Tourism Hub Podcast with Despina Karatzias

We chat with Evonne Oxenham from Gold Mine Bendigo . The key to Central Deborah Gold Mine's success as a tourist destination has always been the passion of our staff and tour guides, which include some of the grandchildren and relatives of the original Central Deborah miners. They literally bring Bendigo and Central Deborah's golden heritage to life as they passionately regale our visitors with st...

We chat with Daniel Rutherfurd from Bendigo Tramways. You can find more information on the Bendigo Tramways website over at https://www.bendigotramways.com/contact #TourismHub #BeExcellent Join us every Saturday afternoon at 2pm live and be part of the conversation. Show hosted by Despina Karatzias. This program is brought to you by Tourism Hub in association with The Insititute Of Excellence.  #B...

We speak with Amanda Ralph from Country Heart and Home based in Bright.

Welcome to Tourism Hub Podcast Episode 10! Thrilled to present the first interview part of the RACV Victoria Tourism Awards Winners Series brought to you by Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) . In November 2017, the Victorian Tourism Awards gala night at Crown Palladium celebrated 30 categories of winning tourism businesses in their respective categories! This was the second Victorian gala e...

"Love what you do, who you work with, and the region you are promoting - what a happy life!" was one of many gold nuggets in this exclusive podcast with Elizabeth Curtain. I had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth just before her final day of a 24-year career managing the Geelong Visitor Information Centres. In a fabulous farewell article from the team at Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellari...

In this episode, 'How to Build a Business and Look After You' with Jo Surkitt I explore with the Victorian-based wellness expert why she left a successful career in travel to start her own business.  Jo has studied a vast range of Professional development specialities and natural therapies and has practised with professionals around the world.  She has co-owned a successful natural therapy college...

Institute of Excellence Despina Karatzias with Charles Davidson from Peninsula Hot Springs[/caption]   Peninsula Hot Springs is an award-winning Victorian attraction located 90 minutes from Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. I say attraction yet the hot springs have become a destination unto themselves. Over the years I have visited with girlfriends on a girls day out, have visited with hubby...

Hashtag 101 for Tourism episode delves into the topic of #Hashtags and the importance of using hashtags strategically in your tourism business. Are you using hashtags in your social media marketing and campaign managing? Is there a method to your hashtag madness or are you writing hashtags wherever, whenever and hoping they attract followers and leads to your business? Is there a method to your ha...

In this episode, I chat to Adrian Byrt, Relationship Consultant & Events at Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) . This is Victoria's peak leadership organisation talking all things 'Visitors, Values and Victoria Tourism Industry Council'. First of all, in mid-2016 I had an opportunity to join the VTIC team to manage the Victorian state program. It is called ATAP which is the acronym for Austr...

Season 1, Episode 3 In this episode, I had the pleasure of capturing first time meeting over a coffee with Mike James, founder of Better Mobile Photos . I met Mike through Your Tourism Excellence a private group for tourism experience makers and it was such a treat to meet someone like minded and so passionate about his craft with his combined 20 years of experience in photography and mentoring to...

Season 1, Episode 4 In this episode of Tourism Hub, you are welcomed into the world of the flying solo life to turn a passion project into a business with passion. It has been almost three years in my business. As someone that advocates and preaches the importance of a website and a solid content marketing strategy to create regular, inspiring, educational and consistent content that connects you...

Season 1, Episode 2 An absolute pleasure to invite my first guest, Liz Ward (@lizward_oz) to the Tourism Hub Podcast. A game changer in adopting innovative technologies in the tourism industry Liz led the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) business during its start-up phase in 1999-2001 and then as CEO from August 2004 until February 2015, and previously held senior management positions in T...

Season 1, Episode 1 In this very first episode of Tourism Hub I share with you my big why of starting a podcast dedicated to the industry of experiences and making memories. As an avid listener to many business, social media and entrepreneur inspired podcasts around the world I am very excited to bring to fruition a business and marketing podcast that will inspire and educate us through sharing th...