New additions for tourism board

TOURISM Noosa has announced new additions to the Tourism Noosa Board following on from their Annual General Meeting held last week.
Stephen Gregg, who is the former CEO and Chairman of Tourism and Events Queensland, Mark Wilkinson who is the General Manager of Sofitel Noosa Resort and Spa and Richard Stephens who is the director of Accom Noosa, are new appointments with Drew Pearson from Halse Lodge being re-elected to the board.
Stephen, Mark and Richard join continuing board directors, chairman Steve McPharlin, deputy chair Elizabeth Reynolds and Drew Pearson, Judi Lalor, Erina Kilmore, Wade Batty, Michael Tarrant and John McCulloch.
Mr McPharlin said collectively the new board directors have an incredible depth of skill and expertise in the tourism industry, particularly in Queensland, and will bring a wealth of experience to complement the existing members of the board.
“All new Board Directors are industry leaders and are passionate about tourism with Stephen Gregg in particular having been a guiding force in the Queensland tourism industry for many years,” he said.
“Stephen was most recently the Chairman for Tourism and Events Queensland and has held previous Chair roles with Tourism Tropical North Queensland, Queensland Rail and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council. Prior to these roles, Stephen was CEO of Tourism and Events Queensland, Dreamworld and North Queensland Airports.”
Mr McPharlin said as the board looks to the future of tourism in Noosa, they, along with the management of Tourism Noosa, are developing the Noosa Sustainable Destination Action Plan 2017-2022 and are excited to embrace fresh ideas to enhance sustainable tourism in our beautiful region.