by Big4 Beacon Team | Dec 4, 2016 | Accommodation, Advertising & Marketing, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Retail, Small Business Owners, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Big4 Beacon Resort Queenscliff Team. Creating packages for your business is an excellent way to build a competitive edge, rewarding previous clients or guests, gaining higher yield, fill unoccupied room nights and building relationships with other businesses....
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Dec 2, 2016 | Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Business Owners… Check out our hot tips for Media visits The media are our friends. In most situations treat the visiting journalist like an old friend and relay your passion for your business. Where possible, give them the VIP treatment – the best views...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 29, 2016 | Advertising & Marketing, Cafes and Restaurants, Content Marketing, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Social Media, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
The team at Tourism eSchool share some great and easy ways to influence our customers to share the love when they visit our region and our experiences. You know what they say about “word of mouth” and in the digital space it’s so much more! We love the examples they...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 29, 2016 | Business Events, Cafes and Restaurants, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Nicole Newman, Director, The Food Purveyor Someone asked me the other day why I was a Tourism Member as I wasn’t strictly a Tourism business and I wondered why they had asked such a strange question. You see when I first started The Food Purveyor 4 years ago...
by Marnie Roderick Shepherd | Nov 28, 2016 | 5 Minute Reads, Accommodation, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Legal for business, Retail, Small Business Owners, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Marnie Roderick-Shepherd. General Manager. Roderick Insurance Brokers Insurance for Tourism Businesses. As a busy tourism operator you can be so involved in the day to day running of your business that insurance can sometimes seem like a necessary evil. ...
by Caleb Fleet | Nov 21, 2016 | Cafes and Restaurants, Wineries and Breweries
Constructing a wine list is a subjective topic. To put it simply I would love to only buy wines and craft beers that I like to consume. With such a vast range available these days, I’m constantly searching more and more for diversity and interest, however I feel it’s...
by Annette Cotter | Nov 14, 2016 | Accommodation, Accounting for your business, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Farmgates and Provedores, Small Business Owners, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
Author: Annette Cotter. Director. Cotter Consulting We all work hard in our businesses and make the best decisions we can with the resources available. But how often do we stop & reflect and plan the business journey to be smarter,...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 12, 2016 | 5 Minute Reads, Accommodation, Attractions, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Social Media, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
We love following The Urban List. They just get it and they are doing “it” so right. You can’t help but get lost in their facebook feed, you can spend hours there! You know what makes us stop and look? Their images. They are always on fleek. The Urban List are so good...
by Tourism Greater Geelong And The Bellarine | Nov 8, 2016 | 5 Minute Reads, Accommodation, Attractions, Business Events, Cafes and Restaurants, Events, Farmgates and Provedores, Retail, Tours, Wineries and Breweries
We all know that a positive customer experience is paramount but have you thought about adding value to the whole customer journey? What can we do to assist them before they arrive, how can we help them make the most of their time with us and provide them valuable...
