Registrations are open and tickets are now selling for Social Media Tourism Symposium Australia (SoMeT) being held in Wollongong, NSW 17 & 18 July 2013. Only 200 tickets are available and tickets are expected to sell out.

SoMeT is the only conference that specifically provides an opportunity for destination marketing organisations, hotels, attractions, and tourism-related entities to learn about the use of social media in the tourism industry.

SoMeT was first hosted in the US in 2009 by destination social media leaders, Think! Social Media who are bringing SoMeT to Australia for the first time.

Australian-born, Rodney Payne, Executive Director of Think! Social Media said that SoMeT is a unique conference in the way that it combines tourism specific workshops, case studies and strategy sessions with presentations by leading international speakers and tourism marketing professionals.

"All of SoMeT's content is directly relevant to tourism marketing through digital marketing and social media. It is the one conference tourism marketing professionals should have on their radar," Mr Payne said.

"This event is designed to share learning and identify strategies that attendees can take back to their tourism organisation and use to increase their effectiveness," Mr Payne said.

The SoMeT team has been working closely with destinations identifying topics and ideas and developing a world-class program for the conference. 

Some of the fantastic speakers already announced include:

Emmanuelle Legault, Vice President of Marketing from Tourisme Montréal
To present the learnings and challenges involved with transitioning Tourisme Montreal to 'all-digital' tourism organisation;

Ian Hill, Director of Australian Capital Tourism
To present Tourism Canberra's wildly successful Human Brochure Campaign;

Jesse Desjardins, Tourism Australia's Social Media & Advocacy Manager
Will be sharing his valuable insights on Tourism Australia's social media learnings and strategies including insights from the Best Jobs in the World Campaign.

Tickets for the two day event cost $1095 and can be purchased online at http://au.sometourism.com/registration/.

More speakers, venue and accommodation announcements will be made on the SoMeT website http://au.sometourism.com/ and the corporate Facebook and Twitter fan pages over the next week.


For more information, please contact:
Holly Galbraith
E: hollyg@thinksocialmedia.com
P: (+61) 0432 274 846
http://au.sometourism.com/

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More About SoMeT

The Social Media Tourism Symposium is presented by Think! Social Media, a boutique digital marketing agency that works with leading destination marketing organisations across the world and has offices in Sydney, Vancouver, Detroit and Amsterdam.

SoMeT is a premier conference specifically for destination professionals looking to share ideas, network and discover opportunities in social media for destination marketing.

2013 is the fourth year that SoMeT is being held and the first year it occurs on two continents.

The inaugural conference was held in Loudoun County, Virginia, which hosted 110 attendees. In 2011, SoMeT hosted 183 attendees in Tunica, Mississippi. Close to 250 attendees enjoyed SoMeT in El Paso, Texas last year. 2013 will be the biggest year yet announcing Huntsville, Alabama as the official SoMeT US champion!

SoMeT is more than a conference, it's a year-round, passionate community that continually engages in the discussion of tourism and social media. The annual conference is an opportunity to unite this conversation and explore topics together. Each year's presenters and speakers are notable authorities and professionals from across the tourism industry whose insights provide exceptional perspective for organisations.

Sponsors for the first ever SoMeT Australia include TripAdvisor, Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) and Destination Content.

To be notified of updates and engage with the symposium community, followSoMeT on Twitter @SoMeTourism and Like the Facebook fan page: facebook.com/sometourism.