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 the last time in partnership with Bluesfest Touring, and thrilled audiences in Byron Bay, Sydney and Melbourne with the intense passion and energy that made her seminal album Horses a huge debut success. Surfer Rosa Communications is super-proud to have helped our client Bluesfest Touring honour the significance of Patti Smith’s contribution to the arts by preparing the Helpmann Award submission. What a thrill and a privilege!
Artificial intelligence helps tourism marketers communicate and connect with simplicity: Destination Australia Conference 2017 wrap
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 message was clear; genius behind one of the world’s most successful companies Apple though he was, Jobs was a mercurial character whose vision was unimpeachable. Continue reading
Thought for today
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 to other species with whom we coexist to take that seriously and be excited by what we can achieve in our assumed stewardship of the blue planet.
Don’t Spoil us, We’ll Spoil You
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, We’ll Spoil You. We think its on the money. What do you think?
Everything’s amazing! But is Byron Bay too much of a good thing?
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 done for the past 8 years most summer Sundays, we take our daughters to ‘Nippers’, run by Byron Bay Surf Life Saving Club. For the uninitiated, it’s beach and water safety education for kids. It’s an inspired way to begin Sunday: wake up with a swim, watch your kids build confidence and have fun in the ocean. If you’re civic minded, you can help out with the sausage sizzle, in the canteen or sport an orange rashie on water safety duty. (This is my personal fave, as it comes with the benefit of being able to commandeer a rescue ski and watch proceedings from waterside with an air of assumed authority). Read the full story by Russell Mills first published on Common Ground Australia
Big thanks to Dan Kelly for the use of his song/video.
Golden Trifecta of Excellent Tourism Experiences
Rusty Thorpe from Byron Bay Bluesfest and Russell Mills from Surfer Rosa celebrate Bluesfest’s gold award.
The lovely Auswalk office team celebrate winning gold for Adventure Tourism and the Victorian Tourism Awards
Russell Mills, Lets Go Surfing Australia Founder Brenda Miley, and General Manager Craig Wacca Wachholz celebrate gold at 2016 NSW Tourism Awards
Lets Go Surfing Australia team celebrate gold at 2016 NSW Tourism Awards
Surfer Rosa clients Lets Go Surfing Australia, Byron Bay Bluesfest and Auswalk Walking Holidays were acknowledged for their business excellence each winning gold in their respective categories in the 2016 New South Wales and Victorian Tourism Awards events in Sydney and Melbourne last night.
Lets Go Surfing Australia run surf schools in Sydney and Byron Bay and have been teaching thousands of visitors from Australia and overseas how to have fun, connect with nature and challenge themselves through the adventure of learning to surf for 21 years. They took out the gold award for adventure tourism in New South Wales.
Auswalk is a family owned Australian tourism business based in Victoria offering 43 guided and self-guided walking holidays in many of Australia’s most popular and recognised areas of natural beauty. Winning gold for adventure tourism in Victoria, their walking experiences give guests the chance to unplug, escape the daily grind and explore Australia’s greatest natural landscapes the healthy way.
Byron Bay Bluesfest is Australia’s premier blues and roots music festival. Winning gold for Major Festivals and Events in New South Wales, the much loved Easter weekend festival has presented a staggering array of contemporary and legendary artists from the blues, roots and myriad sub genres for 27 years. It’s history runs parallel to Byron Bay’s evolution into an iconic destination renowned for vibrant arts and creativity around the world.
Each business was judged in highly competitive categories on tourism excellence, business planning, marketing, staff development and sustainability. Surfer Rosa Communications wrote and prepared their submissions in close consultation with each business.
What they all have in common is a commitment to delivering superlative memorable experiences. We are just delighted that these fantastic tourism and event businesses and valued clients have been recognised for excellence, and to have played a role in telling their story to stand out amongst the judging panels and industry peers.
Over The Dunes November
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