Returning to West Australia’s South-West from October 23-26, Cape to Cape MTB 2014 will again start at the iconic Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and finishes in the lush greens of the Dunsborough Country Club overlooking Cape Naturaliste. Set to an iconic backdrop of world-renowned surf beaches and vineyards, private farmlands, rocky…
The Wildcats are coming to Margaret River! This pre-season challenge between the Perth Wildcats and Melbourne United is set to feature key players Damian Martin and Jermaine Beal. Sponsored by the AMR Shire, State Govt WA, Alcohol Think Again, Perth Wildcats and AMRTA. Date: 28 September 2014 Time: Doors open…
The AMRTA is a proud sponsor of the Festival of Love – to be held on September 6, at Howard Park Wines. The festival is a day for soon-to-be and newly-weds to explore, taste and discover the creative style, professional talents and many offerings of the Margaret River Region. AMRTA…
TA appoints agents to lead China tourism strategy: Tourism Australia has selected an elite group of China-based travel agencies to spearhead a new, high yield distribution network focused upon selling high quality Australian holiday packages to China’s rapidly growing middle classes; Record arrivals for Australia: The latest international arrivals data for the…
Webinar Series on key markets: This August and September, TWA will launch a series of webinars that will provide an overview of the international and domestic marketing plans for the 14/15 financial year. We are encouraging industry to join us for these sessions online, to obtain an in-depth update on each…
We’ve been hard at work over the past month making significant progress into our new app with things starting to take shape now. We’ve also made some good inroads into the research and development for the design refresh of margaretriver.com. Another exciting project taking place is the take-over of the…
Pip Close and Simon Latchford successfully assisted with the hosting of the Margaret River Wine Association’s ‘Margaret River Wine in Perth’ event last weekend, and Simon is off to Melbourne to promote the region at the sister event later this week. The AMRTA has also contributed return flights for two…
Cave Guide and local Sculptor Alan Meyburgh has been commissioned to produce a series of Megafauna (large extinct Australian animals) sculptures for CaveWorks. These pieces are being places at various sites/attractions in and around Augusta and Margaret River. The AMRTA has a strong stance on sustainability and with Alan’s assistance,…
The Visitor Servicing team is now holding 20 minute ‘famil’ sessions at 8:30am each morning at the Margaret River Visitor Centre, so AMRTA members (particularly tour companies and those members who are happy with an offsite briefing) can give a short presentation to our team on their business in general…
Have you renewed your membership with the AMRTA? If not, your membership payment for 2014-15 is now overdue. We will be preparing the reprint of our A2 coloured map soon, so renew now to secure your place on this great promotional tool for your business. Thanks to all those AMRTA…
