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AMRTA membership team now represented on weekends

AMRTA's Partnership Manager, Johanna Hamilton, will now be available over weekends to assist with your membership queries. Johanna's working days will be Wednesday-Sunday, and Michelle Jacobsen (Membership Support Consultant) will be available Monday-Friday. Bookeasy queries should still be addressed to Michelle (Monday to Friday). Want to know more? If you…

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Showcase your product with a pop-up in our visitor centre!

Would you like to run a wine, food or beer tasting in our visitor centre, or even run an interactive pop-up expo showcasing your accommodation, tour business, gallery, attraction or retail business? We are seeking expressions of interest to run regular 'pop-up' expos in our Margaret River or Augusta Visitor…

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AMRTA welcomes Chinese visitors with UnionPay

The AMRTA is leading the way in international tourism relations by introducing UnionPay to its centres - the most popular method of transaction for Chinese visitors. The AMRTA recently changed banks to National Australia Bank (NAB) - the only Australian bank that offers its customers complete access to Asia’s largest…

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Feature your business on margaretriver.com

With advertisers seeing over 500% increase in traffic to their page, advertising on margaretriver.com really is a unique opportunity to put your business in front of over 80,000 monthly visitors. Starting at $17 a month - don't miss out! Spaces are rotated quarterly but can be booked pro-rata. Want to know…

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AMRTA marketing snapshot

• Visitation increase: The State Goverment's Quarterly Visitation Snapshot Report confirms the following growth for the Margaret River Region in the past financial year: Interstate 20.7%, Intrastate 11.5%, International 18.9%. We are the only region to have achieved growth in all three sectors - a record result; • NBL Wildcats event: We were…

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AMRTA welcomes new Board members

The AMRTA is delighted to announce that two new members have been appointed to its Board of Directors: David Willcox, of Common Ground Trails and Willcox Associates, and Janine Carter of Voyager Estate. Ross Ashton of Margaret River Backpackers remains as Chair, and Frank Edwards as Deputy Chair. The enduring…

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Be a part of ‘The Margaret River Region Visitor Guide 2015’

For the first time, AMRTA and GBTA are joining forces to create a single 2015 Visitor Guide for the Margaret River Region, which will be distributed from visitor centres in Margaret River, Augusta, Busselton and Dunsborough. As the new regional brand is still being developed it won’t be reflected in…

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Comment on the future of the Hamelin Bay Jetty

Recently the Department of Parks and Wildlife had a structural engineering assessment completed for the remains of the historic Hamelin Bay timber jetty at Hamelin Bay to evaluate the current state of the remnant timber beams and piles. The report advises that there are a number of inherent structural problems…

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Industry News & Updates Regional Branding Updates

Exploring Brand Identity Video

As part of the Regional Branding project, targeted market research has been conducted, with an overall goal to gain insight into how the appeal of the region from Busselton to Augusta can be maximized to increase visitation. The following video was taken of the official research results presentation on Exploring Brand Identity…

Johanna HamiltonOctober 4, 2014

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WA tourism awards finalists

The AMRTA has been nominated as a finalist in the Destination Marketing and Excellence in Sustainable Tourism categories, joining a number of other members and regional colleagues: GBTA - Visitor Information & Services Koomal Dreaming - Indigenous Tourism 2014 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro - Major Festivals & Events Cape…

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