Issue 1: Monday April 14, 2008

WELCOME TO HOSPITALITY CREW

Well after many, many, many months of market research, speaking with staff and industry employers and revisiting how we want this project to work, we are finally realeasing our first newsletter.

I don't know anyone who has the time to read a full on newspaper or newsletter anymore, so we made our newsletters short and sweet.

They will highlight new articles, important information that you need to know when working in this industry and will detail all our vodcasts. These can the be read or seen in full from our site.

Hospitaliy Crew is totally free and exists to support you. Help us by encouraging everyone that you work with and know in the industry to sign up.

For more info about what Hospitality Crew is, click here for our blog on us.

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In This Edition:

Vodcasts and main stories:

	Chris Barlow Vodcasts with us all about Pinot Noir. Check this out HERE
	Brooke Holm heads down the Brisbane Convention Centre to find out all about the Event Conneqions Trade Expo and learns what the most important thing that event managers should know when organising an event. Watch her interview HERE
	We ask local industry employers around South East Queensland "What qualities and attributes do you look for in an employee?" in our new VOX POP Vodcast series Connecting with Industry. Check it out HERE

In The News:

	The Queensland Tourism Industry Council has developed a new project, named QTIC-Y. QTIC-Y is a Generation Y tourism and hospitality network linking students, employees, entrepreneurs and stakeholders together. More HERE
	We are now on FaceBook!  Join up and say hello!

Welcome Our New Team:

	I would like to welcome Brooke Holm (Top) and Christina Muller (Bottom) to our Camera and Editing Crew.
	They have both joined us this year and look forward to filming and producing all our new vodcasts and media presentations.

Next issue we take a look at the new Food Act for Queenslanders, catch up with Chris Barlow and a bottle of Cabernet and hopefully have our new vodcast series all about pastries and sweets plus lots more.

We are always adding new articles and content that may not be included in our newsletters.  Feel free to always keep coming back to the site and check out our blogs, forums and our soon to be opened industry only job line.