Last year Hawaii Tourism (Australia and New Zealand office) worked with four travel agents to develop the “Agents of Aloha” travel trade program. In this podcast episode (Episode 40) we chat with Ashlee Galea Country Manager Australia at Hawaii Tourism Oceania to talk through the program.   We start off by talking about how important […]

Leslie McLellan is a destination marketer based in Southern California, USA and is an expert in tourism marketing on small budgets. Leslie has built two DMO’s from the ground up with very little money and very little staff – and in this episode of Tourism Tweetup the Podcast we will be talking about how that is […]

Trip Advisor and a culture for embracing user reviews in todays tourism marketing. Today on Tourism Tweetup the podcast our guest is Bernie O’Keefe Director of Marketing at Tangalooma Island Resort in Queensland Australia and we are discussing Trip Advisor and developing a culture of embracing user reviews with the accommodation sector. If you are an […]

Five tools to help with your social media marketing management Most of my clients know that I am a ‘social media puriest’. What this means is I like to use the social platforms as they were designed without a lot of automation as I believe spending time on the platforms is a key to success […]

9 Australian Family Travel Bloggers You May Like to Know My fifth ProBlogger Conference didn’t disappoint, with speakers including Jadah from Simple Green Smoothies (you must check out their Instagram) and Pamela Wilson from CopyBlogger Media (a highlight). As well as learning from many experienced bloggers and digital marketers, I met and reconnected with many […]

In this episode we talk with Cory Gale, Social Media & PR Executive at Tourism Northern Territory about their recent tourism marketing campaign which included a Hypermeet. Listen in to learn what a Hypermeet is, how it came together, insights on working with influencers and we also chat about the rise of video in tourism […]

Periscope and ideas for travel and tourism In this episode we chat with Dan Moore who is a photographer, blogger and now periscoper. Dan is an avid traveller, travel blogger and also works with Cover More Travel Insurance (listen to our podcast episode about their great YouTube strategy here).  He started experimenting with Periscope earlier […]

Themes and takeaways from SoMeT15au chatting with Ben Alcock Ben Alcock is PR and Communications Director at Tourism Oman (Australia and New Zealand) and is also a blogger at Disarm Doors and Crosscheck, he recently attended Social Media Tourism Symposium 2015 Australia and in this podcast episode we chat about takeaways, key themes and discoveries […]

How Pinterest works for travel and tourism CEO and Co-Founder of Tailwind, Danny Maloney is our guest on this week’s podcast episode and we are talking all about Pinterest for travel and tourism. In this episode of Tourism Tweetup the Podcast I talk to Danny about what Pinterest is, who is using it and the […]

Instagram for tourism, getting tactical Angela Ponsford and Miranda Ivey make up the business Dotti Media based in Northern NSW Australia. The girls from Dotti Media help small businesses and entrepreneurs make the most of their social media platforms. They have just released an online course called Get Insta Savvy and this is all about Instagram. […]