The third annual Social Media Tourism Symposium (#SoMeT) wrapped up in El Paso Texas last week with the announcement that the leading tourism conference will be coming to Australia July 17-18 2013.

#SoMeT (pronounced so-me-tee) is produced by Think! Social Media in an effort to bring the digital tourism marketing community together. The event began in North America in 2010 and is the only social media conference specifically aimed at the tourism industry.

#SoMeT is social by nature; the community selects and votes on major event elements starting with the host destination. A simple RFP is released and DMO's can apply to hold the event in their destination. Sixteen destinations go into a four round 'play off' type competition via the Facebook platform and ultimately one destination is voted the host.

"We are thrilled to bring SoMeT to Australia next year," says Rodney Payne Managing Director of Think! Social Media. "We are hoping to bring huge value to the Australian tourism industry by showing what a really social event looks like and offering valuable, unique and relevant content."

The event RFP document will be released in December. To be notified of its release or to engage with the symposium community, follow SoMeT on Twitter @SoMeTourism, Facebook www.Facebook.com/SoMeTourism or email lindsay@sometourism.com

Think! Social Media is a boutique digital marketing agency with its core in social media and tourism. Think! works dozens of destinations across the USA, Canada, Europe, Middle East, New Zealand and Australia.

For interviews or more information on this media release please contact
Holly Galbraith
0432 274 846
hollyg@thinksocialmedia.com  
http://sometourism.com/australia/

Want even more info - check out this video announcement http://youtu.be/_-hjczTumdY