In the realm of tourism, where challenges and opportunities weave an intricate tapestry, the climb to leadership greatness often stems from a delicate balance between discipline and purpose. Neither can exist solo or drive us to succeed separately. These two pillars, when interwoven skillfully, propel tourism business leaders to unprecedented levels of growth and distinction; […]
Chat GPT on Leadership – A Must Read
Anyone else loving Chat GPT? The content creation in all forms of speeches, checklists, blogs, instructions etc. Seriously I’m loving it. I find it quite a phenomenal concept after years of being in sales, marketing, product development and leadership. It does take time to personalise, ask great questions, tweak and then polish it all up, […]
Setting Staff Up for Success
Let’s imagine for a minute this is Chris and it’s a Tuesday night. It’s early, only 5:30 pm at the bar, however, suddenly 120 people descend and service is required. There is only 1 bar person on duty….. Chris. Now there are a few scenarios possible. Scenario One: Chris is amazing, and able to look […]
“Aloha” … You had me at hello
Made famous by Renee Zellweger and Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Macguire in ‘96, the expression “you had me at hello” has never been more important for tourism businesses. The initial connection and rapport – a truly genuine and heart-felt hello and welcome is fundamental to the customer’s experience. Whether it’s via telephone, in […]
5 Strategies to Address Staff Shortages and Improve Customer Experience
Tourism businesses are weighing up the situation, with seasonal impacts, domestic travellers now loving being back overseas, and our favoured international travellers not returning as quickly as we’d like. It’s easy to hesitate around staffing up, it’s likely that head counts are being reduced because the coming months aren’t what was predicted or hoped for. […]
Consistent Growth in the Business
Whether it’s season-on-season, or year-on-year, most tourism businesses want growth. They want to improve their average nightly rates, they want to improve their passenger numbers, and they want more profit at the end of the day to make the business worthwhile and sustainable. Personally and professionally. Whether you work in a tourism business or you […]
For Tourism Business Leaders feeling Overstretched and Under-resourced
Having faced unprecedented challenges in recent times, the tourism industry is not out of the woods yet. Staff shortages and under-trained staff issues continue to impact tourism operations and have a significant impact on the customer experience. Now labelled across the country as the #1 critical issue to be solved, tourism business owners and leaders […]
Learn. Do. Teach.
When it comes to teaching and training staff, we love the LEARN DO TEACH model. As tourism business leaders, we’ve learnt a LOT. And we’re great DOer’s. Where I frequently see the gap is the ability to TEACH. Not because we can’t teach….. It lies in our lack of system and process to teach ie. […]
Enhancing Staff Training in the Tourism Industry: Embracing Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learning Styles
In the dynamic and customer-centric tourism industry, providing effective staff training is essential for delivering exceptional experiences to visitors. However, not all employees learn in the same way. Recognising and catering to different learning styles can significantly improve the training process, and in turn the customer experience. In this article, we’ll explore how visual, auditory, […]
Prioritising Training for Tourism Teams
If I said to you “Your tourism team is going to be entered into Sydney half or marathon in September”! What would you say? Maybe: ● Some of the team would never be able to run that far by then. ● Some of the team if they got training today, they’d make it. ● Some […]