“FACET brings together members of the community from a wide range of interests who are interested in ensuring the best outcomes from nature based and cultural tourism. It plays an important role as an independent community forum in promoting sustainable nature based and cultural tourism. I value the way it collaborates widely and stimulates debate. “
JIM SHARP, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, PARKS AND CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
"For over 20 years, FACET has played a significant role in promoting best practice cultural and ecotourism in Western Australia. Tourism WA acknowledges the important role that FACET plays in raising awareness of topical sustainable tourism issues through the delivery of educational seminars, annual conferences and networking opportunities. Tourism WA values FACET's leadership in the area of natural and cultural tourism and the ongoing contribution the association makes to the tourism sector overall."
JAMES HEWITT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT, TOURISM WA
"Murdoch University Tourism Program (MUTP) recognises the important of FACET as an industry organisation with many Murdoch staff and students as members of FACET. FACET has been a great contributor to the development of the MUTP program, with FACET members being on Industry Consultative Groups, providing guest lecturers and offering opportunities to students, exemplifying the FACET objective of capacity building. FACET provides a valuable network for supporting the development of future tourism professionals. My own time with FACET (a member since 1998) has been extremely rewarding both in terms of professional opportunities and meeting like minded people. The MUTP is founded on the notion of sustainable tourism and FACET is the WA industry organisation that exemplifies the actions and strategies valuable to sustainable tourism development approaches."
DR DIANE LEE, ACADEMIC CHAIR, TOURISM PROGRAM, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
Conference Testimonials
2013 FACET Conference - Culinary Journeys; All the tourism ingredients
"The FACET conference far exceeded all of my expectations and it reminded me why Australia, and WA in particular, is one of the best places in the world to live. I met some incredible people who are producing top quality wine and food. I was at the conference to speak about Food, Youth and Culture and attended with two young Chefs, Lloyd Hayes, a graduate from Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen apprentice program and Lorenzo Milanesi, a graduate from San Patrignano. Both the young Chefs were able to share their experiences with some wonderful young Aboriginal students who attended the conference."
DANNY MCCUBBIN, SAN PATRIGNANO, UK
"We live in a period of rapid change and one of the
challenges is for all of us to keep up with the ideas and
technology that we will need to adopt over the coming
months and years. The FACET conference in Manjimup
gave the audience an opportunity to listen and share.
The conference gave delegates the opportunity to
develop take home ideas they could introduce to their
own organisation or business. FACET has the advantage
of gathering thought leaders from a number of different
organisations. The result is that change is part of the
agenda."
JOHN STANLEY, THE RETAIL GURU, JOHN STANLEY ASSOCIATES
"Thank you for supporting us by creating and providing this
unique opportunity for our students to participate in the
recent FACET Conference. Our students gained so much
from this amazing experience. While we can plan and
shape events for our students, we can never predict the
full impact and outcomes that occur in individual lives.
This event certainly opened up significant changes for all
of us. Seeing these students embrace their own cultural
identity and sharing their experiences was humbling."
CATH MCDOUGALL
