Find A Park Holiday Park Finder Now Available for Download From ITunes App Store

The Find A Park app was released on 8 June through the ITunes App store. It brings hundreds of Australian caravan parks to users in the palm of their hands.

With over 4.5 million smartphone users in Australia more and more travellers will search and find their holiday park destinations with Find A Park. As well as finding parks by name, town or state, Find A Park provides users with useful information including photos, rates and amenities. You can select only those parks who have cabins, ensuite sites or are pet friendly. Here are some more features:

  • The Search function allows Find a Park users to search for parks via a number of advanced search criteria including park name, location, amenities, and park groups like Family Parks, Top Tourist Big 4 and Aspen Holiday Parks 
  • The reservation function connects Find a Park users directly to the booking form - or provides an email or telephone connection - at the touch of a button. No dialing or fumbling to enter an email address. 
  • The direction function sends Find a Park users from their current location to their selected park destination with step by step direction and a map.

Download the Find A Park  Mobile App now

FIRST REGIONAL CARAVAN & CAMPING RADIO SHOW

The Great Australian Doorstep brand, headed by former AFL star Peter Spida Everitt and his wife Sheree, have launched Australia’s first regional Caravan & Camping Radio Show, which will air regionally around Australia on 31 Southern Cross Media stations from 29 May 2011.  

The Great Australian Doorstep Radio Show is a spin off from Spida and Sheree’s popular Channel 7Two TV Show, also entitled The Great Australian Doorstep, in its fourth season,  airs every Saturday at 5pm from 18 June for 20 weeks. The Great Australian Doorstep Radio Show will begin 29 May every Sunday morning from 6.00-7.00am.  The show will cover an extensive market as it is available on 31 stations across the country.

The Great Australian Doorstep Radio Show will be all things caravan, camping & 4wding around Australia.  With Sheree’s strong Kiwi heritage and their vibrant personality clashes it will make for entertaining listening.

“The best times of our life have been in the last four years while filming our TV Show. Caravan & camping around Australia really is ‘living the dream”.

“You will be really surprised at some of the gear on the market these days. We will talk about some really interesting holiday parks to stay, places to visit, great deals to be had, road closures and safety while on the road” Spida said.

The Great Australian Doorstep will air on 31 stations regionally around Australia on the Southern Cross Network from 29 May.

Tweed Shire Residents object to Plan for New Coastal Caravan Park

Residents at Cabarita Beach and Bogangar in Tweed Shire have commissioned a community plan to protest a proposed new coastal caravan park. The residents engaged Griffith University researcher Dr Kerrie Foxwell-Norton to conduct consultation in the local community and prepare an alternative plan to the Shire. The protests are aimed at derailing Shire plans for a much needed tourist facility.

With the acute shortage of coastal caravan parks impacting on the caravanning and camping lifestyle all over Australia, local residents' protests need to be considered in the perspective of the wider community. 

The Shire should initiate its own report and seek input from local tourism businesses that will benefit from the influx of travellers staying at the proposed caravan park and the caravanning and camping community which is increasingly being blocked from access to traditional beach caravan park locations.

 

How the Changing Internet User Impacts Online Marketing

The increased use of hand-held devices is giving end-users a much richer experience. The rise of location-based services, too, is related to changes in the end-user, who often accesses the Internet while mobile in order to find local services. In this video interview, Mike Grehan, Global VP of Content for Incisive Media, discusses the changes in the digital online marketplace.

High Interest in Caravan Parks iPhone App at CRVA Gold Coast Expo

Brighthouse's Senior Consultant, Michael Sidebottom was kept busy on the Find A Park stand at the CRVA Caravan Industry Conference and Expo at Jupiter's Casino on the Gold Coast on 5-7 April.

Interest in the unique holiday finer Smartphone App was sparked by two of the conference's keynote speakers who spoke about future trends in caravan park marketing and the need for caravan parks to embrace online mobile technologies.

A number of the caravan parks groups had been considering the introduction of digital mobile technologies to meet demand from internet and mobile-saavy caravan park users. The Brighthouse iPhone App means that the caravan industry can lead the tourist accommodation industry in the introduction of the technology.

Already, many caravan parks have requested listing on the App and over the next 3-4 weeks Brighthouse will be loading parks' information into the App database in readiness for the public release of the App through the Apple iTunes Store.

New iPhone App from Brighthouse puts hundreds of caravan parks right in the palm of your hand

Following the launch of Find A Park in Australia, Brighthouse will provide New Zealand travellers and caravan parks with the same opportunity to enter the digital mobile era. Find A Park for Australia & NZ will be available from the iTunes store for just $1.19 from early May 2011.

Caravan Industry National Conference 5 - 7 April 2011

With "A Grade" presenters like music promotor Glen Wheatley, futurist Morris Miselowski, economist Justin Smirk,sales motivator Kirsty Spraggon, rental motorhome operator, Luke Trouchet and ex AFL footballer Ben Cousins, the conference will have inspiration aplenty.

According to Federal Caravan, RV & Accommodation Industry Chairman Mark Lindsay "The 2011 CRVA National Conference presents an excellent opportunity to IMAGINE how you and your business fit into the world of tomorrow. With industry leaders coming together to explore best practice, improvement concepts, and to exchange information I would encourage all industry businesses to make their way to the Gold Coast for an opportunity to bond together as an industry in a social and educational environment at what is one of Australia’s truly sensational venues."

Don't miss this important caravan industry event.

Check out the program and reservation details here.

Town Planning Consultant joins Brighthouse Consultant Team

Brian Robinson, Planning Consultant, has joined Brighthouse as an Associate Consultant.

Brian is an experienced and highly qualified Town Planner, having worked in both local government and private sector planning roles. Brian's "can-do" approach and knowledge of planning and local laws ensures that in most instances, applications for planning consent are passed, without the need for costly appeals.

Brian's planning and development experience will be a good fit within the Brighthouse consultant team, adding to our design and project feasibility and project management strengths. Some of our clients are already reaping the benefits of Brian coming on board as he picks up on the status of some of the current client project planning approvals.

 Welcome Brian!

Queensland Natural Disasters back Brighthouse Total Online Technology Decision

The recent floods and cyclones in Queensland highlight the benefits of online software and online data storage of important business and client files. Where catastrophic events have the potential to seriously impact on businesses who maintain local data storage, Brighthouse and its clients are secure in the knowledge that their data is stored in secure “cloud” online centres backed up to various locations. Using the Basecamp, Highrise and Backpack online project management software suite, Brighthouse’s consultants can operate the business anywhere, using laptop computers, iPads and iPhones.

Brighthouse wishes speedy recovery to everyone impacted by the extreme climatic events in Queensland and other parts of Australia.

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