Air Access Feasibility

Regional Development Australia has reported that the interim draft of the report will be delivered shortly. The advice states in summary that the three prong approach to the assessment has been the business and tourism economic indicator study carried out by Bob Cain of Tourism Futures International: the report includes infrastructure scoping and recommendations, air services routes, types of planes suitable and support of air service providers, and advises that we now have a likely air service provider in principle.

Nature Based Tourism

We are making steady but slow progress with developing a broad and far reaching plan to create a variety of nature based tourism developments from Gunbower to Barmah.
One of the recent highlights was a special day with the Yorta Yorta Nation, Parks Victoria and EMT to explore tourism based opportunities.

Image Library Project

Gavin Hansford has now completed our annual regional photography shoot.
Regions and products included in this round were:
• Backroads
• River
• Food, wine & produce
• Streetscape
• Bike riding
• Walking trails
• Cafe/outdoor dining
These images are being processed now and will be loaded on to the EMT web site asap. Please note that these images are all available to EMT Members free of charge. Some examples are in the margin to your left. Should you require any assistance please contact Ingrid Ruff ingrid@echucamoama.com

Echuca Food Wine & Produce Development Group Update

The group recently met with the following outcomes being commenced:
Food & Wine Trail Brochure 2010/2011
This popular DL brochure is now being updated and reproduced for the season and will be distributed next week.
All enquiries for stock please contact Ingrid ingrid@echucamoama.com

Cellar Door To Farm Gate - Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

We have been invited and have accepted a position at the actual festival in Melbourne on the 5th and 6th of March 2011. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to promote the region and its fine food wine and produce to the Melbourne market at the best food and wine festival in Australia.
The same weekend we are also delivering the Autumn Harvest Festival in Echuca so it will be a very busy time as our limited human resources will be stretched!

Regional Television Campaign

Is now up and running on all commercial stations plus ONE HD. The campaign is running in all regional windows including Ballarat. The campaign will run through until 27th December and will be further supported by a radio blitz the week prior to Christmas on 3AW and Fox in metro Melbourne.

Open Day at Pacdon Park

Don't forget to visit the Open Day at Pacdon Park at their brand new facility on Perricoota Road, Moama (Nicholas Vineyards - in the Old Murrindaal Dairy with 3 leaf clover on wall).
November 20th 2010
1pm - 5pm
Join Pacdon for:
Pacdon Park sausage sizzle
Pork Pie tastings
Open day offers at their new shop window
Children’s games
Restdown Winery – tastings and sales

Please click here to view the official flyer.

For more information please visit www.pacdon.com.au
or contact Pacdon on 03 5480 9645.

Participate in our summer holiday promotion

Tourism NSW is currently developing its next school holiday promotion and is seeking offers from Sydney and regional NSW operators. The Summer School Holiday Promotion will help to increase family travel to Sydney and regional NSW during the upcoming summer school holiday period. Tourism businesses can participate in the promotion free of charge by providing offers for Tourism NSW’s websites www.sydney.com and www.visitnsw.com.
Please click here to find out how to participate.

Small Business Get Online

Don't miss out on the following SBGO workshops throughout November. For a full description please click here or follow the links to Small Business Get Online at www.cebendigo.com.au

VCEC inquiry into Victoria's tourism industry

The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) has launched an independent inquiry into Victoria's tourism industry, releasing an Issues Paper last week which describes the scope of the inquiry, the information that it is seeking, the process and the timetable for the inquiry.

In releasing the Issues Paper, presiding Commissioner Ms Deborah Cope said that:

Tourism is an important and growing sector of Victoria’s economy. But it has not yet reached its potential. There is a risk that this potential will not be realised if regulation and the way government manages its assets gets in the way unnecessarily. This inquiry is a great opportunity for Victorian businesses to highlight the costs of regulation on the tourism industry and how changing the way government assets are managed could create new tourism opportunities.

In particular, the VCEC is inviting views and submissions on:

1) unnecessary regulation and ‘red tape’;
2) how state assets (for example, natural and built assets, public land) might be managed to better meet the needs of the tourism industry, without compromising their primary management objective; and
3) the impact of international and domestic aviation policy on the Victorian tourism industry.

The Issues Paper is available from www.vcec.vic.gov.au.
To register your interest, please email your contact details to tourism@vcec.vic.gov.au

For more information please contact Ms Robbie Taylor (administrative matters) on 9092 5832 or Mr Jason Knight (other matters) 9092 5823.

The Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) will be preparing a submission. If you would like to contribute to VTIC’s submission, please email info@vtic.com.au.

‘’Thought Of The Week’’

One Who Sits Between Chairs Will Eventually Fall Down.

Events Kicking Goals

EMT is very pleased to announce that their events division is now paying off in more ways than one.
Today we can confirm that Tourism Victoria has agreed to more than double its investment in the Echuca Moama region for events and festivals.
Following a comprehensive submission Tourism Victoria has significantly increased its partnership with Steam Rally, Riverboats Jazz Food & Wine Festival, Celtic Festival and Winter Blues Festival. Furthermore we are also delighted to advise that Southern 80 will also be a beneficiary.
This is a fantastic outcome for the region and represents a six figure investment into the on-going development of events and festivals in our region.

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2011

Again we have lodged a submission for us to be able to hold a festival here in March 2011 under the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival regional umbrella program.
The proposed festival submitted is even bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event.
We are confident of success and will advise accordingly.

Wedding Expo

EMT and the Wedding Expo group have partnered up to represent the region with a stand at the August show, 21st and 22nd at the Melbourne Exhibition Building.

Murray Campaign and Murray Board

Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th August will see both groups holding their first meetings in Echuca Moama. There will be a famil and a formal dinner to welcome these key people to our region on the Monday afternoon and evening.

Economic Development Australia (Victorian Division) Conference

This event is to be held on Friday 6th August in Ararat with the conference being titled ‘’Recipes for Economic Development and Tourism Success’'. The keynote speakers are:
• Stefano di Pieri-Celebrity chef of Mildura fame
• Natalie O’Brien-Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
• Tracey Curro-60 Minutes
• Simon Latchford-Echuca Moama Tourism
For more information see www.edaustralia.com.au

Let’s Go Kids Magazine

EMT has a 5 page feature in this State wide distributed magazine aimed directly at the family market.
Television & Radio Campaign
Has just concluded and hopefully will have assisted in pushing everything a long a bit in quieter times. We will be running another campaign in September/October.

Riverboats Jazz Food & Wine Festival 2011

As you are aware Full Dress Productions will be coordinating the RJFW. Please click here to download a letter from David Frazer, Festival Producer along with a Festival Supporter Registration Form.

Association Meetings

EMT Board
Thursday 19th August 2010
EMT Marketing
Friday 13th August 2010
EMAA
Executive meeting
Tuesday 17th August 2010

Visitor Information Centre Statistics

                                  
                                   Item  June 2009           June 2010
    
 Visitor numbers                4948                       5576
 Phone calls                     1351                        828
 Mail                                 857                        732
 E-mail from website          418                         105

New Members

Friend of Tourism – Bruce Maloney & Betty Scott
Welcome Bruce & Betty to the exclusive group of Friends of Echuca Moama Tourism.  We at EMT look forward to building a strong relationship with you over the coming years. Betty has a fantastic collection of artwork displayed in the EMT VIC all items are for Sale. Make it a date to view them at your leisure!

Accommodation – Southern Cross Creek Cottage – Jodie Armstrong
This newly renovated 2 bedroom bush views cottage is located within walking distance to Echuca’s CBD. It is beautifully appointed with all the modern conveniences of home. The cottage boasts a covered in decked outdoor entertaining area with great views of the Southern Cross Creek complete with a hammock. The Echuca East Boat Ramp is also within walking distance only 1.5km away. So check this little gem out!

Accommodation – Peace over the Bridge – Carol Aylward
If you’re looking for that ‘Home away from home’ then this is the place to come to.
Located in a lovely, quiet Street in Moama, this 3 bedroom federation style home is roomy and comfortable, with a good sized backyard. The outdoor pergola with BBQ facilities is great for entertaining. A sunny dining room gives you the perfect spot to relax on a Sunday morning in peace and tranquillity. A large Reserve is just outside the back gate and the property is within walking distance to all the shops and the Moama Sports Club. What more would you need!

Service & Trade – Crimson Tide Photography – Alex Leitao
With 11 years experience in the photography industry, Crimson Tide Photography has become a leader in the Wedding, Portrait & Commercial sectors in regional Victoria. With their store located in the historic ‘Port Precinct’, this allows principal photographer Alex to create truly remarkable images to suit your needs. If you have a special event coming up whereby you want to cherish the moment then check out Crimson Tide Photography!

Service & Trade – The Centre for Coffee Excellence – Daniel Mackrell
Australians are conducting a love affair with great coffee – and it’s getting more passionate by the year. The region has created a haven for coffee enthusiasts with the taste of freshly brewed espresso wafting through the central business districts. Coffee Beans are shipped from across the world to land on our doorstep to tantalise our taste buds with the home and office becoming the sanctity for that morning hit. We at ‘The Centre for Coffee Excellence’ are happy to train you in the fine art of espresso making, so call into our office located on High Street Echuca.

"Stems by Di"

Di from "Stems by Di" is busy gardening at this time of the year. With the wedding season on the quiet side she has the secateurs snipping in gardens all over the place! Don't get your own arms scratched. Ring Di to get her to prune your roses before those new shoots start to grow! Phone: 0429842518

Thought Of The Week

‘’Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose’’.

Media Exposure

Sunday past saw the first of the new layout full page colour advertisements featuring in the Sun Herald Escape section.
We started receiving responses from consumers the same day which is encouraging. Thank you to all the stakeholders who participated in this co-operative advertising opportunity.

Tourism NSW Co-operative

We now have an opportunity to participate in the Tourism NSW / Murray Co-operative Campaign.
The campaign is directly aimed at our key existing markets and offers both great market reach and value.
Please click here to view the marketing campaign for you to consider.
We now seek 6 accommodation operators to feature on the campaign page www.visitnsw.com.

The website has 380,000 visitors a month clicking on, looking for information to plan their holidays, and great offers that they can book. It’s a fantastic opportunity for any tourism operator, no matter what the size.

The cost for each advertisement is $499 inclusive of gst.
Only 6 advertisements spaces are available on a first come first basis. This is a great opportunity and only available to EMT members.
Please click here to complete the Accommodation Lodgement Form.

Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact: Ingrid@echucamoama.com

Workshops Delivered

EMT last week completed a long run of workshop deliveries with both E Marketing and Customer Service. A fantastic turn up from Members with a record number attending the Customer Service workshop. Thank you to all and we hope you derived some real benefit from the workshops.
Echuca Moama Events.

Wedding Expo

The Echuca Moama Wedding Expo will be held on Sunday May 23 at Fonterra Centre, Echuca. Echuca Moama hosts an average of 5 weddings each week now which generates significant economic benefits to the region.
The Expo has now secured over 75 exhibitors making it one of the largest in regional Victoria.
A recent sponsorship agreement with Southern Cross has seen a series of television commercials roll out on Channel 10 over the past week during prime time programs including Masterchef, AFL – Before the Game and Neighbours. A significant radio campaign has also been airing through Star FM Bendigo and Shepparton with simultaneous advertisements on 3BO and 3SR. This will continue across both platforms next week in the lead up to the Wedding Expo.

Winter Blues

Echuca Moama Events has reached agreement with the committee of Winter Blues Festival to assist with commercial, marketing and administrative requirements in the lead up to the 2010 festival in July.
We are also excited to announce this year’s headline act being Jeff Lang who will be playing at the Echuca Workers Club on the Saturday night. Lang has received widespread accolades from his peers including John Butler through to mainstream media, including the Sydney Morning Herald.
Food Wine & Produce-Strategic Planning Meeting
Please note the next meeting is at 9:00am at EMT on Tuesday 18th May. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the circulated strategic planning proposal from Southern Cross University. This stage of the development of this regional sector is very important and your input is required. All food wine & produce stakeholders are welcome.

Irrigation Expo Conference

This major event is being held in Echuca on the 19th & 20th of May. Bringing some 2,000 participants to the region it will make a considerable and very positive impact on the region. Please make them feel welcome, if you have any general queries please contact the team at the Visitors Information Centre or via email: Karen@echucamoama.com

Fire Services Event-March 2011

This large 7 day conference has now been confirmed at a meeting in Melbourne on Monday. This fabulous week long event will bring 300 visitors to our region to accommodate, take in the attractions, participate in bowling , golf and a day out on a paddle steamer. A great event for the accommodation and restaurant sector as well. The participants are coming from all States of Australia and New Zealand.

Winter Marketing Campaign

The final touches are being completed on this years winter marketing campaign. The emphasis this year will be on regional television and metro radio.
RSVP Events & Conference Expo
This event is being held in Melbourne on the 26th & 27th of May at the Crown Casino
EME (Echuca Moama Events) have taken a stand and will be meeting with trade delegates to inspire them to consider having their next event in our region. EME is also participating simultaneously in the ‘’Tastes Of Victoria’’ program which is designed to introduce people to our regions food, wine and produce talent.

Rochester Presentation

Last week EMT presented to over 130 community members in Rochester. The purpose was to highlight the importance of tourism and to update them on some of the major regional issues such as conference facility development and air access.
Official Visitors Guide
A few more tweaks and touches and the totally new look, new A4 sized coffee table style publication should be out in the streets by the end of May. Needless to say there will be an official launch so all Members will get a first hand peek at the latest design.

New Members

Accommodation – Southern Cross Creek Cottages – Jodie Armstrong
Southern Cross Creek Cottage is a newly renovated contemporary style 2 bedroom cottage located in Echuca East, with beautiful bushland views.
 
The cottage has an open style living area, large covered outdoor entertaining deck with views of the Southern Cross Creek complete with hammock.
The Murray River is a five minute walk away through the Banyula State Forest which offers many walking & biking tracks. The East Boat Ramp is only 1.5km down the road or a 15 min walk away. So check this little gem out on the website!

Friend of Tourism – Bruce Moroney Promotions
Bruce Moroney has joined the EMT Friends of Tourism with the intention of beginning and establishing a friendship through communication, events and network evenings where we provide a forum for information exchange, discussion and networking amongst industry peers.

Friend of Tourism – Artist - Betty Scott
Betty Scott is one of Australia's Leading Landscape Artists.
Her paintings have reached admirers as far as the White House & Bill Clinton in the United States of America.
Betty is a certified artist since 6th March 1986 with Registration No# 14878.
She is an Honorary Life Governor of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.
She is certified by the Patron Her Majesty, The Queen, FIDE, SCIENTIA, ET.AMORE.

Accommodation – Peace over the Bridge – Carol Aylward
If you’re looking for that “Home away from Home”, close to Echuca then look no further. ‘Peace over the Bridge’ is located in a lovely quiet street in the NSW township of Moama.
This Federation Style home is both roomy and comfortable, with a good sized back yard and undercover entertainment area complete with BBQ. The large Living Room and sunny Dining Room give you the perfect place to relax in peace and quiet.
Just outside the back gate, well there is a large Reserve for all the space you may need. Close by are Safeway, Shops and Restaurants. A short walk and could be enjoying the facilities of the Moama Sports Club.
A scrumptious breakfast is also provided by your hosts Carol & Alan Aylward, who welcome you to come and stay and enjoy a restful visit.

Thought Of The Week

‘’The Future You See Is The Future You Get’’

Workshops

Recently we held the Tourism Award Workshop and a worthwhile day was had by all. Thank you to Mel and her team at Quest Apartments for doing such a great job of hosting us all.
There are two more workshop’s coming up as follows:
1.    E Marketing Workshop-Wednesday 5th May
2.    Exceptional Customer Service-Thursday 6th May
We strongly recommend these workshops to you, for bookings please contact Ingrid Ruff at Ingrid@echucamoama.com

RSVP Conference & Events Show

This major trade show for conferencing and events will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Building on the 26th and 27th of May. Expression’s of interest for representation for this show close soon.
This show is a great opportunity to get your product in front of the key conference and event buyers in Victoria.
If you are interested in this opportunity please contact: simon@echucamoama.com

Sun Herald Advertising

The brand new never before seen co-operative advertising full page advertisement will be appearing in the Sun Herald on Sunday the 9th of May.
We will be rolling out more opportunities shortly for June, July and August. Stay tuned and we will get the opportunities out to you for consideration as soon as the details are finalized.

Winter Campaign

EMT is in the process of finalizing a comprehensive winter advertising campaign. The purpose of which is to drive business to the region during the more quiet months.
An outline of the strategy is as follows:

•Television-All stations regional campaign-June-August, call to action=website
•Radio-Select FM and AM Stations metro campaign-June-August, call to action=toll free & website
•Newspaper (Age & Sun Herald) co-operative full page advertisements/editorial
•Co-operative advertising/marketing in conjunction with Tourism NSW / Murray Campaign
•Official Visitors Guide launch and new State wide distribution strategy
•Visiting Friends & Relatives Program-Covering letter & OVG mailed out to locals-designed to 
generate business via this sector plus try and attract local’s to re-experience their region
•Famils-on-going
•Postcards National Television special on Echuca-To be launched on Ch 9 nationally Details of how you can become involved with some of these programs will be introduced over the next 
4 weeks. Should you have any questions in the interim please contact simon@echucamoama.com

Official Visitors Guide

The advertising window for this production has now closed, the final touches are being added into the design then it’s off to the printers!
There will then be a EMT Members networking evening at which this publication will be officially launched. We will also be conducting an update as to the upcoming plan’s and initiatives as well as an introduction to Echuca Moama Events. More details to follow.

Wedding Business

I Do I Do Wedding Expo was held in Bendigo last weekend.
The show was well attended and demand for Echuca product was strong. There was also considerable interest in the upcoming Echuca Wedding Expo with many potential customers keen to come and see what we have on offer.
This was a joint venture between the Echuca Wedding Group and EMT.

AGE Newspaper Famil

This weekend see’s yet another journalist famil taking place in the region. This famil will be focusing on the Port Of Echuca and a B&B for a ‘’romantic getaway’’
We will advise when this feature will be printed once we are advised.

Members Networking Evening

EMT will be holding an all member networking evening shortly.
The purposes will be to launch the new Visitors Guide, update on what the future holds and an introduction to the newly formed Echuca Moama Events division.
We will advise details in the next newsletter.

“There’s nothing like Australia” campaign

Tourism Australia has launched a new marketing campaign under the banner “There’s nothing like Australia”.

This is an opportunity for you to encourage your colleagues, friends and visitors to Promote Echuca- Moama to the World.

It is an exclusive campaign that will draw on the power and passion of the Echuca-Moama people to invite the world to our special place.

It’s easy to be part of this exciting tourism campaign.
Just upload a photo of your favourite Aussie holiday experience and complete the following sentence “There’s nothing like…” in 25 words or less.

The major prize winner will receive the perfect Aussie holiday worth up to $25,000.

Please click here to enter the competition and for more information.

'Small Business Get Online’

Continuing Education Bendigo will be running the following FREE workshops as part of the 'Small Business Get Online’ program.
These will all be conducted at Campaspe College in Hare Street Echuca. Most of the workshops below will be delivered by Echuca based company, Design Experts.
           
•             Business Planning - Write a Plan for Your Business. May 10: 9.30am to 1.30pm
•             All you need to know to start SELLING ONLINE. May 20, 9.30am to 12.30pm.
•             Choosing the right Website for your budget and business.  May 28, 9.30am to 12.30pm
•             DIY Website Development – Learn how to develop your website yourself 
              (3 Part Series). Commences June 7th 9:30am – 11:30am
•             Email Marketing – Develop an eMail Marketing Plan June 11th 9:30am – 12:30pm
•             How to get Google to find your website Search Engine Optimisation July 28th 9:30am – 
              12:30pm
 
for more information please contact (03) 5430 2155 or email sbgo@cebendigo.com.au or visit the website www.cebendigo.com.au

Thought Of The Week

‘’If You Don’t Think that You Can, Then Your Right And You Can’t’’

Thank you to everyone for your fantastic support for the new Official Visitors Guide and we look forward to seeing you all at the next networking evening.

Official Visitors Guide

This annual production is the region's number 1 marketing tool.
Tourists use this to determine most decisions regarding the planning, booking and expenditure of their holiday to Echuca Moama. To not be in this all important publication is to miss out on presenting your product to tourists for 1 entire year.

The OVG will this year be presented in an A4 format and be designed as a "coffee table" styled magazine. The front 60% will be made up off aspirational images and text designed to evoke a strong desire to visit our region with the back 40% being maps and advertisements. The larger format will allow us to stand out from the crowd of small same sized publications.

This particular holiday planning guide will also have significantly improved distribution including on line view ability which literally allows your advertisement to be seen and considered by thousands of potential buyers.

We have to now close this off as the OVG must now go to print. Please, if you have not completed the booking process by 5pm Wednesday 21st April you will miss out.
Echuca Food Wine & Produce Development Group Strategic & Marketing Planning Meeting
All stakeholders are invited to this important meeting to be held:
9.00am Wednesday 21st April at the EMT Boardroom.
This meeting is to plan out the next years strategy and marketing activities as well as meeting with our new GM Events to discuss plans for the major food and wine festival 21st-29th August this year.

Wedding Business

EMT and the Wedding Group  have taken a stand at this years    ‘’I Do I Do’’ Wedding Expo in Bendigo this coming weekend.
This is a new venture for EMT and one that will hopefully generate some new wedding business for Echuca Moama.

Workshop’s

EMT will be running the following workshops for all EMT Members:

•    Tourism Awards & How They Can Positively Affect
     Your Business- 20th April at Quest Conference Room

•    E Marketing-5th May at Moama RSL

•    Outstanding Customer Service-6TH May at Moama RSL

We strongly encourage all Members to consider attending these workshops, you will learn heaps and at the same time support for these type of initiatives is very important. If we don’t support them we will simply not get the funding to put on more and a great opportunity will be lost.
For all information on any of these workshops please contact Ingrid at Ingrid@echucamoama.com

Echuca Moama Events

It has been 5 weeks since inception and there has been some considerable work done and milestones achieved.
A great deal of time is taken up in sitting down with the groups and finalizing the existing festival and events requirements. Simultaneously there have been significant inroads made in seeking out and exploring new event opportunities.
Shortly there will be several media releases made regarding the more notable outcomes. Should any Member have any questions for the Events Department please contact  pete@echucamoama.com  or Ingrid@echucamoama.com

Ambassador Program

Echuca Moama Tourism's Ambassador Program is now in full swing with our first group of Ambassadors currently undertaking familiarisations of the district attractions, as well as completing their initial inductions shifts within the Visitor Information Centre. The ambassadors are currently concentrating on visiting all the attractions in Echuca Moama and the surrounding district, as well as familiarising themselves with the brochures and displays in the centre.

AGE Newspaper

Last Saturdays Traveller section in the AGE saw a great article on Echuca Moama and was generated as a result of the recent ‘’Boys Own Adventure’’ famil. Some great PR for Brett Sands and watersport in general and the various food and beverage interests such as the Shamrock, Echuca Brewery, Ceres and the Holden Museum saw a guest star visit!
Thank you all !

CARnival

Been a lot happening in this space and this Friday see’s an all day meeting to finalize the marketing and strategic direction.
This will be a fantastic event and one that is already attracting some serious interest in our region.
Should you require any information or wish to be placed on the newsletter list please see the web site at www.camscarnival.com.au

Conference & Events Trade Show

The big events and conference trade show RSVP is again taking place in Melbourne on the 26th and 27th May and EMT has taken a stand to promote Echuca Moama Events. This is a first for EME and as such should see some positive outcomes. The stand will represent stakeholders on a co-operative basis only so to this end we are seeking expressions of interest from companies who wish to have their services represented. Expressions of interest are required no later than the 30th April. Please send expressions of interest to: simon@echucamoama.com

New Members

Restaurant – Taco Bills Mexican Restaurant – Georgina Thomas
A locally owned family restaurant located on High Street Echuca.
New owner Georgina Thomas welcomes all to attend and enjoy the famous Mexican style cuisine and fun drinks. A great night out with a large group of friends or intimate family meal!

Accommodation – Tranquillity House – Jennifer Davey
This new 3 bedroom single story townhouse is located within walking distance to Echuca CBD. Sleeping up to eight people, this home has a secluded entertainment area with BBQ facilities, double lockup garage, & is close to the east Boat Ramp.
Boasts all the modern conveniences you would expect whilst away from home.

Takeaway – Top of the Town – Sam & Ranea Hazzouri
Renowned Fresh Australian Fish & Seafood Supplier situated opposite the YMCA on the corner of High Street & Service Street, Echuca. Enjoy Dine in or Takeaway meals, Cold Drinks & real Coffees. Individual or Family Pack’s available so, call in & meet Sam & Ranea & remember to place your ‘Fresh Fish Order’ prior to your arrival or stay.

Service & Trade – Classic 57 Chev’s – Scott & Tracey Phillips
This is a family run company & Scott & Tracey invite you to inspect their pearl white 1957 Chevrolet Belairs. They offer identical customized sedans with blue & white velour interiors which comfortably seat five people. They provide professional chauffeurs of the highest standard whose goal is to ensure the travelling requirements of your special day are enjoyable.
For your peace of mind the cars & drivers are both licensed with the Victorian taxi directorate. To heighten your driving experience the cars are air-conditioned & also include CD players for relaxing to your favourite music. For those who are passionate about cars, the vehicles have 350 V8s and are fitted with weld racing wheels for added style.
Please feel free to call our staff and discuss your requirements of your wedding day!

Thought Of The Week

‘’If You Can Dream It....You Can Do It !’’

Thank you to all EMT Members for the ongoing support and in particular to the brand new Ambassador’s who this week started in the information centre.
What a fantastic difference this has made and a BIG thank you to all of you that have so kindly given up your time to participate in this exciting new initiative for EMT

Postcards Television Production

The Postcards team were here filming last week for an Echuca-Moama television program.
All went well, the weather was perfect and the outcome will see the region being promoted nationally.

Sunrise Morning Show

Monday 15th March saw the region being promoted every half hour from 6am to 9am with Grant Denyer hosting the weather segment in Echuca-Moama. This sort of publicity is simply gold!

Events & Festivals

Last weekend saw a monster events and festivals weekend and clearly proved that multiple events work brilliantly. It was great to see such a cross section of demographics, the weather simply could not have been better and the multitude of reports back from Melbourne to Echuca-Moama has been brilliant.
A HUGE thank you to all involved, a fantastic effort!

Echuca Moama Events

Week one has passed and EMT has now moved up to another level.
it is a very exciting time with Pete White and team kept extremely busy laying down the foundation work to ensure that this body becomes a major force in events, festivals, weddings and conference activities in regional Victoria.
If any member has any queries regarding this exciting new venture please note the following contact details:
GM Events: Pete White
Telephone: 03-5480 7555
Mobile: 0412 38 41 65
Email: pete@echucamoama.com.au

Boys Own Weekend Famil

Next week see’s another large media famil. This group will be represented by Tourism NSW, Tourism Victoria with journalists attending from Fairfax, News Ltd, Inside Sport, Mens Health, Melbourne AGE and a feature writer.
This is a great opportunity to showcase our region to Sydney media interests.Virgin Blue are flying them to Melbourne where EMT will collect and transfer to Echuca. A big thank you to John Cunningham and his team at Echuca Toyota for providing a brand new Camry Hybrid for the transfers!

Wedding Business

This week saw our new Events department meet with the Expo committee and a very productive discussion and planning session was had with some exciting plots, plans and schemes going forward. Please note the 2010 Echuca Wedding Expo is fast approaching.
Also note that the new group will be having a stand at the upcoming  ‘’I Do Wedding Expo’’ to be held in Bendigo on Sunday 18th April.

Official Visitors Guide

The latest edition is now on its way with advertising opportunities being launched to all EMT Members. This edition will see a brand new A4 format so as to allow our region to ‘’cut above the clutter’’ by standing out in brochure racks. A coffee table style layout will ensure that the images of the region are depicted in the very best possible way. Advertising opportunities are now out and it is first in best dressed so please get your bookings in asap. Should any Member require any advice or assistance please do not hesitate to contact:
Gayle Stutcbery
Telephone: 5480 7555
Email: gayle@echucamoama.com

Air Access Update

The meeting to decide and appoint the successful tender to undertake the Murray Air Access Development Feasibility Study will take place at 11am on Friday 26th March. We will advise the tenderer and time lines going forward on Monday 29th March.

Metro Radio

A week long metro radio campaign commences in Melbourne on the 22nd March. The theme is generic, the purpose is to top up Echuca Moama for Easter with the call to action being the www.echucamoama.com  web site.

Promotional Video

EMT has landed a significant funding opportunity to enable a first class video production company to produce a video of our region. The filming will touch on the key components of our region inclusive of events and festivals. This production is to be done in such a way so as to allow us to use it for television campaigns, web site promotion, trade & consumer shows and commercial presentations. Work is due to commence in April this year. All EMT Members will have free access to this production for their own individual marketing requirements.

Tourism Awards

The awards process is a great way to generate business and recognition for your own enterprise and for the region generally.
The process is a bit daunting particulary to the first timers. We are keen to have as many member products represented at this years Tourism Awards and to that end have now ‘’plugged’’ into a $15,000 grant to employ the services of a Project Manager to assist you through each stage of the awards process. Once we have appointed the PM we will advise details.

RSVP Events Trade Show

EMT  will again be representing the region at this major events trade show in Melbourne in May.
Details and opportunities will be made available in April so please keep an eye on this space.

New Members

Service & Trade – Ace Radio 3WM/Mix-FM – Sharon Schwarz
3WM/Mix-FM and The Weekly Advertiser each have a potential reach of over 66,000 people throughout the Wimmera/Mallee region. Horsham is around 300kms northwest of Melbourne & 450kms southeast of Adelaide, on the main rail & roads routes linking Victoria with Adelaide. Over a million tourists visit the region each year to visit the Grampians National Park. If you get the chance tune in & listen, do so…

Café / Restaurant – The Bean Team – Paula Ryan & Peter Brewer
This is a Mobile Coffee Van (original “Bean Roasted” owners) servicing local events in Echuca and surrounding districts. They are providing great quality coffee and service including light snacks. Their specialty, Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha, Chai & Hot Chocolate etc! So look out for the ‘Bean Team’ in the Silver Van and they look forward to servicing you again, with great coffee and great service…

Service & Trade – Integra Personnel – Belinda Nepean
Specialising in recruitment and Labour Hire Services, Integra Personnel are available to assist small and large businesses across a vast range of industries. Operating as a private entity, they have the flexibility to tailor their services to client requirements and strive to provide good quality staffing solutions. Integra Personnel tend to all statutory requirements under a casual arrangement and have employees with specialised skills available to you at short notice. This allows you to adjust rapidly and with ease to fluctuating workload demands or maintain your regular workload in the absence of your permanent staff. Give them a call today to determine how they can take the hassle out of your human resource management and leave you to do what you do best, run your business.

Accommodation – Annesley House – Cheryl Brady
Hosts, Jason and Cheryl, welcome you to Annesley House. Their property is a large fully renovated miner’s cottage located only 800 meters from the Echuca CBD and a pleasant 10 minute walk to the Port precinct.
Inside - Annesley house has four large bedrooms, three with queen size beds and the 4th has two sets of bunk beds.
The property has one large bathroom, laundry, kitchen with formal meals area and a large lounge room. Annesley House is tastefully decorated and is very homely with quality fittings and appointments. The property has air conditioning and ample heating for the winter period.
Outside – Annesley House has a court yard roman bath style pool, an undercover barbeque area with tables and seating. There is room off street for up to 3 vehicles, cottage gardens and an undercover deck alongside the pool.
Inspections welcomed – Fully self contained including linen and towels.
Something for everyone, so get in & check this one out.

Service & Trade – JM Consulting – Jan Morrison
The Principal of J. M. Consulting, Jan Morrison, has many years of experience in training for Businesses as well as a Teaching & successful Retail Business Owner background. At J. M. Consulting they offer you personalized service to meet the Training needs of your business. They come to you to discuss what Training is necessary and design a Training Plan to meet the requirements of entire staff, sections or individual employees within your enterprise. Traineeships are a specialty service, whether they are for Existing or New employees.
Why not take advantage of the “dollar incentives” offered by the Government to encourage businesses to Train and Up Skill their staff. So call Jan today!

Café / Restaurant – Bean Roasted – Anna Rizzo & John Cusano
This contemporary Café is located on the corner of Pakenham St, & Annesley St, Echuca. New owner John & Anna are happy to accommodate all, with a wide variety of coffees and great food. From the Short Black, Cappuccino, Vienna, Latte, Chai and they remember the kids as well, with Milkshakes, Fresh Fruit Smoothes and the list goes on. Dine in relaxing in comfort or Outside for that Alfresco feeling. So for the avid coffee enthusiasts call into ‘Bean Roasted’!

Visitor Information Centre Stats for February

Visitor Numbers

February 2009- 4618

February 2010- 4773

Phone Calls

February 2009- 1315

February 2010- 1685

Mail Out

February 2009- 497

February 2010- 324

E-Mails from Website

February 2009- 438

February 2010- 179

In February we saw a decrease in ‘Mail Out’ and ‘E-Mails from Website’ however this is due to the new website including much more information and the Official Visitors Guide being able to be downloaded.

Outside of the VIC Building to be Refreshed

We are pleased to report that the Shire of Campaspe has scheduled for the painting of the outside of the VIC Building. This will begin this week and completed prior to Easter.

VIC Staff

The VIC welcomes two new staff members Jenn Rendel and Sarah Milgate. Jenn and Sarah have begun familiarisations but still have many more places to visit! They complete famils over the next few months. 

Thought Of The Week

‘’The Turtle only make’s progress when it stick’s it’s neck out’’

Echuca-Moama Launches Events Venture

Echuca Moama Tourism (EMT) is delighted to announce the formation of Echuca Moama Events.

This exciting venture will see a substantial regional events department created to provide professional events management to existing festivals and events as well as identifying and creating new events opportunities.

The region’s largest event, Southern 80, and the inaugural Confederation Of Australian Motorsports ‘’CARnival’’ have become partners in this new events venture alongside our renowned festivals of Riverboats, Jazz, Food & Wine, Echuca Moama Wedding Expo and Rotary’s Steam Horse & Vintage Rally.   EMT’s venture will ensure that these events and festivals will evolve and thus provide the very best experiences for guests visiting the Echuca Moama region.

Echuca Moama Events will be headed up by the highly regarded x IMG Manager Pete White who now takes up the role of GM Events & Festivals. Pete’s long list of event involvement includes the Australian Masters, Indy Gold Coast, Australian Fashion Week, Bathurst, Melbourne Marathon, Sandown 400 and the Melbourne International Flower Show to name but a few.

Echuca Moama Events will commence operations within the structure of Echuca Moama Tourism on Tuesday 9th March.

EMT also announces that as a result of these significant new initiatives the existing EMT Marketing Manager Simon Latchford has been promoted to Director of Tourism.

For Further Information:

Simon Latchford
Echuca-Moama & District Tourism
simon@echucamoama.com
03 5480 7555

Orchestra Victoria

The event has now been run and the feedback has been great. Next years  show will see three separate events so definitely worth looking forward to.

Thank you to the people who have assisted us in organizing this terrific opportunity!

Adelaide Caravan & Camping Show

EMT attended this show with record numbers of visitors attending. There was considerable demand for our region which is obviously pleasing.

EMT will also be attending the Melbourne Caravan & Camping Show from the  9th-14th March.

AIME

This week has seen EMT attending the largest events and conference trade show in Asia Pacific.

We also participated in the ‘’Tastes Of Victoria’’ presentation which allowed us to showcase the food,wine and produce of the region.This section was very popular with Pacdon’s pork pies creating great interest! Thank you to the suppliers who assisted.

Postcards Television

Are locked in for a 3 day, yes 3 day shoot in Echuca and Moama from the 15th-17th March. We have much planned and will see a good cross section of what makes this such a great place! We will advise the air dates once we know.

Metro Radio

We are running another radio blast in Melbourne from the 22nd-26th March to remind people to consider our region for the Easter break.

CARnival Event Update

If you haven’t seen it already please visit the new web site at www.camscarnival.com.au

Boys Weekend Mega Media Famil

We have just completed arrangements for a  mega media famil on the 24th and 25th March.

The famil will be based on a ‘’Boys Weekend Away’’ in an attempt to create some different opportunities.The famil will be attended by the following quality media journalists:

• AAP

• News Ltd

• Canberra Times

• Fairfax Ltd

• Mens Health magazine

• Inside Sport

Wedding Business

EMT has booked a stand at the ‘’I Do’’ Wedding Expo in Bendigo.

Details and opportunities to follow.

Ambassador Program

We have recieved great response for out ambassador program and our first group of volunteer ambassadors will commence training this week. We hope to have training completed and Ambassadors operating in the VIC by Easter!   

Riverboats Jazz Food and Wine Festival

Last night saw the Committee wrap up this big event with a de-brief followed by a BBQ to thank committee members and support crew.

Firstly a BIG thank you must go to Ross Young and his team, a huge undertaking and without the leadership of Ross and support of his small team together with a great bunch of volunteers the community simply would never enjoy these type of events!

It is also worthy of some note that Tourism Victoria reported at a meeting in Melbourne last week that we seriously out performed the other similar festivals in the State that weekend and there research showed that the Melbourne marketing for RJFW was excellent, thank you in large part to the fabulous support we received from our partners V Line.

Upcoming Festivals

Next weekend see’s two terrific festival’s taking place, Autumn Harvest and Celtic. 

The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival has backed Autumn Harvest and put a considerable amount of funding into the marketing of this brand new event. Please support these complimenting events by telling your friends and coming along yourself.

New EMT Members

Gayle has been very busy signing up new members, here the details of those new memebers :

Friend of Tourism – Whroo Miners Retreat – Doris King. Are you looking for a special place to camp for FREE steeped in history, then you should take a good look at the ‘Whroo Miners Retreat’ at Rushworth. This historic visitor retreat will enlighten your senses with wonders from the past. Doris King will be your tour guide if group bookings are made and she can even supply afternoon tea if you wish. So get over to Rushworth and take a walk deep into Balaclava Hill at the nearby deserted township of Whroo.

Trade & Service – High Street Massage – Ken McMullan.  Looking for that relaxing massage or possible a deep tissue massage will do the trick. Maybe you have a Sport Injury or are in need of some Remedial Work done.  Ken McMullan is a qualified masseur with many years experience that can help you. High Street, Massage Echuca is located at 501B High St, just down from Beechworth Bakery. Specialising in all the above massage techniques, which can bring you back to feeling your best!

Friend of Tourism – Campaspe Young Professionals Network – Nadia Godfrey. Established in 2006 the network aims to provide young working men & women in the region with the opportunity to network & socialise with like-minded people. It gives them the chance to hear from a diverse range of inspiring speakers, experience a variety of events geared towards promoting personal & professional development in young working people

Service & Trade – Millewa Spa Retreat – Ashlee Kennaugh. At ‘Millewa Spa Retreat’ they strive for excellence in spa therapy and customer service. Millewa is centrally located in a converted heritage building on the banks of the Campaspe River. Their highly skilled and qualified staffs are fully committed to providing the perfect environment for relaxation, rejuvenation and wellness. So if you are looking to spoil yourself then this is certainly the place to be…

Retail - Echuca Ice Creamery – Robert & Linda Court
Looking for your favourite Ice Cream, then where would you go other than ‘Echuca Ice Creamery’, with 46 different flavours, Pancakes, Hotdogs, Devonshire teas, Teas & Coffee, Thick shakes, Milk shacks and Cold Drinks. Then if you hold a ‘Senior Citizens Card’ you get an additional 10% off. What more could one person ask for!

Trade & Service – Picture Book Photographics Echuca – Jacqui Berthaume. This woman is an award winning photographer with a discerning eye for capturing unique moments in time. Picture Book Photographics offer Wedding, Commercial and Family portraiture for locals and visitors alike. A Melbourne trained artist, with the principal photographer blending supreme technical knowledge with unique artistic sensibility creating stunning outcomes every time.

Service & Trade – Kismet Jewellers Echuca – Richard Berthaume.  Quality, Distinction, Beauty, Elegance and literally Stunning, are all words associated with the ‘Kismet Jewellers Echuca’. If you’re looking for that something special for that special someone, then you can not go past this store, they have almost everything and if they haven’t got it, then they can get it.  So stop by and enjoy the excellence in customer service from the staff, it doesn’t get any better.

Accommodation – Cohuna Waterfront Holiday Park – Kerrie Beech.  This family oriented park is surrounded on three sides by the Gunbower Creek and edged by the Gunbower State Forest. This is the perfect getaway if you want to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet and fresh air. The waterfront location features include; New Resort Style Swimming Pool, Jumping Pillow, Children’s Play Park, Tennis Courts, Kiosk/Ice/Gas, Undercover BBQ Area and FREE Wireless Internet. So come and enjoy a weekend away, not to far from home…

Service & Trade – Johnno’s Camper Trailer Hire – Sally & Dale Simpson.  Johnno’s Camper Trailers Echuca is a locally owned franchise offering 100% Australian made Camper Trailers for Sale and Hire. They can tailor a trailer to your specific camping needs whether it is a weekend by the Murray, relaxing in the comforts of a local Caravan Park or an adventure off road up to Ayres Rock.  Johnno’s Camper Trailers offers you the best of both worlds with their convenient Camper Trailer Hire service available through all Johnno’s agents. Go on get into the spirit and start living!

Irrigation Expo

Echuca-Moama will host the Water Technology Cluster, Murray Darling Basin 2010 Irrigation Expo, “Showcasing Industry Innovation” at the Echuca Racecourse on the 19th & 20th May 2010.

Echuca-Moama & District Tourism (EMT) has been offered a site at this expo and will promote Echuca-Moama as holiday destination to the 2,000+ delegates.

The expo organisers will be providing visitors with a Welcome Bag as they enter the expo. EMT members are offered the opportunity to include discount vouchers/brochures in these Welcome Bags. If you are interested in this opportunity we required 2,000 copies of the item by Friday the 30th April 2010.

As many delegates will not be from our area we will also be organising a Lucky Door Prize, encouraging a re-visit. If you are able to donate anything to this prize it would be greatly appreciated. 

For more information and to register your interest in participating please contact Karen Colvin on 5480 7555 or karen@echucamoama.com.

Thought for the Week:

 ‘’What you see depend’s on what you are looking for’’

Murray Air Access

At this stage the draft tender document is currently being finalized and will be completed and advertised by the 29th of January, with the first formal group meeting planned for late February. The primary purpose of which will be to determine and appoint the tenderer/contractor.

CARnival

Carnival is proceeding well with insurance company Shannons signing up as a major sponsor.
Shannons has been a long time sponsor of the CAMS National motorsport series.
There will still be a media conference held in Echuca and we are awaiting a date from the Ministers office. The next planning meeting is in Melbourne on the18th of January 2010.

Victorian Orchestra

An agreement to host this famous orchestra here for 3 years has been reached by EMT.
The cost per concert is $50,000.00 the full amount of which will be underwritten by the Victorian Government cultural grant funding.
The details are being finalized this week with venues being established.
This is a great new opportunity for the region with a positive flow on benefit to youth as well as the community generally.
The date for the 2010 event is Wednesday the 3rd of March.

Seminar Dates

We have now locked in the dates for the next three EMT member training seminars as follows:
*     International Marketing-Monday 1st Feb
*     Pricing & Packaging-Tuesday 2nd Feb
*     Exceptional Customer Service-Thursday 6th May
Our host will be Rich River Golf Club. Morning tea and lunch will be provided. A separate booking form will be sent out to members next week.

Food & Wine Development Group

The Food and Wine Development Group met this week with attention now turning to the March Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Autumn Harvest Festival planning.
We have been generating considerable marketing reach from this group including the on-going public relations with the AGE/Epicure and famils, one of which has taken place this week.

Caravan & Camping Shows

We need to maintain our position in this market and as such we have committed to attending Adelaide Caravan & Camping Show in February and the Melbourne Caravan & Camping Show in March.
Mildura are not participating in any shows this year so I see it as an opportunity for us to claw back some market share. Further, the market has been quite robust recently with families appearing in large numbers, and whilst the accommodation spend is low the attractions and food spend is high.
The partners in this co-operative marketing are Echuca Moama, Swan Hill, Moira, Corowa and Gannawarra.

Wedding Expo-Melbourne

EMT has joined with the Wedding Group to participate with a stand at the Melbourne Wedding Expo on the 16th & 17th January at the Exhibition Building. 
The stand will be staffed by EMT and a wedding group representative. This will be a great opportunity to further promote the wedding industry in Echuca Moama.

Brochure Distribution

Having covered Victoria and Southern NSW over my break it has become obvious to me that regional tourism brochure distribution is very poor, including our region.
There is a great opportunity here for us to gain considerable advantage over our regional competitors by creating an appropriate brochure distribution system and needs to include everything from the Official Visitors Guide to wedding, food & wine, attractions and festivals/events.
Most information spends its life in boxes and dark rooms which clearly isn’t any use at all.
Stay tuned for opportunities to participate in this.

EMT Website

There have been some significant improvements made to the site over the Christmas break including the Official Visitors Guide download process and button, call to action ‘’hot deals’’ button and a general clean up in response to the Position Me On Line reports. I encourage you to revisit the site and have a look.

Public Relations

We have been generating some excellent Public Relations over the past month with consumers seeing consistent information regarding our region. Some examples are as follows:
*     Sun Herald Escape-Front cover
*     Epicure-full page non paid article
*     Epicure advertisement-full page
*     Sun Herald-full page advertisement
*     AGE-Famil for journo-weekend magazine articles
*     Sun Herald 3 day journo famil-just completed
*     Press general-several including air access, CARnival, Orchestra, etc.

V Line/RJFW/EMT Promotional Opportunity-Melbourne

Thursday the 28th of January will see EMT in the Southern Cross Railway Station, together with a live jazz band promoting the RJFW Festival and simultaneously using the opportunity to promote the region.

Echuca named in Victoria top holiday destination list

Top holiday on-line booking website Wotif.Com has announced its top 10 holiday destinations for 2009.

Echuca came in 5th on a star studded list with notable destinations Mildura, Bendigo, Phillip Island and the Great Ocean Road behind.

Wotif General Manager Megan Magill said it was great to see regional areas high on the list.

The top runners were Melbourne and Geelong with Melbourne taking first honours.

Echuca Moama Tourism’s Simon Latchford was delighted at the result particularly to be in front of quality destinations such as Mildura and Bendigo and is further proof that Echuca Moama is indeed a fantastic destination that is currently punching well above its weight.

FREE SEMINAR

Do you understand the implications for your business?

“FAIR WORK FOR SMALL BUSINESS”

The Fair Work Act commenced on the 1st January 2010.
This seminar will provide you with free information at your fingertips including ... free online webinars, free email newsletters, free online guides and free informative whitepapers.
COSBOA and the Murray Hume Business Enterprise Centre is bringing you a seminar presented by an industrial relations expert, Emma Watt, from COSBOA. The seminar will focus on the key aspects of the Fair Work Act that you need to understand to meet your obligations to your employees.
An online one-stop-shop for education and information for small businesses on the Fair Work Act.
www.fairworkforsmallbusiness.com.au

Where:      MOAMA
                   Border Inn Hotel Motel, 19-21 Meninya Street
Date:          Thursday, 28th January 2010
Time:          8.00 am to 9.30 am

This event is FREE, accessible and easy, so register today ...
Murray Hume Business Enterprise Centre
Phone: 02 6024 0400
Email: joy@mhbec.com.au

This event is FREE, accessible and easy, so register today ...
Murray Hume Business Enterprise Centre
Phone: 02 6024 0400
Email: joy@mhbec.com.au

Port of Echuca Revitalisation

The Premier of Victoria John Brumby announced this week a three way partnership including the Australian Government, Victorian Government and Shire of Campaspe to fund a $14.2 million refurbishment of the Port of Echuca.
This is fantastic news for the entire region and recognition from the Government(s) that the tourism industry and its future in our region is being taken very seriously.

AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

It is with great pleasure that EMT advises that we have been successfull in obtaining the following grants for the implementation of the new Ambassador program for the Visitors Information Centre.
*    Depart of Planning and Community Development =  $5,000
*    Echuca Moama Community Enterprise = $4,000
A great outcome and the start of a new and exciting EMT initiative.
For more information please contact Karen Colvin on 03 5480 7555.

SYDNEY MELBOURNE TOURING ROUTE

Please find attached the prospectus for advertising and participation in the  SMT Marketing campaign.
For anyone with a desire to play in the international market place then this is a must, the prospectus seeks a commitment from you of $750 for the year to participate at level 2, which is what I would like to see you participate in.
As you will see from the prospectus it represents amazing value and be aware that EMT has committed $15,000.00 to this campaign to offset your participation cost.
EMT has spent considerable time effort and funding to start the process of creating an international market for our region, inclusive of the air access development works that have been created in parallel  and the market ready seminars that we have, and will continue to roll out.
It is very important that we now get in behind this campaign if you wish to participate in this one off international opportunity for 2010

Can you please consider the prospectus and advise commitment by noon Tuesday 19th January. Click here to download a copy of the prospecuts.

Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Simon on 03 5480 7555.

Thought of the Week

 
'The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.'

"CAMS CARnival Postponed to May 2011"

CAMS announce that the 2010 CAMS CARnival planned for October 1st – 4th has been postponed until May 2011. Given the short lead time into the event, we have been unable to attract the interest required that is deserving of such an important event for CAMS and its Clubs.
Michael Smith of CAMS said “CAMS is fully supportive of CARnival and much work has already gone into planning and organising the event. It is unfortunate that we have had to make this decision but the overall level of interest is not what we require to ensure a successful event for the entrants, visitors into the region and the local community of Echuca-Moama. CAMS believe the CARnival format will be a success but that the timing of this inaugural event is better suited to May 2011”.
The decision has been made in consultation with key partner Echuca-Moama Tourism (EMT). Pete White, General Manager of Events from EMT said “It is disappointing that we have to postpone the event this year, but given the current level of registrations, this is the right decision. I am confident that the move to May 2011 will be supported by our existing commercial partners and we look forward to the region hosting the event”.
For further information contact:

Jonathan Cooper
Media & Communications
+61 458 979 381
Jonathan.cooper@cams.com.au