Let our passion for regional tourism and events deliver the best results for your business – by a country mile!
Based in Coolamon in the Riverina region of NSW, The Tilma Group is a boutique events and tourism agency providing services including Tourism Product and Experience Development, Destination Marketing, Events and Conference Management, Public Relations, Social Media Management, and Award Submission Writing and Mentoring.
With the Tilma Group, you are employing a highly skilled team with many years of experience working in the tourism, events, marketing and communications industries, all over Australia and the world. Our team members have worked in local government, state government, for large national and international companies, regional tourism organisations, in tourism businesses and on major regional, state and national events. Managing Director, Linda Tillman's involvement as the CEO of Riverina Regional Tourism and an Australian Regional Tourism Network (ARTN) board member has given her a unique and in-depth insight into the industry at a local, state and national level.
Tilma’s tourism and events services have been tailored to achieve results for your regional business.
TOURISM PRODUCT & EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Tilma can manage your tourism project from grant application to launch!
Many small businesses have a clear vision of what they want to achieve, but do not have the time or resources to make it happen. Our experienced team of tourism, events and marketing staff can help to bring your vision to life on time and within budget.
Our Product and Experience Development services include:
- preparing plans and strategies for businesses and projects
- providing advice and consultation on your concept, ensuring that you’re heading in the right direction
- managing development projects (such as niche trails and experiences, event development and product expansion) from beginning to end
- writing grant and award submissions
- undertaking tourism product audits and identifying opportunities for successful product development
- improving visitor information services through training, signage and advances, such as integrated accommodation booking services
We are passionate about helping businesses to realise the full benefits of tourism and how they can capitalise from the visitor economy.
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Events are great marketing tools, can be fantastic drawcards for destination, and help to establish a business as an industry leader. Working with a committee or flying solo, the Tilma Group has the experience, passion and creativity to manage and grow and established event, or bring a new event to life.
Tilma has organised events of every description, from smaller regional events to major national conferences. We know the huge benefits that professionally run, carefully planned events can bring, and what needs to happen to make them a success.
Our event management services include:
- preparing comprehensive event management plans and strategies
- event, conference and festival management
- assistance in obtaining grants and event funds
- event Development Plans/Strategies to help you realise the potential of your event
- development of event manuals and delivery of workshops on managing successful and sustainable events
Whether you are trying to get a new event off the ground, have outgrown your current resources, need to breathe some life into an established event, or just need someone to ease the burden of your workload and make an event happen, the Tilma Group can help!
MARKETING & PR
Tilma can help put your business on the map! Our marketing and PR services range from producing a brochure or writing a media release, through to managing your social media presence or completing a thorough branding, communications and marketing strategy.
We can help you to define your target markets and competitors, understand your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, position your business within the marketplace and develop a functional marketing action plan that meets your budget and resources.
We are experienced writers and can take your news and present it in an interesting and exciting way, to the right media contacts in order to reach your audience.
Our marketing and public relations services include:
- marketing and communications strategies
- Branding strategies
- coordination of Media/PR services
- copywriting
- publication production
- website development and administration
- social media management, including content/editorial calendars
AWARD SUBMISSION WRITING & MENTORING
The Tilma Group has a proven track record for writing award-winning submissions. Receiving awards is a great way to add credibility to your business and evoke pride amongst your team. It acknowledges your business as one of the best and the recognition that comes with winning an award, or even being named as a finalist, often brings many benefits.
Linda Tillman, Director of Tilma Management, has been a judge and business mentor for the Inland Tourism Awards and NSW Tourism Awards since 2008. The award submission writing and mentoring services offered by Tilma Management are based on her in-depth and personal knowledge of what it takes to impress the judges and ensuring that all the criteria is understood and met.
Our award submission writing and mentoring services include:
- identifying potential awards for your business to nominate for
- researching information for your submission
- writing all or part of the award submissions
- mock judging/critiquing your submission
- mentoring you throughout the submission process
