DFO Workshop

To celebrate DFO Cairns 1st Birthday Celebrations Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 December, the following activities have been planned! Saturday 5 December HOT FM radio outside broadcast (O/B) 10am – 1pm including promotional team give-a-ways, activities and live crosses. Children’s Entertainment between 11am & 3pm including the Fabulous Rachel the face painter, the Mad Hatter, Superman and Alice in Wonderland.

Fashion Workshops “The Fashion Workshop” will be conducting three Fashion Workshops for customers on Saturday 5th December at 11.00am, 12.30 and 2pm. The workshops will be interactive and engaging; educating customers in achieving key looks appropriate for their age, body shape, lifestyle and budget. They will be conducted on a stage beside the DFO food court and each workshop will cater for a seated audience of 30-40 customers. The 40 minute format will involve workshopping 15 garments per parade and demonstrating how numerous clothing combinations can be achieved to build a very stylish yet affordable wardrobe for today’s economic climate. The final 10 minutes of each workshop will involve a mini makeover on 1 or 2 audience members to demonstrate the principles highlighted in the workshop regarding body shape and seasonal key trends.

The 3 workshop themes are: 1. Yummy Mummy Transition from a morning of playgroup and errands to a candlelit “date night” with hubby with only 15 wardrobe staples. 2. Cheap & Chic Calling all Fashionista’s on a budget! We’ll show how you can recession proof your wardrobe with just 15 stylish and fashion savvy pieces that won’t break the bank. 3. Forty & Fabulous Forty is the new 30 and 50 is the new 40 – we’ll show how easy it is to be sassy, stylish, age appropriate, and ‘Bang on Trend” with 10 essential garments.

To secure a place to attend the workshops, customers will be required to register on the HOT FM web site. http://theradio.com.au/WebSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=1234&Station=HOTFM_103.5_Cairns Sunday 6 December Children’s entertainment will continue throughout the day between 11am & 3pm.

HOT FM promotional street teams will be at the centre between Noon – 1pm with balloons and other give-a-ways. If you could pass on the message to family, friends and colleagues it would be greatly appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you over the weekend.

Port Douglas Incentive Specials

Our specials have now been sent out and we are receiving great feedback from them. http://www.m-a-d.com.au/specials.html

Travel Australia with Managing Australian Destinations.  We have created incentive specials that will help you to motivate the most discerning traveller.  With 18 years experience MAD have joined forces with a variety of resorts, hotels and unique product suppliers to help recover from the GEC.

Managing Australian Destinations specialize in  team building, special events, ground support, transport and  so much more.  We have built a business on creativity and outstanding service and are proud to associate ourselves with the very best in the business.  Our clients are made up of IT, pharmacy, financial, auto and other corporate groups from around the world.
We have created the 4 specials and are adding news ones regularly.  A Retreat to Remember, A Slice of Port Douglas and Endless Summer and a Gold Coast Spectacular are just the beginning with others being put together immediately.
The specials are all based on minimum numbers and cannot be changed.  For our clients that are looking for something with more of a wow factor we are here and ready to help day or night.  We are just a click away www.m-a-d.com.au or info@m-a-d.com.au or phone call.  0419358888

Port Douglas Event Management

Managing Australian Destinations is an established Destination Management Company specializing in Incentives, Events, Conference & Special Interest Groups. Our clients are Travel Companies, Incentive Houses and professional conference organisers who want a unique experience for their clients. For outstanding outcomes for their clients our VIP clients can completely trust us to follow through with all the special experiences that their clients could not hope to achieve if they were to do things on their own. Managing Australian Destinations is also a full-service destination management company providing a range of Ground Management and Event Production services for group movements across Australia.

We have a commitment to the environment and promotes the use of suppliers that are ecologically sensitive, and activities that heighten awareness of the natural wonders of the area. This culminated in winning the European Incentive & Business Travel Marts International Award for the most environmentally conscious Destination Management Company.

Recent awards include the TTNQ Meetings Planner Award ’2003/2004, Cairns Regional Export Award 2004, the Australia Small Business Award ’98 and numerous Australasian Incentive Association Awards for Excellence including an award for Best Incentive 2000. With local representatives in each destination, our knowledge of the region, its people and the companies that operate within it, and our commitment to promote Australia’s premier incentive and conference destinations is second to none.

Great Race around Darwin

This is a team building activity we recently did in Darwin:

The race is on…… Delegates will be given a boxed lunch on arrival and invited to eat on the grass area while they wait for their team mates. In each lunch box will be a sandwich/wrap, whole fruit, juice and museli bar. To begin teams will be given a puzzle to complete onsite, once complete the facilitator will hand them their ‘pack’. Teams will be given a question sheet and told where there start point is. Also teams will receive a bag with bandanas, water and blow up crocodiles, which must be blown up and carried throughout the afternoon. Teams 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 will be given questionnaires that begin around at the deck chair cinema and continue down the Esplanade to Doctors Gully, then back up to Mitchell Street, the Mall, to Parliament House and Government House then back to the Hotel. Teams 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 will be sent in exactly the opposite direction. Teams will be scored on their answers and will be given bonus points for various challenges such as group photo with the croc in the fountain! It’s fun, it’s about Darwin, her history and delegates will get a very quick and exciting education with the activity. It’s not the quickest that wins but the teams that score the most points.

Managing Australian Destinations – Specials!

Travel Australia with Managing Australian Destinations. We have created incentive specials that will help you to motivate the most discerning traveller. With 18 years experience MAD have joined forces with a variety of resorts, hotels and unique product suppliers to help recover from the GEC.

Managing Australian Destinations specialize in team building, special events, ground support, transport and so much more. We have built a business on creativity and outstanding service and are proud to associate ourselves with the very best in the business.

Our clients are made up of IT, pharmacy, financial, auto and other corporate groups from around the world. We have created the 4 specials and are adding news ones regularly. A Retreat to Remember, A Slice of Port Douglas and Endless Summer and a Gold Coast Spectacular are just the beginning with others being put together immediately.

The specials are all based on minimum numbers and cannot be changed. For our clients that are looking for something with more of a wow factor we are here and ready to help day or night. We are just a click away www.m-a-d.com.au or info@m-a-d.com.au or phone call. 0419358888

New Teambuilding Activity – Chocoholic’s Challenge

The chocoholic’s challenge is a fun and exciting way for delegates to interact together while enjoying the art of creating their masterpieces from one of our favourite foods – chocolate. The facilitator (MC) will first give a creative address on the origins of chocolate and how it fits into our everyday lives.

The participants will be divided into teams where they will undertake various challenges to finish up with their very own box of chocolates. During this process the MC will conduct on the spot interviews that will be displayed live on the big screen to fuel the competiveness throughout the activity. As a group they will agree on their concept and then put the motions in place. The chefs will have the job of creating the chocolate to work with from raw ingredients and then comes the concept, design and logo for their chocolates before decorating their boxes in their own unique fashion.

This challenge will have everyone’s creative abilities on red alert and the results will amaze you. The finished products are accessed by the facilitator (MC) for quality, originality with prizes awarded to the winning team. Chocoholics prepare for battle!

Port Douglas Event Management – FAMIL

Our second famil we hosted in Port Douglas went ahead last week! We welcomed all five VIPS’s to Far North Queensland on Thursday afternoon. The guests stayed at Thala Beach Lodge for the first night and Sheraton Mirage for the second and third nights. On the first night, our famil guests were treated to pre dinner drinks and canapés at Hartleys Crocodile Adventures before having dinner at the restaurant at Thala Beach Lodge.

The next morning, guests were up bright and early to have breakfast in the hotel before being transferred to Botanical Ark for morning tea and a tour of the gardens. Then they were off to watch the lunch time show at the Australian Muster Experience. From there, the VIP’s experienced a scenic helicopter ride back to Port Douglas, landing at the Sea Temple Golf Club. After a tour around this club and a drink on arrival they were then transferred to the Sheraton Mirage for a site inspection with the General Manager. Pre dinner drinks and canapés out at a secret location were enjoyed before dinner and a site inspection and the Sea Temple Port Douglas. Saturday was a full day on the reef on Quicksilver. Guests got to experience another helicopter ride over the Great Barrier Reef that afternoon before being transferred back to the Marina Mirage. Dinner that evening was held at the Sheraton Mirage resort. The next day the guests all departed at different times. Overall our famil was very successful and all VIP’s had a wonderful time!

New Teambuilding Activity – Carbon Offsite Challenge!

We have a new teambuilding activity:

Carbon Offsite Challenge!

The increase in greenhouse gases to the atmosphere has been described as “the greatest social, economic and environmental threat of this century”.  With this carbon positive challenge your team can reduce corporate carbon footprint levels in a single day, out in the fresh air. It has been calculated that it takes seven trees 100 years to offset 1.4 tonnes of carbon.

This challenge encourages delegates to measure the amount of air travel, heat, light and power the team’s activities consume within a year. This can be calculated into the quantity of trees that should be planted to offset the carbon deposited into the atmosphere.  The team is taken to a site where they will be provided with the tools and information they need to get planting. The facilitator ensures that energy levels remain high and team members are allocated new tasks throughout the day. This carbon footprint activity is both educational and hugely rewarding with the focus on getting back to nature and understanding the importance of our environment.

Gilly Charter

“Jess and I work in event management and look after special events, team building and projects for Managing Australian Destination (MAD). M.A.D is a Destination Management Company (DMC). We specialise in incentive groups, and special interest travel groups. We also do ground support and conference management, special events, team building and very high end, unique adventure tours and travel Australia wide.”

We are just a few days away from a large event happening in Canberra that we are managing. Byron, Jess and Jacqui will be going down on Friday and returning the following Wednesday while Kelly will be coming up to our North Queensland office to help out with a few site inspections and famils we have coming up.

Thanks to Susan Baker in New Zealand we have had the pleasure for a visit from Gilly Charter who shared some fabulous insights into what she presents as a speaker to conference groups. For more than 20 years, Gilly Chater has inspired managers and their teams to make massive changes through tapping into their innate wisdom. Finding the button to ignite the pilot flame is the key to optimizing performance. Gilly has weathered many storms throughout her life and her inspirational presentations show people how they too can be brilliant and bounce back from the most difficult situations. She uses the analogy of Bamboo which is renowned for its ability to bounce back from a storm and Gilly has learned from her own experiences that being like Bamboo is essential for wellbeing, productivity, performance and a happier life. “When we discover what lies within us we become stronger, flexible and resilient like Bamboo”

Keep visiting our blog to find out how our event in Canberra and our site inspections went!

Incentive Groups

Jess and I work in event management and look after special events, team building and projects for Managing Australian Destinations, who is a Destination Management Company (DMC). We specialise in incentive management and ground support and conference management, special events and high-end unique adventures and tours Australia wide.

We are a few days away from an incentive group of 26 coming in to Port Douglas for 3 nights and 4 days. They will be staying at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas and participating in a range of activities and tours that reflect this area perfectly. One of the unique tours they will be going on is a reef and rainforest day where they have half a day or snorkelling, relaxing or swimming on the Great Barrier Reef before being transferred to Cape Tribulation where they will have lunch in a rainforest restaurant. After lunch guests will go jungle surfing through the rainforest. To keep in with the rainforest theme, there will also be a rainforest rhapsody dinner on their final night as a farewell dinner.

We also have a teambuilding activity down the beach on Saturday morning with 100 people. In a few weeks, Jacqui, Byron and Jess will be going to Canberra for the Terry White group of 350 people.

Our luxury collection itineraries are completed and on our web site. To see these please visit our website at http://www.m-a-d.com.au. Our twitter accounts are becoming more and more popular with nearly 1000 fans to each account! To have a look at these please visit http://www.twitter.com/adventure_chix, http://www.twitter.com/austeambuilding, & http://www.twitter.com/business_events