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COVID-19 and its implications on your business
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Get Trained – Know Your Obligations
There are only two places a service animal is not allowed… And a holiday park isn’t one of them. Another perfect example of a situation
Brisbane Airport Supports Travelers with Invisible Disabilities
Many Australian airports offer assistance to people with disability, but Brisbane Airport’s new program will support travellers with hidden disabilities and other airports are soon
Southern Cross Uni introduces Accessible Tourism to Students
Southern Cross Uni has brought the subject of Accessible Tourism into the classroom. I was recently asked to be a guest lecturer to first-year students
Destinations for All Conference 2018
The second World Summit on Accessible Tourism – Destinations for All was held in October 2018. The conference was held in Brussels and Melissa James
Did You Hear the One About
Sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn’t it. It’s a line I use in my Disability Awareness Training to highlight the discrimination that occurs
Accessible Tourism Mentoring Program Launched by Destination Gold Coast
This week saw the launch of a great initiative from Destination Gold Coast. With funding from the Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development a program
Brisbane Airport Leading the Way in Access
Brisbane Airport has invested more than $3 million in the past five years implementing its extensive Disability Access Management Plan in addition to the funding
Accessible Holidays Should Be Easy
Accessible holidays in a nutshell. Why should age, mobility issues or any disability be an obstacle to people who wish to travel and enjoy the
Accessible Housing
Developers Going Accessible Developers seizing on disability-friendly apartment opportunities as NDIS needs soar By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant – ABC.net.au For most of the last
Refused service because of assistance dog
Disability campaigner Megan Grant says she was refused service because of her assistance dog It really is sad that in this day and age people
Online Disability Awareness Training
We are very pleased to announce our new online disability awareness training program is now open for enrollments. The NDIS roll out is now well
Disability Awareness Training Can Help Stop Complaints
It’s worrying that we are still seeing many cases of people being refused service because they have an assistance animal such as a guide dog.
Access and Inclusion is Good for Business
Australian Network On Disability (AND) has just released a video that I’d like to share with you. It’s called Access and Inclusion is Good for
Is it time to modernise the wheelchair access icon?
The current wheelchair access icon has been with us for many years and there is now a debate about whether it should be changed for
Study Finds Accessible Travel Large And Lucrative Market
A study has been undertaken in the US that has found that the accessible travel industry is a large and lucrative market. However travelers with
Deep Sea Diving – In A Wheelchair
Deep sea diving… In a wheelchair. While researching for a keynote speech I am delivering on Accessible Tourism, I came across this Ted Talk and
Disabled accommodation versus accessible accommodation – welcome to my current bugbear.
Disabled accommodation versus accessible accommodation – It’s all in the language. Language is a funny thing isn’t it. It evolves over time and some things
Case Study
Spanish based company ProA Solutions studied a number of cases and found that businesses that invested in improvements to design, accessibility and training realised a return on their investment within one and a half to three years.
Testimonial
‘I absolutely recommend the program. It is little cost to participate, little cost to offer appropriate room items, and opens the door to a large and growing market. We will do a full floor (16) rooms so that a number of categories are covered when we refresh the rooms this Winter’
Regards,
Amery – General Manager Sofitel Gold Coast