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Geoff Ralph
Assessing Territory: Victoria and Tasmania
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.
Interests: His interests include golf, flying and travel. |
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Gilbert O'Brien
Assessing Territory: Country NSW, Sydney and outlying areas
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.
Favourite Holiday Destination: General Travel and seeing new areas. |
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Janet O'Brien
Assessing Territory: Country NSW and Sydney
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.
Favourite Holiday Destination: Janet's favourite place to 'visit' is her home and to visit for a holiday is northern Thailand. |
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Lee Hoawerth
Assessing Territory: Mid North Coast NSW
Career Synopsis: Lee is a trade qualified Electrician who has been employed by the Ritz Carlton and worked four years as a motel proprietor.
Family: Lee is married with 2 children.
Interests: Rugby League, Surfing and fishing.
Favourite Holiday Destination: Fraser Island & New Zealand. |
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Magy Evans
Assessing Territory: Victoria – Mainly the Gippsland area & Tasmania
Career Synopsis: Magy comes from industry related jobs which included working in Hotels, Management of Sports Clubs, Hospitality & Industry research and analysis; 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.
Interests: Magy enjoys working with local community projects in sustaining family values and connections. She has worked extensively here and overseas with ‘DOCS’.
Favourite Holiday Destination: Magy's favourite city is Florence, "for the shear magnificence of the art and blend of architecture". However, she also loves New York, "for its extrovert nature and the fact that it is active 24 hours of every day". |
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Margaret Yuru Milbourne
Assessing Territory: Southern QLD & Northern NSW
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.
Interests: Reading, music, art, travel and horse riding.
A Perfect Day: Margaret's idea of a perfect day is: A lazy sumptuous breakfast at any café in any quiet location with a view (garden or ocean); a hair-cut in a salon catching up with the latest Vogue/Harpers Bazaar; a stroll in galleries or boutiques; a concert evening to finish off the day. |
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Mark Wakefield
Assessing Territory: South Australia
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.
Interests: Mark enjoys travel (with a strong mix of food, wine and shopping), AFL football, (“GO the CROWS”), cooking & going to the Gym.
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Phil Robinson
Assessing Territory: South East NSW & ACT
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.
Interests: Enjoy Travel, more travel, Golf and camping.
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Vinz Mueller
Assessing Territory: North East Victoria & Tasmania
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.
Interests: Travel, tennis, ice hockey and soccer.
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Belinda Pryke
Assessing Territory: Sunshine – Capricorn Coast
Career Synopsis: Belinda is an Ex Hotel Owner/Operator working in both Australia and New Zealand in various establishments around the two countries. Belinda has been involved in the Hotel Industry for over 22 years and has thoroughly enjoyed her time in the tourism industry. Belinda is looking forward to her new challenge of Assessing Tourist Accommodation in the Sunshine/Capricorn coast region.
Interests: Animal Welfare, Supporting Guide Dogs and RSPCA |
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Kylie Adams
Assessing Territory: WA & NT
Career Synopsis: Kylie’s passion for the tourism industry was born from growing up on Norfolk Island, a key tourism destination. Assisting the development and growth of the family owned tourism business gave her the ground skills and experience necessary to progress in this dynamic industry. Kylie has worked in numerous sectors of the industry ranging from hotels, restaurants, tour companies, wholesalers, tourism industry bodies, tourism associations, auto clubs, tourism colleges/TAFE's and has recently established Pure Tourism a creative consulting business.
Interests: Travelling, sport and developing young people in the Tourism Industry.
Favourite Holiday Destination: Kylie loves going back home to Norfolk Island as often as possible. Norfolk is the perfect place to relax, unwind and catch up with family and friends. |
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Helen Denton
Assessing Territory: WA & NT
Career Synopsis: As an ex-owner/operator, General Manager of Marketing & Operations, as well as Executive Housekeeper and Front Office Manager, Helen has experience in all facets of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry.
Family: I have two grown children, Blaire and Samuel, and live in an apartment in Fremantle, WA.
Interests: My interests are politics, the environment and reading. |
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Adele Lewis
Assessing Territory: North Queensland
Career Synopsis: With a Degree in Building Science and a world trip behind her, Adele has held various positions in the hospitality industry. After working as a business analyst for a Community Aged Care organisation in Perth, Adele re-embarked on her hospitality career and managed a boutique hotel in Fiji. After a couple of years and not much time off, she had an idea and started her own business offering relief management services to boutique resorts in Fiji, her clients being some of the most prestigious boutique resorts. After two years it was time to come home to Australia and put all the knowledge and skill to work for AAA's STAR Rating program.
Interests: Travelling, 23 countries so far and counting, walking on the beach with my golden retriever and cooking. |
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