendant of the Budawang People of the Milton, Ulladulla and Budawang Ranges area of the NSW South Coast. Noel is a talented indigenious Musician (Didgeridoos, vocals and percussion), Artist, Sculptor and Indigenous Culture Teacher. As a local Aboriginal Elder, Noel will start the Conference on Day One with a "Welcome To Country" ceremony, welcoming participants and attendees to the land (region).
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 Joanna Gash - Member for Gilmore and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Joanna has an impressive portfolio of other current and past positions. Jo is a well known Nowra local who, as a firm believer in success through hard work, "gets the job done" and is the former co-owner of the award winning Ranelagh House, a 100 bed guest house at Robertson. Joanna will officially open the Conference after the traditional Aboriginal "Welcome To Country".
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 Clare Keogh - Current Chair of the Bed & Breakfast and Farmstay Association of NSW - ACT and active Board member for over 8 years. Clare and her husband Richard have operated a B&B for 11 years and more recently two self-contained properties.
Clare will explain about what the Association does and how it benefits you to belong.
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 Lance Witham - Lance is the owner of boutique coffee roasters and wholesalers - Witham's Coffee in Sydney. What Lance doesn't know about coffee just isn't worth knowing. Witham's also supply a wide range of specialty Teas and Coffee Machines.
Lance will walk us through "Making the Perfect Cup of Coffee and Tea"
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 Samantha Muller - Sam has a diverse business background and has owned and operated many successful businesses over her career. She is a preferred consultant for the Department of State and Regional Development, Indigenous Business Australia and AusIndustry. She travels all over NSW assisting businesses with their marketing initiatives with the sole purpose of improving profitability.
Sam's topics are "Getting the Most from Your Marketing Dollar" (Day One) "Making Your Off Season the On Season" (Day Two)
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 Ken Merrifield - Ken is Director of AAD Tourism Business Solutions and President of Shoalhaven Heads Chamber of Commerce & Tourism. Also a member of the Shoalhaven Tourism Board, South Coast Regional Tourism Organisation and represents tourism on the Shoalhaven Area Consultative Committee. With 6 years of tourism awards judging experience, Ken
speaks on "Awards are Rewarding - but how do we get them?"
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 Rose Wright - Rose is the Manager, Regional Industry & Development at Southern Cross University's and extension manager of Australian Regional Tourism Research Centre. Current projects include 'Farm & Nature Tourism on Your Property' Business development program.
Rose's topic "Destination Marketing - What's in it for me?"
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 Dianne Lestrange - Dianne is a Solicitor specialising in Property Law and is a partner responsible for the Kennedy & Cooke Sussex Inlet office. Dianne is well known in the Ulladulla and Sussex Inlet areas for her friendly and efficient manner and her sound practical advice.
Dianne speaks on the topic "In Bed with the Law"
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 George Campbell - AAA Tourism's National Operations Manager explains all the ins and outs of the Star Ratings schemes - helping bring your business a wealth of opportunities to access Australian travellers.
George speaks on "Reaching for the Stars Green Stars and Visual Assessment AAAT"
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 Malcolm Rofe - Malcolm is the Website Producer for Tourism NSW. Malcolm will help you make the most of marketing your business on the Internet. Learn how to reach the "Y Generation" by taking advantage of some of the web 2.0 platforms that are available at little or no cost, such as youtube, flickr, facebook, myspace etc. Tap into some of the more efficient online marketing techniques such as pay-per-click search engine marketing and local search.
Malcolm's subject is "Digital Marketing"
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 Warren James - Warren is currently the Director of Matrix Safety Systems Pty Ltd based in Falls Creek on the Shoalhaven South Coast of NSW and has a wealth of experience in Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), Risk Management, OH&S Systems Auditing, and Training. Australia wide clients include many accommodation providers and tour operators. Warren will be speaking on Day Two. Topic - "Putting Risk to Bed; A practical look at OH&S with the B&B and Farmstay Industry".
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