You’ve won! What a feeling!

Now, how to leverage your award to get the most benefit out of it? You earned it; be proud and tell the world!

In reviewing the award categories for 2021 we noticed an exciting opportunity: there is currently no award for destination management (or better, destination development).

Here’s why we think an award for destination development would be a great addition to the tourism awards…

What’s new for the 2021 Australian Tourism Awards plus links to information on your state’s tourism awards

We are so proud of all the regional tourism operators who entered the NSW Regional Tourism Awards. It is exciting to follow along on social media to celebrate their successes!

Image by Regional Tourism Awards

New accreditation, category descriptors, marketing and sustainability sections, NSW Regional Tourism Awards now include all regional Destination Networks, and a hall of fame for the People’s Choice in the Queensland Tourism Awards.

(We couldn’t help sharing the photo from our local Australian Tourism Award winner, Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers!)

The marketing campaign that Tilma Group developed and implemented for Edward River Council won bronze in the Destination Marketing category at the 2018 NSW Tourism Awards!

I've just been to Vanuatu to help judge the biennial Vanuatu tourism awards for the third time. The friendliest and happiest people on earth live in Vanuatu. The Ni-Vanuatu (the local Melanesians) are the most beautiful people that you will ever meet. Every time I visit I feel more and more at home. This place has certainly taken a piece of my heart (maybe a Tilma office in Vanuatu is on the cards!).

We won! Woohoo!

Five states held their tourism awards nights over the weekend! Find out the winners and Hall of Fame Inductees here.

In the middle of working with Tenterfield community on branding, farmer collaboration and creating a new flagship festival, Linda and Kushla volunteered to judge the business awards. Our adventures...(with the world's best doughnuts) 

The 2017 Event Award and Symposium was all about Events, Technology and the Art of the Unexpected, and boy was it all unexpected! Our top takeaways for anyone who couldn't make it...

Writing a tourism award submission can be a very intense, time consuming yet rewarding process. Before you start writing your submission, it is important to spend some time planning and preparing to ensure your responses are clear, to the point, and can be backed up with evidence. 

Here are the top 5 things we recommend doing before you begin drafting your submission.