Tourism
November 25, 2006
The Access for All Alliance is determined to educate our tourism operators! Access for All would very much like to hear from anybody who knows of any tourist accommodation or tourist venue that they have found ABSOLUTELY accessible to their […]
November 21, 2006
Family conflict, alcohol & other drugs, body image: 3 major concerns Mission Australia’s fifth “National Survey (pdf) of Young Australians” has had a response from over 14,700 young people, aged 11-24 (95% between 11-19). They were asked to rank 12 […]
November 19, 2006
The IT generation has NOT deserted the needs of the ageing As a teenager Ben Spratt became acquainted with old age loneliness through his Grandad, living in a NSW Aged Care Hostel. At age twenty, in September this year, Ben […]
November 19, 2006
Each car is ‘green rated’ 1-100 to show relative environmental friendliness Treehuggersays Environmental Defense helped Yahoo! with the ratings, which include: smog and greenhouse gas-related emissions; fuel type and fuel efficiency; the pollution caused from manufacturing. You can also
November 17, 2006
Does your business offer an ‘undiscovered’ visitor experience? Run by PublicityShip, the ‘Hidden Jewel Awards’ are targetting small tourism businesses that offer ‘a fascinating, appealing or unusual visitor experience but remain relatively undiscovered’. PublicityShip, Australian owned and run, specialises in […]
November 16, 2006
Campaign focus to promote the Territory as the ‘first port of call’ The Northern Territory Government, the German Government Employment Agency (ZAV) and German TV channel SAT1 have teamed up to promote the benefits of a working holiday in the […]
November 12, 2006
“Just let us know whom we should contact to get this started!” The PWF blog Any entrepreneurs interested in camel milk? – has had two responses. 1. Ian Spencer, a West Australian, says there ARE people interested and they already […]
November 10, 2006
Trans fats may give foods a buttery taste and flakey texture, but they pack a powerful punch of negative health effects. McDonald’s Australia has announced a move to a new cooking oil to cut ‘trans fats’. It maintains its new […]
November 9, 2006
A ‘fair go’ funding program for rural & regional rail trails Being a new user of Victorian rail trails I am happy to pass on an open letter to the Premier on behalf of Michael Oxer, Secretary of the East […]
November 8, 2006
Tourists know us, love us, leave us alone………… The Fin. Review (8 Nov 2006) reports that more than 1500 international travellers and travel and hospitality industry executives surveyed by brand development company FutureBrand and public relations firm Weber Shandwick ranked […]
November 7, 2006
Parents want kids to enjoy dining out too In Brisbane, Carissa Cooper, Manager of the Everton Park Hotel said recently that families had become their core business and they had spent $500,000 on a playground that included a purpose-built carousel […]
November 3, 2006
A handful of companies are responsible for producing & selling wine in Oz WA’s Brad Wehr of ‘Wine by Brad’ has been talking to PWF about Australia’s wine industry. Brad has been in the wine industry for 17 years – […]