Riverside Resort Urunga Wins Gold Again!
Congratulations to our friends at Riverside Resort Urunga! Winners of the Excellence in Accessible Tourism category for the second year in a row.
Congratulations to our friends at Riverside Resort Urunga! Winners of the Excellence in Accessible Tourism category for the second year in a row.
You can get some tips on making your business more accessible by watching this 30 minute panel discussion hosted by Giovanna Lever of Sparrowly Group.
This is a great story and video by Chris Kerr written for ABC Mid West & Wheatbelt. It asks the question; Could tourism operators be more profitable by better serving the disability sector? The answer; Absolutely! I was very pleased to provide some input into the story which was originally posted on the ABC News …
Many Australian airports offer assistance to people with disability, but Brisbane Airport’s new program will support travellers with hidden disabilities and other airports are soon to follow suite. The Australian-first program, which has already been successfully implemented in the United Kingdom, will help people with hidden conditions and disabilities such as anxiety, autism or dementia …
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The second World Summit on Accessible Tourism – Destinations for All was held in October 2018. The conference was held in Brussels and Melissa James of Inclusive Tourism was invited to present. Her presentation was titled Advocacy Initiatives for Accessible Tourism and discussed the importance of collaboration between stakeholders including government departments, tourism operators and …
This week saw the launch of a great initiative from Destination Gold Coast. With funding from the Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development a program will be run over the next six months where eight Gold Coast businesses will be mentored through a process enabling them to cater better to the accessible tourism market. Assistant …
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Accessible holidays in a nutshell. Why should age, mobility issues or any disability be an obstacle to people who wish to travel and enjoy the good things in life? According to Melissa James, founder and CEO of Inclusive Tourism, it shouldn’t. “Take the baby boomers for example. They’re retiring and it’s estimated 40% of them …
Developers Going Accessible Developers seizing on disability-friendly apartment opportunities as NDIS needs soar By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant – ABC.net.au For most of the last decade, Amy Pilson could not escape a sense of loneliness and isolation. Amy lives with paraplegia and uses a wheelchair. Her home was a ground unit at her grandmother’s house …
Australian Network On Disability (AND) has just released a video that I’d like to share with you. It’s called Access and Inclusion is Good for Business. The Australian Network on Disability (AND) has launched a new video illustrating the business case for the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business, as employees, …