 | Graeme W Kemlo, Board Member, Australasia Vice Chair
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Australian journalist and photographer, Graeme Kemlo, has covered the travel and business events sector over the past 15 years for trade magazines in Australia and Asia, including MICE.NET, MICENZ.NET and MICEASIA.NET. With over three decades of experience in major newspapers, magazines and broadcast media, he was one of Australia's first technology reporters. Now his travel stories and pictures appear in a range of high-end leisure travel magazines, including Epicure and Vacations & Travel, plus online media. He is a Board Director of the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) and Vice Chair of IFWTWA Australasia, which covers members in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia
Published Articles
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Political Leaders Trumped By Amateur Chefs
If any evidence was required that Australians love their food, surely the news that that we would rather watch a prime-time TV cooking show, MasterChef, than the first debate of the election campaign, says everything. |
Kommune a better class of red
When they describe Brunswick Street, the 2 km strip that runs north-south from the edge of Melbourne city, as eclectic, thats usually a word of warning to anyone old enough to remember The Beatles.
And while the street clearly does cater to a twenty-something audience with its mix of styles (is it post-grunge, pre-punk or merely post-pubescent?), arty boutiques, cool bars and eateries (memorable and equally forgettable), there is emerging a more sophisticated wining and dining scene.
The Big Game
Ever since US President Theodore Roosevelt popularised the African big game hunting in 1909, leading a team of 250 porters and guides for a year-long gunpowder-fuelled foray, followed by Ernest Hemingways enthusiastic accounts about the savage yet beautiful safari during the 1930s and 1950s, this continent has beckoned those in search of one of the worlds great exotic journeys.
A Parador of Virtue...and Value
Discovering a chain of hotels with a difference enhanced Graeme Kemlo's experience of sunny Spain.
Accor's Great Race
Try telling competitive teams from the business events industry that they had no need to beat anyone to anywhere...hotel group Accor's unique way of showing off their Victorian properties to buyers
Go West...south west
West is best says Graeme Kemlo following a recent educational famil to the Western Australian capital and the south west
Selling Itself
Tropical North Queensland virtually sells itself as a destination for domestic and international visitors
Think Adelaide
In the battle of the brands Australia's convention cities have marketing down to a fine art
New Venues, New Business - it is all systems go in Regional Victoria
Supporting a raft of new business events venues in regional Victoria is Business Events Victoria.
Nouvelle salt and pepper
The traditional condiments had been usurped, replaced by a triple play of seasonings in dark green, pale pink and lets call it, taupe.
Travel TechTip#1 iPad
As a road warrior, travel writer/photographer and long-time tech reporter, I am a gadget magnet. Here's what works for me on my iPad.
Take Away Slow Food
Former Paul Bocuse head chef, Philippe Mouchel, may just be the new take-away king of Melbourne, but it is far from fast food.
On Wine...and wine snobs
Melbourne's Yarra Valley winemakers are down to earth in talking about their product.
Renato's Riservato Secret Risotto
Executive chef of Hotel Cipriani Venice is renowned for his risotto - he shares the secret.
MICE.NET Magazine
Melbourne Events Juggernaut Rolls On
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