Topic: Tourism Queensland

HIT OR MISS

The article focuses on the efforts of travel public relations (PR) agency Hills Balfour Synergy for the recruitment effort of Tourism Queensland for an island caretaker. The caretaker will be based on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef. It relates that ...

Australia extends 'world's best job' to four more

Australian tourism officials on Thursday said they were seeking four " mates" to help out with what has been billed as the Best Job in the World in a bid to reinvigorate the publicity campaign.Queensland premier Anna Bligh said one winner picked ...

Briton says "best job in world" no holiday

SYDNEY (Reuters Life! a tropical island.Briton Ben Southall flew out on Wednesday to Hamilton Island, in the Great Barrier Reef, to start his six-month caretaker duties, for which he will be paid A$150,000 ($121,000).Southall, 34, was picked ...
The Briton who won a competition for the " Best Job in the World" arrived on Australia's idyllic Hamilton Island on Wednesday to begin his leisurely six-month posting in the tropical paradise.Ben Southall, 34, started by sending a video blog from ...

Briton begins 'best job in the world'

Former charity fundraiser Ben Southall beat more than 35,000 applicants from around the world to the post, which involves exploring hundreds of tropical islands off the coast of Queensland while writing a blog with photos and video updates to attract visitors ...

'Best job' Brit 'no whingeing Pom'

Australian tourism officials Sunday defended Britain's 'Best Job in the World' competition winner after he was branded a " whingeing Pom" by media.Tourism Queensland said it had every confidence in Ben Southall after he admitted he would miss England's long ...

British charity worker wins 'world's best job'

the best job in the world" as caretaker of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef after an unprecedented global search.Fundraiser Ben Southall beat 15 other candidates selected from around the world after Tourism Queensland received more than 34 ...

Briton wins 'world's best job' in Australia

A British charity worker was named Wednesday as caretaker of an Australian tropical island after a global hunt by tourism chiefs to fill " the best job in the world. "Fundraiser Ben Southall beat 15 other candidates selected from around the world after ...

'Best job in world' winner to be announced

The global hunt to fill " the best job in the world" -- swimming, snorkelling and blogging -- will end when tourism chiefs unveil a caretaker for an Australian tropical island.A total of 16 candidates from around the world have spent the past few ...
British charity fundraiser Ben Southall won the 'best job in the world' on Wednesday -- caretaker of an Australian tropical island -- after an innovative marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media. Southall, 34, was picked from 16 finalists in a highly ...