On Wednesday 24 March, Tourism Alliance, hosted the 2010 Student Summit.
Held at Melbourne Park Function Centre, 600 tourism and events students, lecturers and industry professionals came together to gain invaluable tips about the tourism and events industry and obtain a greater understanding of the paths they can take within these industries.
The morning began with a speech from the Hon. Tim Holding, Minister for Tourism and Major Events, who officially opened the 2010 Student Summit. Delegates were then inspired by Tim Cope and the story of his three and a half year trek across Mongolia and the Middle East on horseback. They then heard from two very different speakers, Scott Pape, the ‘Barefoot Investor’ and Ben Angel a networking guru.
During the lunch break, students were able to test out Ben’s networking tips as they spoke with speakers and other industry professionals. Local band ‘Smitten’ performed during the break and the Red Bull Wings girls turned up to provide students with a little afternoon buzz!
After lunch students got involved in an interactive panel session. Five young industry professionals told of their journeys into the industry before opening the floor to a question and answer session.
This was followed by informative and entertaining presentations from Dana Ronan, Director of bothfeet walking tours and Peter Jones of Peter Jones Special Events.
The 2010 Student Summit would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors. We like to take the opportunity to thank them all for their generous contributions:
Corporate Partners
Partner Sponsors
Associate Sponsors
A big thank you to Craig Newell, from AUSTRALIAN PHOTO TOURS who generously donated his time and skills to take pictures of this year’s Student Summit. Craig’s company Australian Photo Tours, are specialists in travel photography. They take you on a journey through some of Australia's most stunning landscapes as you learn to enrich your photographic experiences. They place an emphasis on enhancing your photographic capabilities, teaching you to view your subject matter from a photographer’s perspective. For more details please contact Craig via the website http://www.australianphototours.com.au/
Of course a huge thank you goes out to our speakers who generously donated their time to present to the delegates. Not forgetting either, our fantastic volunteers from Kangan Institute and the staff from the Tourism and Events Unit, who coordinated and managed the Summit.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Melbourne and Olympic Parks for hosting this year’s Summit; Microhire, who accommodated all of our AV needs; 5senses for their contribution of giveaways; Red Bull, for quenching our delegates thirst; the Herald Sun for providing students with a fantastic delivery deal and Smitten for entertaining delegates during lunch.
Thank you to everyone who attended and our contacts at all of the TAFE’s and Universities who support this event.