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OCTOBER E-NEWS - Tuesday, 13 October 2009 |
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www.southern-highlands.com.au
UPGRADE
The Stage
3 Upgrades of the TSH Website are now complete. We
would suggest that you log on and check it out, and
while you're there, double check that your details are
all correct and in place. Please note that we have
introduced a new experience of cycling into our
Trails & Experiences
section. Visitation
through this site continues to increase with more and
more potential visitors planning their trip via www.southern-highlands.com.au
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2010 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
HOLIDAY PLANNER & MAP
Congratulations to all of our
members who booked their advertisements in our 2010
Holiday Planner & Map and qualified
for our Earlybird savings! Well worth the effort
with savings per advert, between, $200 &
$450.
We strongly encourage all of our members to
participate in this key tourism publication so that we
can continue to grow visitation adn business
opportunties for you and our region. Expressions
of interest close off on 15 October, so please be sure
to let us know if you are wanting to advertise in the
2010 edition of the Holiday
Planner. Keep in mind that we can talk
about how much there is to see and do in the Southern
Highlands until the cows come home, BUT if we can't back
it up with actual product, then consumers and potential
visitors do not get a true representation of ALL that we
have to see and do!
Remember:
- This Holiday Planner is
the official tourism publication for the Southern
Highlands, and is produced by
TSH. It acts as a key call to
action and fulfillment piece for enquiries generated
by TSH marketing campaigns.
- There will also be a pull out map
included in this edition AND all advertisers will be
included on the map.
- Distribution of the publication will be
far and wide, to national and international consumers
via Visitor Information Centres, Tourism NSW and
Tourism Australia's trade and consumer fulfilment
activities, consumer expos, TSH direct mail
responses, as a downloadable e-brochure via the TSH
website (www.southern-highlands.com.au),
and other selected channels.
- There will be 60,000 copies printed and
distributed and an additional 40,000
maps.
DON'T MISS OUT! Contact us now to
book your space! Phone 4871
2888.
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OUT &
ABOUT
Our Tourism Manager Steve
Rosa recently returned from a successful trade mission
to India as part of a 23 strong NSW tourism delegation
with the purpose of establishing key relationships with
the Indian tourism industry. Steve represented the
Southern Highlands and the Grand Pacific Drive touring
route during the nine day mission to key business
cities of Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Steve's
mission was subsidised by Tourism NSW and the Grand
Pacific Drive Project. The mission provided Steve
with an opportunity to present 'one on one' to over 250
of India's best travel agents and wholesale tourism
operators along with various tourism media. Whilst
Steve said that Australia was not flavour of the month
at the moment in India because of all the negative
publicity surrounding the recent Indian student attacks
in Melbourne it was good to be able to reassure the
Indian tourism industry that these were isolated cases
& that it was still safe to tra! vel to Australia
& especially the friendly Illawarra & Southern
Highlands. Steve said the cricket mad nation was
excited at the prospect of the new International Hall of
Fame opening at the Bradman Museum late next year.
This development will provide intending visitors
to Australia with another reason why the Southern
Highlands should be included on their future
itineraries. Steve will undertake a presentation
to Councillors later this month of his achievements and
future strategy with this emerging market for the
Highlands.
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TULIP TIME
UPDATE
The Tulip Time
Festival for 2009 has concluded with
overall visitation down by approximately 20% on
2008. The decrease in visitation was inevitable
with the worst weather conditions experienced in its 49
year history. However there were many positives
throughout the festival, the most amazing being the
tulips themselves - what strong sturdy plants they
are! The Food & Wine Street Fair and the House
& Garden Fair were two new initiatives for this
year's festival.
A big thanks
goes out to all involved, particularly the Tulip Time
Committee. And, we take this opportunity to
farewell Clr Ken Halstead and welcome to Clr Graham
McLaughlin, as the new Tulip Time Chairperson. The
committee will be meeting shortly to finalise the 2009
Festival and complete the planning of the 50
year celebration in 2010.
STOP
PRESS: Don't miss out on the annual Tulip
Bulb Dig up in Corbett Gardens on Saturday 7 November
from 8am until 11am. Bring your spade and gloves,
buy a bag and fill it for just $15 (bags hold approx. 50
bulbs).
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CAPITAL COUNTRY
TOURISM
The Southern Highlands will continue to be
well represented on the regional Capital Country Tourism
Board, with past TSH Chairman, Paul Rubie being
appointed as the Capital Country Tourism Board
Chairman. TSH Executive Manager, Steve Rosa,
Southern Highlands accommodation operator, Susan
Ellis-Hill, and Illawarra Fly Manager, Sean Haylan, have
also been appointed to the Board.
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WINE, ARTS &
ROSES
The annual Wine, Arts & Roses
Festival will take place from Saturday 31 October
through until Sunday 15 November 2009. This year
we see more and more events and gardens included in the
activities. There are a record number of artists
opening their studios on the first weekend of the
festival, and lots of galleries and exhibitions open for
the duration of the festival. In addition there is
an opera, wine show and lots of cellar doors and rose
gardens open. Check out all of the events on
the website: www.southern-highlands.com.au/WAR
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MEMBERSHIP
WINNER
As the winner of the "Earlybird" TSH
Membership Program, Clubbe Cottage Bowral won a FREE new
website courtesy of WISDOM Advertising &
Design. Check out the great new site: www.clubbecottage.com.au.
Should you require a new site like this contact Melissa
@ WISDOM on 02 4226
5655.
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COMING
EVENTS
There are so many fantastic events
being held throughout the Southern Highlands this
October and November, everything from arts festivals,
concerts, through to Octoberfest
celebrations. Don't miss out on anything, you will
find all the details on our website, just click
here. Below we have highlighted just a few to whet
your appetite.
| What: |
The Silver
Tassie |
| When: |
Sunday 18 October |
| Where: |
Village Hall, Sutton
Forest |
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| What: |
Spring Concert With The Song
Company |
| When: |
Sunday 18 October |
| Where: |
St Judes Church, Bowral |
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| What: |
Bundanoon Garden
Ramble |
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| When: |
Sunday
25 October |
| Where: |
Bundanoon Village |
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| What: |
David Campbell In
Concert |
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Sunday 25 October |
| Where: |
Mittagong RSL Club |
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| What: |
Melbourne Cup Charity
Lunch |
| When: |
Tuesday 3 November |
| Where: |
Centennial Vineyards Restaurant,
Bowral |
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