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Jamie Bishop
Bishops Assistance is Jamie Bishop...
and vice versa....
With a rich and varied twenty-five years experience in the tourism &
hospitality business in Australia, Jamie operates as a consultant, well-versed
in a broad range of operations, marketing, media and promotion.
His experience includes accommodation, food and beverage operations, television, radio, print and the world wide web.
During his six years full time with Rydges
Hotels & Resorts, he was closely involved with it's development from
inception. In his position as
Director of Marketing - Product Development, he played a key role in the
development of the group, which has
grown from 6 to 27 operations, and is now the third largest in Australia.
He is well experienced in a variety of operations across Australia and
New Zealand, including Bobby McGee's Conglomeration, the Thredbo Alpine Resort
and a variety of business-class city hotels.
During his time with Rydges his roles encompassed all facets of strategic
planning, marketing and development of the hotel and restaurant operations.
Prior to Rydges, his 8 years with Southern Pacific
Hotels (now 6 Continents) included senior hotel management and marketing positions.
Jamie studied Hotel & Restaurant Management and graduated from Regency Hotel school, SA.
He attended Cornell University
USA (CPD programme) where he majored
in Hotel Marketing, and has spoken at industry conferences within Australia and
overseas in the areas of marketing & event management.
Jamie has established a specialist consultancy in
marketing and business development - his internet marketing assistance includes
web site development, strategy and management.
With partner Ian Heydon, he also co-founded, developed and then sold Getaway On-Line - Getaway TV show's web site.
This led to his 8 year stint with the Nine Network & ACP Publications, where he worked on Getaway TV for several series and then Postcards TV Victoria, producing their Great Escapes segments as well as the development of travel specials.
In 2004 he teamed with WTFN Entertainment - a dynamic television production company, based in Melbourne Australia.
Jamie also has assorted business interests in web development, application and training.
After
20 years based in Sydney, Jamie and family moved back to his home town of
Adelaide, and when not at the coal face, spends time with his wife and
two boys.
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