Talking Tourism

Tourism Tasmania's Director of Marketing, Emma Terry, sits down with Amy Hills to explain the forthcoming intrastate marketing strategy Tourism Tasmania will be rolling out over coming weeks as local restrictions ease, and locals are invited to 'Make themselves at Home'.  For further details visit www.tourismtasmania.com.au 

For many years, David Reed has been TICTs go-to industry guru on tourism yield management - knowing the true of cost of selling your product and pricing your service accordingly to make money. David has presented to operators across the State for years about the principles of yield management in tourism.  With many accommodation operators gearing up for the lifting of restrictions and wanting to g...

Amy Hills sits down for a chat with the Chairs of two of Tasmania's four Regional Tourism Organisations; the East Coast RTO Chair, Kym Goodes; and Tourism Northern Tasmania's Chair, Paul Seaman.  Kym and Paul have been at the coalface over the past few weeks in their regions, engaging with local operators about the priorities for industry through the COVID shutdown, and voicing those pri...

Some of our most downloaded COVID podcasts are those featuring the insights and lived experiences of tourism operators and stakeholders working through the different stages of the crisis.  In this episode, TICT CEO Luke Martin, sits down with his two Deputy Chairs, Clint Walker, and Kathryn McCann, who share their insights on the COVID crisis from two very different perspectives.  Clint Walker is...

The Acting CEO of WorkSafe Tasmania, Robyn Pearce, sits down with TICT CEO Luke Martin to explain the new regulations and responsibilities for all businesses as they resume operating. WorkSafe Tasmania is responsible for workplace standards in Tasmania. Robyn explains what a Covid Safe Plan is, where to find advice and help, and what must every business operator do to keep themselves safe, their e...

TICT CEO Luke Martin take listeners through the business development and training opportunities being made available to tourism and hospitality operators over the winter months and the CVOVID recovery. TICT is launching some exciting programs pitched to operators wanting to spend the time developing their tourism and business skills, and re-set their business. Luke also talks through TICTs changin...

Tourism Tasmania CEO John Fitzgerald takes listeners through the Tasmanian Government's Road Map to Recovery from COVID 19, as it relates to the Tasmanian visitor economy.  John also shares insights into Tourism Tasmania's planning ahead around activating the Tasmanian intrastate market, and what operators can do to now in planning for the recovery ahead.  For more information visit:  ww...

The Hon Rebecca White MP is Tasmania's Shadow Spokesperson for Tourism, and Leader of the Labor Party in the Tasmanian Parliament.  Rebecca's sprawling electorate of Lyons is also one of the most tourism-dependent electorates in the country, stretching across central Tasmania and onto the East Coast  and Tasman Peninsula.  Rebecca sits down with TICT CEO Luke Martin, to share her thought...

Brett Godfrey is one of the leading lights in Australian tourism and travel industries. The co-founder of Virgin Blue, Brett, now wears many hats across our visitor economy. He is a co-owner of the Tasmanian Walking Company, operators of the iconic Cradle Huts Walk, Bay of Fires Lodge, and Three Capes Lodge.  He is Chairman of Queensland Tourism & Events, and recently stepped down as a Directo...

Liza-Jane Sowden is Tourism Tasmania's own social media guru, overseeing content on the State's own social media channels through the Covid-19 emergency. Liza-Jane shares her insights on the social media trends through the current shutdown period, what platforms are generating interest, and what kind of posts are generating most  engagement. She also shares her practical tips and ideas f...

Every fortnight we check-in with tourism operators across the State, sharing their experience with Covid-19, and how they're planning for the future.  In this fortnight, Tourism Tasmania's Amy Hills sits down with the operators of two very different tourism businesses, with very similar stories of resilience and loss.  In March, Gary & Lorraine Ashdown, won the Australian Tourism Awa...

Rob Cameron from Hobart Business Advisers and Accounting Firm, Collins SBA, works through the Frequently Asked Questions by many tourism and hospitality operators about the Australian Government's Job Keeper Package. Is it all-in, or all-out for all your employees? When can we expect the money to hit bank accounts? What's the situation for sole traders? Rob offers the best of his underst...

On Monday 20 April, Tasmania's Premier and Tourism Minister, Peter Gutwein MP, stepped away briefly from his demanding role overseeing Tasmania's management of the Covid-19 crisis, to speak directly with Tasmanian tourism and hospitality operators about the outlook for our industry. The Premier speaks candidly about his expectations for when visitor activity could return in the State and...

Tasmanian-raised and now Cairns-residing, David Inches, is Tasmania's go-to tourism product development and marketing specialist. David has been engaged by some of Tasmania's leading tourism operators and organisations to guide product conception, development, and market positioning. In this special Covid-19 podcast, David speaks with Amy Hills about the positive things all tourism opera...

As much as anyone, Ian Rankine and Simon Currant have shaped and guided the growth and development of Tasmanian tourism over the past 40-years. The two Tasmanian Tourism Champions join TICT CEO Luke Martin, to share their thoughts on the Covid-19 crisis, their perspective from past industry disruptions, and the measures they have undertaken over the past month in securing their own businesses.  Ia...

Tourism Tasmania CEO, John Fitzgerald, sits down with Amy Hills to discuss the latest government support and stimulus support being made available to Tasmanian tourism operators and businesses in the visitor economy in response to the COVID-19 crisis. John also offers insights into the post-crisis recovery, the activities already underway by Tourism Tasmania to secure our brand, and his thoughts o...

Two of Tasmania's leading tourism and hospitality operators and industry leaders share their personal perspectives on the Covid-19 crisis, and the practical steps they are undertaking in their own businesses to weather the storm. Daniel Leesong is Chair of Tourism Industry Council Tasmania, and Managing Director of Coal River Farm , a tourism and manufacturing business based out of Cambridge....

TICT CEO Luke Martin sits down with Andrew Pearce, Executive Director and Business Adviser with leading Tasmanian accounting and business coaching service, Collins SBA, to discuss the Australian Government's 'Job Keeper' Wage Subsidy.  The $1,500  'Job Keeper' Wage Subsidy is being made available to Australian employers and sole-traders to pay their staff through the Coron...

TICT CEO, Luke Martin, sits down with Mark Bowles from the Tasmanian Government's Department of State Growth, to talk through the package of grants, loans and concessions the Tasmanian Government is making available now for businesses impacted by the Coronavirus shutdown.  For details on all the Tasmanian Government's Business support packages discussed in the podcast, and to register fo...

CEO TICT Luke and CEO Tourism Tasmania John Fitzgerald talk with Amy Hills about the how these two organisations are dealing with the Covid-19 disruption currently facing the tourism, hospitality and events sector.  The conversation includes suggestions to seek further support from the following sources: TICT: info@tict.com.au Tourism Tasmania: https://tourismtasmania.com.au/industry/business-assi...

Collins SBA specialise in helping business owners sort out their finances and business systems. They've become the go-to organisation for the tourism industry with free advice and assistance in this time of need during Covid-19 shut downs. Hear Rob Cameron and Andrew Pearce speak with our host, David Reed, about what support is currently available and how businesses can tap into their advice...

Melita Griffin from Lifeline Tasmania speaks with Amy Hills about staying mentally healthy amidst the impacts of Covid-19 on our businesses and lives.  Listen in for all the advice and support Lifeline Tasmania can offer, and please call 13 11 14 if you need to speak to someone from Lifeline. 

Hear from Merv Saltmarsh from the THA (Tasmanian Hospitality Association) talk with David Reed about your obligations in the area of Industrial Relations and the support that is available to you and your staff during the crisis of Covid-19. After listening you might like to give him a call, his number is 0407 869 924.