Rachel Meyer has been appointed international and domestic trade manager for Australia's Sunshine Coast (VSC) replacing Jan Foletta.
She will start with the regional Queensland tourism organisation in February, 2016.
Meyer has a strong background in Japanese inbound tourism in Australia (with groups such as Kintetsu and Japan Airlines) and also has worked with major airlines (Virgin Blue), tourism organisations (Tourism NSW) and hotel companies (Peppers Retreats and Resorts).
Meyer has been based on the Sunshine Coast for the past 10 years, where she operated her own tourism sales and marketing company, Motion Marketing, which provided consultancy services for a range of Queensland tourism businesses, including Sunshine Coast Destination and Australia’s Nature Coast.
In her new role she will be responsible for growing the Sunshine Coast’s international travel business.
Europe, the UK, America and New Zealand generated a 4.5 per cent increase in overseas visitors (to 256,000) for the year ending September 2015, with the USA market growing 20.9 per cent and the UK 17.3 per cent
Rachel Meyer has been appointed international and domestic trade manager for Australia's Sunshine Coast (VSC) replacing Jan Foletta.
She will start with the regional Queensland tourism organisation in February, 2016.
Meyer has a strong background in Japanese inbound tourism in Australia (with groups such as Kintetsu and Japan Airlines) and also has worked with major airlines (Virgin Blue), tourism organisations (Tourism NSW) and hotel companies (Peppers Retreats and Resorts).
Meyer has been based on the Sunshine Coast for the past 10 years, where she operated her own tourism sales and marketing company, Motion Marketing, which provided consultancy services for a range of Queensland tourism businesses, including Sunshine Coast Destination and Australia’s Nature Coast.
In her new role she will be responsible for growing the Sunshine Coast’s international travel business.
Europe, the UK, America and New Zealand generated a 4.5 per cent increase in overseas visitors (to 256,000) for the year ending September 2015, with the USA market growing 20.9 per cent and the UK 17.3 per cent
