GALTA AT FEAST – ADELAIDE NOVEMBER 2006
Adelaide hosted its wonderfully successful annual FEAST FESTIVAL again in November.
GALTA provided a networking function on Friday 24th in the Blaze Media’s (Galta member 193) offices with Jeff (MD), directors Phil (NT) and Peter (SA) along with Brenton & Stephen (Membership Services) and other GALTA members including Blaze (Scott & the team), Out Video (Stephen) and Tourism SA. There were about 25 people gathered to share stories and look at ways in which GALTA is supported by industry and in turn supports our growing tourism sector.
We were fortunate enough to also have as a special guest the Hon. Jane Lomax-Smith MLA, South Australia’s incumbent Tourism Minister. She is particularly supportive of the gay & lesbian communities within her jurisdiction and across Australia.
It was a great evening with loads of networking taking place over some drinks (kindly sponsored by Tourism SA) and great snacks supplied by Adelaide’s own very talented Andrew Kuhl of Kuhl Katering.
The Board extends a very valuable vote of thanks to Blaze Media for hosting this occasion.
Saturday 25th saw the GALTA Board meeting at Franklin Central Apartments with lots of discussion being held over the 4 hour period.
A working lunch was organised to assist with time management issues and all was completed in the allocated time.
Jeff, Peter & Phil attended as Directors, Paul as Tasmanian rep (Huon Bush Retreats) with visits by Vincent (Pink Pocket Guide) and others invited to the discourse in the early part of the meeting.
In line with our new branding and profiling, the Board adopted a refreshed logo that we believe better reflects who we are and what our product is. This is particularly so because often, especially in European and other international markets, the acronym “Galta” doesn’t spell out enough exactly who we are. The Board is happy with the logo subsequently approved and all GALTA members will have the new ‘member’ logo sent through to them. Members are urged to utilise the logo on their web-sites, fliers and other collateral that clearly identifies the business as being a GALTA approved product.
Sunday 25th and GALTA was a tremendous presence at Feast Picnic Day in Rymill Park. Jeff, Peter & Phil were in attendance and distributed over 400 copies of the TSD along with member collateral. There were lots of questions from potential travellers as to what things to do and where to stay in various locations. There was a good deal of interest towards destinations in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania & the Northern Territory.
It’s always good to have our reps from various jurisdictions available to answer questions people may have.
Tourism is a great product to market and having people who ‘live there’ is an added bonus as they can provide good answers to some of the quirkier questions!!
All in all, a very successful weekend. We look forward to returning to Adelaide in November 2007.
Phil Walcott
NT Regional Director
30/1/07
