Tourism Queensland ATDW Update Newsletter

ATDW on Q eNews February 2010

It's nearly time to renew your ATDW subscription!

ATDW listings are shortly due for renewal. We will be in contact in the coming weeks and provide you information on how to renew your subscription for April 2010 to March 2011. As an existing ATDW subscriber, you do not need to do anything at this point.

The annual subscription fee for 2010/2011 is $150 for members of a Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO), and $200 for non RTO members. All rates are inclusive of GST.

The renewal of your listing gives you with the opportunity to:

• ensure your rates are valid for the next year (through until March 2011)
• refresh and update your product information, images and contact details.

Searches for Pet Friendly products are increasing on the Queensland Holidays website and as a result, this year we are asking operators to review their "Pet Friendly" information (where applicable), to ensure that your listed information is up-to-date.

ATDW Subscriber Survey

Thank you to all of the subscribers who participated in the ATDW subscriber survey conducted in September last year. A summary of the results has been compiled and a copy can be downloaded below. The results are being used to provide Tourism Queensland’s ATDW Team with valuable insights on how we can continue to best assist our subscribers and to set the direction for future strategic initiatives.

To view the summary report please click here.

Going, Going, Gone!! Queensland Holidays Ultimate Auctions

There are only 5 spots remaining for the April Ultimate Auctions so get in quick before they are going, going, gone!

The December 2009 Ultimate Auction was a huge success with over 600 bids resulting in sales of over $11,000 worth of participating ATDW products. These packages were snapped up within 5 days and viewed by 49,000 visitors.

To be involved an investment of $500 (plus GST) provides you with the opportunity to list a single product or experience for inclusion in the Auction. To register your interest, please complete and return the Ultimate Auctions Expression of Interest Form by the 19th of February 2010.

Click here for more information or contact Queensland.HolidaysAuctions@tq.com.au

Tourism eKit Profile – Google Tools Tutorial 33

Google is the most widely used search engine however it has evolved to offer many more services than its search engine rivals. Over the years, Google has developed a series of free tools to increase your exposure on the Internet.

One of these tools is Google Maps. This allows consumers who are looking for a travel or tourism product to search for and find tourism listings, by category and by location.
This tutorial reviews the variety of free tools and resources on offer by Google, including Google Maps and Google Local Business Centre and how to use them to benefit your bottom line.

ATDW Distributor Profile: australia.shopsafe.com.au

Shopsafe Australia distributes a large volume of ATDW information, displaying over 4,000 Queensland products, from all categories - acccommodation, attractions, tours, hire, transport, events and destination records.

On average there are over 65,000 page views of Queensland tourism products and information on the Shopsafe Australia website.

For more details visit australia.shopsafe.com.au

NEW ATDW Distributors

As more and more websites and publishers join us in distributing Queensland ATDW information, we'd like to share these with you. This will give you an idea of just how far-reaching your ATDW subscription is!

To view the full list of ATDW distributors please visit www.atdw.com.au/distributors.asp


Distributor Name	Location	Categories
ABC Online	Australia Wide	Events
Bed & Breakfast Farmstay & Accommodation	Australia Wide	Destination Information
Family Parks	Australia Wide	Accommodation, Attractions, Destination Information, Events
Jayco	Australia Wide	Accommodation, Attractions, Destination Information, Events

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