Tiny Thoughts This Week
*Guard your time.
Do it quietly, without lecturing others on how they should use theirs.
**Not everyone runs on your clock.
What feels urgent to you may not matter to someone optimizing for presence, relationships, or balance. Protect your time without judging how others spend theirs.
**Borrowed wisdom breaks under pressure.
Advice you haven’t earned collapses when reality pushes back. Wisdom forged through experience holds, because you understand not just what works, but why, when to bend it, and when to ignore it.
🏆 Insights This Week
🎧 Recommended Episode:
Luxury Is Not Service — It’s Performance (And Most Hotels Get It Wrong)
In this episode of The Social Hotelier, Sam-Erik Ruttmann explores luxury service as a live performance, where every micro-moment shapes how a guest feels long after check-out. Joined by strategist and working actor Kyle Merrick, @AnarchyMarketingCoach, this conversation reveals why the best hotel teams don’t follow scripts — they read the room, listen like actors, and respond in real time.
Upcoming Industry Events
April 1 — VTIC Leadership Series Luncheon — Victoria
April 22 — GBTA APAC Business Travel Forum Melbourne — Melbourne
April 24 – 25 — Explore Northern Territory — Northern Territory
May 6 – 7 — AHICE — Adelaide
May 10 – 14 — Australian Tourism Exchange 2026 — Australia
May 13 – 14 — Travel Daze — Brisbane
May 19 — Melbourne Travel Connect 2026 — Melbourne
May 25 — Perth Airport WA Tourism Conference — Perth
May 25 – 27 — Food & Hospitality Week 2026 — Sydney
May 25 – 27 — Food & Hospitality Week 2026 — Sydney
June 29 – July 2 — ILTM Asia Pacific 2026 — APAC
June 30 – July 1 — AHA Hospitality Expo 2026 — Perth
July 21 — Corporate Travel Show Perth — Perth
July 28 — Corporate Travel Show Melbourne — Melbourne
July 30 — Asia Pacific Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition — Australia
August 11 – 13 — Victorian Tourism Conference 2026 — Victoria
August 11 — Corporate Travel Show Adelaide — Adelaide
August 18 — Corporate Travel Show Sydney — Sydney
August 18 – 20 — TravelManagers National Conference 2026 — Australia
September 1 — Corporate Travel Show Brisbane — Brisbane
September 23 – 24 — No Vacancy Expo — Sydney
October 1 — TADA 26 — Australia
October 9 — Beyond Borders Travel Summit 2026 — Australia
November 25 – 26 — FACTS 2026 — Sydney
November 27 – 29 — Travellers Choice Conference 2026 — Australia
April Marketing Key Dates
2 April to 5 April – Byron Bay Bluesfest (Byron Bay)
3 April to 19 April – New Zealand school holidays
3 April – Good Friday
3 April to 5 April – Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow (Wanaka)
4 April – Easter Saturday
5 April – Easter Sunday
6 April – Easter Monday
7 April – Southland Anniversary Day (Southland)
10 April – Ultra New Zealand (Wellington)
10 April to 19 April – Parrtjima (Alice Springs)
17 April – Jimmy Barnes (Christchurch)
19 April – Jimmy Barnes (Auckland)
22 April – International Mother Earth Day
24 April to 9 May – QLD Music Trails: The Outback
25 April – ANZAC Day
25 April – The ANZAC Day Classic (New Plymouth)
25 April – The ANZAC Day Classic (New Plymouth)
30 April – Women’s State of Origin Game One (Newcastle)
Next week - April Marketing Content
Till next time,
Hotelier Roundup
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