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Pictured: The team from Mt Hotham Resort celebrate their 2017 RACV Victorian Tourism Award for Destination Marketing. The Victoria Tourism Industry Council is hitting the road with a series of free workshops to help tourism industry businesses prepare for the 2018 Victorian Tourism Industry Awards. The workshops are a ‘must attend’ for all entrants who…

Amber Gardner, TNE CEO with Bogong Horseback Adventures’ Lin Baird and Alex Phillips Meghan Gehrig, John Gehrig Wines (left) with Jill Smith from 1888 Boutique Accommodation Tourism business operators from across the High Country enjoyed great food and wine and a lively exchange of ideas at a recent Industry Networking dinner at Brown Brothers, Milawa.…

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet, catch up and exchange ideas with your fellow tourism business operators from around the region at Tourism North East’s Industry Networking Dinner at Brown Brothers Milawa on Tuesday 20 February from 5:30pm. These dinners are open to anyone and everyone in the regional tourism sector, whether your business is…

The 2017 Vic Tourism Awards, which annually showcases and recognises Victoria’s leaders in tourism excellence, were announced late November with Bright Brewery, Falls Creek Resort and Mount Hotham the big winners for the region. Bright Brewery took home the Gold in the Tourism Wineries, Distilleries & Breweries category while Mt Hotham won the Destination Marketing category…

Australia’s most influential travel Instagrammer, Lauren Bath – @laurenpbath – teamed with fellow leading influencer Jewels Lynch – @jewelszee – on a week-long High Country odyssey co-sponsored by Falls Creek Resort, Alpine and Indigo Shires, the Rural City of Wangaratta and Visit Victoria. The ‘famil’ focused on the region’s spectacular scenery, food, wine and craft…

Don’t miss an opportunity to meet, catch up and exchange ideas with your fellow tourism operators from around the region at Brown Brothers Milawa on Tuesday 20 February from 5:30pm. This is a great chance to touch base in a very informal way over a delicious two course dinner with matched wines. Additional drinks will…

Two new skills-based directors have joined the regional tourism board – Chartered Accountant, John Evans and risk advisory, governance and strategy specialist, Rad Anandakumar. John Evans brings a strong background in accounting and finance to the TNE Board, along with a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of business profitability and sound organisational strategy. He is…

TNE’s Ride High Country marketing campaign is making its presence felt across the region and now on the streets of Melbourne where billboards have appeared in new highly-visible, strategically targeted locations, including Brunswick Street Fitzroy, Gertrude St Collingwood and at Melbourne Airport. The campaign, which launched mid-November and continues until the end of April 2018,…

The new Ride High Country – 7 Peaks app launched in November has been warmly welcomed by road cyclists. Between the opening of the 7 Peaks season on 27 October and the first week in December, more than 1500 riders had registered for the new digital passport with nearly 2500 rides already recorded. The new…

In the event of a crisis, how ready are you to deal with the fallout? Join us on Monday 27 November for this FREE industry seminar, open to all small businesses in the North East, Crisis Communications – Dealing with Life’s Lemons, will provide strategies for helping your business through a crisis, with a particular focus on:…