Career Synopsis: Geoff joined the AAA Tourism STAR Ratings Australia (SRA) Team in October 2006 as an Assessor. He currently assesses properties for STAR Ratings purposes in the Melbourne CBD, the Southern and Western regions of Victoria as well as the Northern Region of Tasmania.

Geoff was educated in Sydney, Brisbane as well as the United Kingdom where he lived for 4 years. He has had an extensive career in sales and marketing including management roles in the airline and hospitality industries for over 27 years.

Career Synopsis: Ex-hotel owner / operator. Gilbert has an extensive background in hospitality having been involved in the industry as well as the real estate industry over the past three decades.

Career Synopsis: Ex-hotel owner / operator. Janet has been involved in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. Janet has gained extensive knowledge in assessing accommodation during her years with AAA Tourism.

Career Synopsis: Lee is a trade qualified Electrician who was been employed by the Ritz Carlton and worked four years as a motel proprietor.

Family: Lee has a Wife Renae & a 3 year old daughter Natalia.

Career Synopsis: Magy comes from industry related jobs which included working in Hotels, Management of Sports Clubs, Hospitality & Industry research and analyses; along with Training and Development. She has worked in many different locations around the world including the USA, Central and South America, United Kingdom, Europe, Singapore and India.

Family: Magy’s five children all live outside of Australia, ("therefore there are no distractions, however they contribute to wonderful annual holidays!") Magy has seven grand children.

Career Synopsis: A teacher by trade, Margaret taught literature in a Teachers Training College and taught hospitality in a TAFE College. She has worked in hotels and motels in various departments; spent a couple of years with a Canadian Life Insurance company in Sales & Marketing; devoted 12 years to RACV in various positions and now, is committed 100% to AAA Tourism.

Career Synopsis: Previous to working at AAA Tourism, Mark worked in Hotels for 16 years- working with “Hilton International”, “Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts” and various other chains. Prior to this, Mark worked for “Ansett Airlines of Australia”.

Family: Mark is married with 2 sons, aged 10 and 12 years old.

Career Synopsis: Phil owned and managed a Caravan Park in Far East Gippsland for 9 years. "Absolutely loved it and the years just flew by". The park ran smoothly most of the time thanks to his wife ("who did most of the work as well as bring up the kids, kill the snakes, settle the customers and so on"). Phil worked as a Cartographer in Canberra and also studied Architectural Drafting before moving to the Caravan Park.

Family: “I think I'm married (may not be legal, as I married in Malta!)” and at last count Phil had 4 kids and 1 grandson.

Career Synopsis: Vinz has worked at a managerial level within the tourism industry of Europe and resort management. He finished his education with an MBA.

Career Synopsis: Belinda is an Ex Hotel Owner/Operator working in both Australia and New Zealand in various different establishments around the two countries. Belinda has been involved in Hotels Industry for over 22 years and has thoroughly enjoyed her time in tourism industry.  Belinda is looking forward to her new challenge of Assessing Tourist Accommodation in the Sunshine/Capricorn coast region.