I have already posted this once - but again the first NZ Backpacking Industry conference is on in Auckland in three weeks and if you are in this sector in NZ (or even Australia) you should be there....
Firstly, to all those that attended the seminar that Eric Billoud and I conducted yesterday thank you very much for your attendance. I hope you go something out of it – I know I certainly enjoyed giving it, even if I did rattle on for too long. I find that once I get going I [...]...
It has been a very long since there has been any sort of backpacking industry conference in New Zealand. In fact, for the New Zealand backpacking tourism sector most of the leaders have chosen to attend the Australian conferences. This year however things are set to change with the introduction of...
Finally, as promised here are my ATEC presentation slides and notes. The topic was basically that backpacking companies should use social media to market through....
I have set myself the unenviable task of writing a blog post for every working day this month - which is going to be quite a challenge given that I am also travelling to Australia for two weeks and trying to do one post per week on Travel Generation. Nonetheless, there is an enormous amount going o...
I was this week in Sydney for firstly a Backpackers Tourism Advisory Panel (BTAP) forum on Digital Marketing and secondly the ABiC conference and TNT Golden Backpack Awards. In this post I round up what I thought the BTAP forum was about....
So, on my way back from a great time at the Adventure and Backpacking Industry Conference in Sydney. Unfortunately, I don't feel like I gave my best presentation ever - probably aimed the content a bit too technical and never got a grip on everything. Plus my leg was exhausted but that stage and my ...
