HAWAII Tourism Oceania hasn’t wasted any time in immersing new recruit Giselle Radulovic into the role of country manager Australia (TD Tue), with the former director of marketing and communications at Canberra Convention Bureau meeting trade partners on Fri.
Speaking with trade at a market update in Sydney, Radulovic said she was thrilled to be working with the HTO and moving back to the NSW capital after a three year stint in Canberra with the CCB.
Just a few days into her position as country head, she lauded HTO’s “excellent results” produced in 2017 which have “set a strong platform for 2018”.
Radulovic told Travel Daily she hoped to bring a “refreshed, renewed focus on business events” – one of Hawaii Tourism Oceania’s focus areas for 2018.
“I’ve lived and breathed business events for so long that I immediately look and see where we can improve or do things in the market, refine processes.
“As soon as I start to understand that and how HTO operate, I’ll be able to determine what we can tweak to make us a stronger player,” she explained to TD.
This week, Radulovic will be in Melbourne for the annual multi-day MICE-focussed event, AIME.
Also in Sydney for the event was Honolulu-based Chris Sadayasu from Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Sadayasu thanked the audience of around 80 trade partners for their support, saying the 0.6% increase in visitors in 2017 was a “very good” result.
“That’s due to all the work you all have done, as well as The Walshe Group and Jacqui Walshe and her Hawaii Tourism Oceania team,” he commented.
He was in town for the market update (see page 3) and the Flight Centre expo in Melbourne last weekend, and AIME.
Pictured at the “Ohana update” from left are Chris Sadayasu, Jacqui Walshe from The Walshe Group and Giselle Radulovic.
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