ASSOCIATE MEMBER TOURISM BUSINESS - Premium Level Annual (recurring payment) Membership.

This level of membership for businesses trading outside of the QC region / partnering councils, and includes a range of valuable resources, support to become trade ready, and new and innovative digital packages and workshops that are designed to take your marketing to the next level.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

• Connect with other members (business-to- business) through the QCT Industry Portal.
• Opportunity to include information in QCT's industry e-newsletter. Brief business updates or event information may be submitted for inclusion in the RTO's industry e-newsletter. Inclusion at the discretion of QCT.
• Receive updates from our CEO on the latest local, state and national tourism industry news and opportunities in our members' newsletters.
• Priority consideration for media familiarisation opportunities. QCT hosts journalists on familiarisation tours to generate media exposure for the destination.
• Access to to QCT image library. Images supplied to promote the destination.
• Access to Southern Queensland Country statistics and visitation data by Council Region, and from other relevant sources such as Google Trends data.
• Opportunity to present your product to key QCT staff to enhance and maintain product knowledge.

MARKETING BENEFITS

• Use of official QCT consumer branding. Brand Style guidelines apply.
• Opportunity to participate in seasonal campaigns. A min of 2 seasonal campaigns are implemented each year. Additional participation costs may apply to reach target audience. Priority access and subsidised rates for Tourism Business Premium Members.
• Opportunity to be featured in consumer e- newsletters sent to an engaged database of 50,000+.
• Opportunity to feature within QCT's digital and social media marketing activity connecting to 110,000+ followers across our Instagram and Facebook audiences.
• Feature your business on our website southernqueenslandcountry.com.au.
• The Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) allows you to promote your product on up to 50 travel websites (NB. for ATDW eligible product only). Event listings are free.
• Promote your business with deals/offers on the southernqueenslandcountry.com.au website, the call to action for our digital and national print marketing, with 50,000+ page views each month.
• Your business/event included in 'What's on This Week' in consumer Country Club newsletter and online. Inclusion at the discretion of QCT
• Consumer competition opportunities. Opportunity to participate and provide prizes for consumer competitions to assist in promoting your product and the destination.

EVENTS EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS

• Website featured event listing. Limit one per event. Bookings essential.
• Event calendar listing on our website southernqueenslandcountry.com.au. (This can be pulled from your ATDW listing).
• E-newsletter feature. Opportunity to feature your event in QCT's monthly consumer newsletter 1-2 months prior to your event.
• Opportunity to purchase additional marketing packages and data insight reports. Priority access and subsidised rates for Tourism Business Premium Members.

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS

• Invitation to networking events to connect with tourism industry professionals.
• Opportunity to be considered as host venue for a QCT networking function.
• Subsidised training sessions on a range of topics including social media.
• Information forums for various industry sectors on a range of topics.
• Tailored mentoring on industry programs for various sectors.
• Connection to qualified and accredited programs and mentoring through wider tourism industry bodies.
• Access to online training videos from our eLearning library to upskill your workforce.
• Your trade ready product promoted at Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE); Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) events and on sales missions.