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2024 Perth Airport WA Tourism Award Submission Top Tips

Planning on entering the 2024 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards? Here are South West Marketing Mentor’s top tips for award submission success. If you are looking to showcase the achievements of your tourism business, seeking a new challenge and/or want to see how you stack up against your competition, perhaps…

Melissa CarmichaelApril 3, 2024

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RECAP: Tourism WA – Australia’s South West Regional Roadshow

Tourism WA & Australia’s South West hosted the 2024 Regional Roadshow on 28 February. The event provided an opportunity for local tourism businesses to hear from a range of representatives from Tourism WA, Tourism Australia, Australia's South West, Tourism Council WA and WAITOC. The updates provided details on the work…

Melissa CarmichaelMarch 19, 2024

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Workshop Wrap: Mastering LGBTQ+ Inclusive Experiences | Nov 2023

The Mastering LGBTQ+ Inclusive Experiences workshop, held on Tuesday 21st November at Tanah Marah, was a fantastic session led by Charlie Douty, the Founder of Welcome with Pride & Husbands That Travel. Their "Welcome with Pride" accreditation program recognises operators committed to providing genuinely inclusive experiences for LGBTQIA+ visitors. The…

Melissa CarmichaelNovember 28, 2023

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What it’s like to travel Australia today as a LGBTQ+ traveller

About The Author: Charlie Douty, Co-Founder of Husbands That Travel Together with his husband, Charlie has extensively explored Australia, sharing their travels with a 140K-strong Instagram community, @husbands.thattravel. He’s partnered with Hilton Australasia, Destination NSW, and MRBTA to deliver LGBTQIA+ inclusivity workshops. He's recently founded the "Welcome with Pride" accreditation…

adminNovember 14, 2023

Business Insights Cruise Ships Workshops & Industry Training

Cruise Ready Workshop Summary

In partnership with MRBTA and the City of Busselton, Tourism WA recently held a Cruise Ready Workshop for local operators to learn how to successfully service the cruise market and optimise business and community benefits. The cruise industry and related operators are keen to connect passengers with innovative and immersive…

Melissa CarmichaelNovember 14, 2022

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RAC Horizons New Advertising Opportunity for Small Businesses

The RAC member magazine is launching a new format to make advertising more accessible to small & seasonal businesses. Being the highest circulated WA publication, reaching a massive 702,772 households state-wide, this is bound to help put small businesses back in the big picture! This new format is a “Seasonal…

Jenny LeeApril 19, 2022

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RSM Australia: Mundane compliance work, or key to a successful business?

For most business owners, accounting and bookkeeping tasks are generally not high on the priority list, often preferring to spend time working ‘in’ their businesses rather than ‘on’ it. Many tourism and hospitality businesses are rejoicing at the prospect of being able to spend fewer hours in the office crunching…

Melissa CarmichaelSeptember 15, 2021

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RSM Australia: How to structure your tourism or hospitality business

One of the most important steps when taking the plunge into starting a business is also one of the most overlooked parts of the process. Making sure you are set up in the correct structure from the beginning can ensure that serious, and expensive, ramifications are avoided down the track.…

Melissa CarmichaelAugust 12, 2021

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RSM Australia: Point of Sales Systems – A point of difference for your business?

Point of Sales (POS) Systems are much more than a simple cash drawer and EFTPOS machine, and implementing an effective POS system can be the point of difference for you and your tourism or hospitality business throughout this ‘post COVID-19 world’. Firstly, what is a Point of Sales system? Well,…

Melissa CarmichaelJuly 20, 2021

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RSM Australia: End of Year Tax Tips for Tourism & Hospitality Businesses

With the end of the financial year fast approaching, it’s often confusing for business owners to know what exactly they need to do in the lead up to 30 June. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of tax tips to ensure your tourism and hospitality business makes a smooth transition…

Melissa CarmichaelJune 10, 2021