Author Archive

Rumbles from the North

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Matt Hingerty, ATEC MD
Want to depress yourself? I did so recently flying to Melbourne (usually a happy occasion) when I started reading The Economist…. to read the rest of Matt’s column, please click here.

Successful Symposium

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Matt Hingerty, ATEC MD
As an organiser, you know it’s been a good conference when you remember it for its content and not for the issues you encountered while running it…. to read the rest of Matt’s column, please click here.

Another acronym: TLNA

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

From the MD’s desk
Matt Hingerty – ATEC MD
As I sat there at the Museum of Contemporary Art listening to the launch of the new TA campaign, I was reflecting on how many similar launches I had attended over the last ten years (I think it has been five, but might have been more)… to read [...]

State election special

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Matt Hingerty
ATEC MD
This weekend sees two state elections that the pundits say are (if you will excuse the cliché) running ‘neck and neck’… to read the rest of Matt’s column, please click here.

Upbeat down in Hobart

Friday, March 5th, 2010

From the MD’s desk…
Matt Hingerty, ATEC MD
I have attended few events that were as genuinely heart-warming as the Qantas National Tourism Awards in Hobart last Friday night – a great venue, good F&B, snappy organisation and cool entertainment… to read the rest of Matt’s column, please click here.

A mega-trend we can’t afford to miss

Friday, February 19th, 2010

From the MD’s desk…
Matt Hingerty, ATEC MD
It all but slipped below the radar, but last week’s Overseas Arrival and Departures (OADS) release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics contained a very important table… to read the rest of Matt’s column, please click here.

Is the strain starting to show?

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Matt Hingerty
ATEC MD
Dear ATEC members,
Over the past few days I have spoken to a number of members, both suppliers and ITOs, and the picture I am building up is this:

The industry has responded magnificently to this latest crisis, and the fact that the inbound numbers have held up better than expected is down to [...]