Hospitality Industry Forums The first round of hospitality industry forums kicked off on the 1st and 2nd of April with the west coast forum in Strahan, followed by the southern forum in Hobart on 29th and 30th April, the northern forum in Launceston on 6th and 7th May, and the East Coast forum in Orford on 28th and 29th May. The forums have been highly successful, with over 550 hospitality business and corporate partners attending the two day sessions to date. The North-West hospitality forum will be held in Devonport on 17th and 18th June and we are expecting another strong turn-out. The forums provide an important networking opportunity for hospitality businesses around Tasmania, corporate suppliers and industry representatives and the feedback has been very positive about the opportunities to further develop valuable and productive business relationships. The forums have also represented an opportunity to provide valuable information for hospitality businesses in each region, with speaker presentations and information sessions on managing mental health in the workplace, getting the most out of social media, compliance with industrial laws, programs such as the Great Customer Experience program, “Ask for Angela” and much more. The forums have also included the industryworkshops wherewe have invited a number of hospitality businesses and enterprises from across each region, and across the different sectors (accommodation, hotels and pubs, restaurants and cafes) to meet and discuss the many challenges and opportunities being faced by the hospitality industry in that region. The response has been tremendous and this will assist us in developing a hospitality industry development plan, with specific strategies and initiatives for each region, based on the priority issues identified at the workshops. We will be presenting the industry development plan at the next round of forums to be held in the second half of this year.
The speaker presentations and information sessions in the second round of forums will also draw from the feedback we have received to date, and the issues that hospitality businesses attending the forums have identified as priorities. These forums are free events supported with funding from the Tasmanian government and the generous support of our corporate partners and provide significant value for your business and your staff, and I encourage everyone to attend. Coward’s Punch As part of the 2018 Tasmanian State budget, the Tasmanian government allocated $200,000 to the Tasmanian Hospitality Association to develop and implement the Tasmanian Coward’s Punch initiative. This initiative provides an opportunity for our industry to play an active role in combating what is a scourge in our community, that is, those individuals that assault people otherwise having an enjoyable night out. The immediate and long term impacts of these acts can be devastating and it is important to get the message across that this is not acceptable behaviour in our community. While these assaults most often occur in the street, and are not generally associated with any particular venue, our industry does have an important role to play, along with the government, Tasmania Police and community representatives. To assist the THA in developing and delivering the program, a steeringcommitteehasbeenestablished includinga representative of the THA, Tasmania Police, a hospitality industry representative, and sporting and media personalities. The Coward’s Punch program will also work closely with Danny Green’s Stop the Coward’s Punch program, to ensure there is a consistency of messaging and to draw upon valuable resource material that has already been developed.
June 2019 www.tha.asn.au
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