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Byron Bay Bluesfest edged out strong national competition including Vivid Sydney to win Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event at the 2018 Australian Event Awards. Speaking after the win, Festival … Continue reading Bluesfest wins at Australian Event Awards
Splendour in the Grass, Lets Go Surfing and Auswalk collected gold awards at the New South Wales and Victorian Tourism Awards last night, recognition for their business excellence and draw … Continue reading Congratulations to our award winning clients
Blue is an enigmatic colour speaking of mood, nobility and expensive Renaissance pigments. It also gives its name to one of music’s most enduring and loved genres, “the blues’, originally … Continue reading If you’re feeling blue…
Meta search sites has been around for over 15 years. Comparing prices online is a pretty handy service when there’s an abundance of price and service options to choose from. … Continue reading What’s the difference? Are hotel metasearch engines actually providing any comparison service?
Three Surfer Rosa Communications clients will compete as finalists at the 2017 Australian Tourism Awards in Perth on Friday 23 February. Sparking up state rivalries, Auswalk Walking Holidays and Lets … Continue reading Trio of Surfer Rosa clients head to Australian Tourism Awards
Tourism Australia chose the prime-time-on-steroids forum of the US Superbowl to launch their new tourism campaign to over 100 million viewers today (US time). With its tongue firmly in cheek, … Continue reading The sequel you have when you’re not having a sequel (but launching a tourism ad)
The team at Surfer Rosa Communications is amped to share the news that our clients Bluesfest Byron Bay, Lets Go Surfing Australia, Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Go Sea … Continue reading Byron Bay and Bondi shine at NSW Tourism Awards
Congratulations to Patti Smith and her Band and Bluesfest Touring on winning Best International Contemporary Concert at the 2017 Helpmann Awards. Patti and her band toured Australia in April for … Continue reading Patti Smith and Bluesfest Touring win at Helpmann Awards
Ad agency Creative Director Ken Segall only got beaten up twice by Apple’s Steve Jobs during the 12 years he worked for him. I suspect he means figuratively, but the … Continue reading Artificial intelligence helps tourism marketers communicate and connect with simplicity: Destination Australia Conference 2017 wrap
We know more about how to solve wicked problems than we ever have in history. We also have an awareness of this ability. Humanity has the good fortune and responsibility … Continue reading Thought for today
The creative talents at Rest Your Eyes Production have produced this short video to articulate the message Byron Shire Council wants to present to the world – Don’t Spoil Us, … Continue reading Don’t Spoil us, We’ll Spoil You
Along with thousands of other residents and holiday makers, I went to the beach in Byron Bay on a heaven on a stick summer’s day in early January. As we’ve … Continue reading Everything’s amazing! But is Byron Bay too much of a good thing?