Industry Links

Members are committed to offering excellence in country hospitality and maintaining high standards. A diverse range of b&bs, farmstays and hosted self contained accommodation is offered in Bathurst city and surrounding Central Tablelands (Central West) Region of New South Wales. Around 24 member properties.

A group of 12 properties offers bed and breakfast or hosted, self contained luxury holiday accommodation on the NSW Central Coast. All are members of BBFNSW-ACT. Hosted 2002 Annual Conference.

Hawkesbury Escapes is a trading name for a network of luxurious and secluded valley, mountain and river retreats operated by a local Hawkesbury (New South Wales, Australia) association called Accommodation Hideaways Incorporated. All member establishments have a commitment to quality and service.

Accommodation styles range from Bed and Breakfast homestays, self contained Cottages to luxury retreats. Located in the Hawkesbury region, Greater Blue Mountain World Heritage Area - North West of Sydney NSW.

A group of Bed and Breakfast owners in the Port Stephens region of NSW Australia. All members adhere to the association's code of practice. Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Representing Queensland B&B and farmstay operators of small hosted and self contained accommodation offering a distinctive, personalised, and often boutique experience. Member properties are located in the City, coastal, rural and remote destinations, in styles that include a Homestay with the family, private self-contained cottages, wonderful Heritage properties and working farm stays.

PAII is a USA based association of innkeeping professionals and has been serving bed and breakfast and country inn owners for over 15 years. A national organisation of nearly 3000 members in the USA and beyond, PAII supports numerous state based B&B organisations (view listings of state associations on their website).

PAII's mandate is to provide education, information, networking, advocacy, business opportunities and research relating to the innkeeping industry. Their annual conference seems awesome, conference DVDs and other publications are available for purchase.

ANBBA is an association of B&Bs and Guest Houses set up at the Italian national level offering certification of properties, consultation services for members, reservations and other travel aids for accommodation throughout Italy.

Use the Link to go Workcover New South Wales and then search for "Electrical Equipment Inspection checklist"  This is available as a PDF download, this guide is designed to help you evaluate how well you are currently managing safety in your workplace. The six checklists in this kit will help you identify the safety risks in your workplace and suggest how to make your workplace safer.

Other Workcover guides available include Farm Safety, First Aid, Garden & Grounds Safety and many other titles that may be of interest to B&B and Farmstay property owners.

This is an important site for all existing B&B and Farmstay operators and for those considering starting a B&B or Farmstay in New South Wales . To find out what your obligations are in the provision of food to your guests, select the 'For Industry' tab, select 'Industry Sector requirements', then click on the link 'Home Based and mixed businesses'.

The ACCC's main responsibility is to ensure that individuals and businesses comply with the Commonwealth competition, fair trading and consumer protection laws.

A new information service - Small Business Information Network (SBIN) has been launched to provide small businesses with timely and relevant information on trade practices related matters including fair trading, competition issues and publication as it becomes available.

Tourism Research Australia is part of Tourism Australia and conducts research into all aspects of the tourism industry. The surveys are separated into three categories: International Visitor Survey, National Visitor Survey and Destination Visitor Survey.
TRA results are published quarterly and annually. Detailed reports provide information on such things as tourism profiles for local government areas, or an economic analysis of market yield segmentation.

STCRC is an Australian Government initiative, and undertakes research into the strategic challenges facing Australian tourism.

The resulting reports, kits, tools and products are available to inform and assist industry to become more productive and competetive.

Their partners include most if not all major universities in Australia and Government tourism agencies at both state and Federal levels, as well as some public sector partners.

This site is useful as it provides resources on a wide range of tourism areas, as well as conducting surveys online.

HostPlus is one of the largest super funds in Australia specialising in superannuation for the hospitality and tourism industry.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers have an Accommodation Insurance Package which includes:

• Accidental damage up to $500,000
• Exploratory & Temporary repairs up to $25,000
• Damage and Theft of property in the open
• Loss of Attraction following damage to surrounding properties
• Theft by employees and guests
• Legal liability including goods under care
• Increased stock and money cover over Christmas and New Year
• Machinery breakdown and loss of refrigerated stock
• Portable items carried away from business

Providing a Bed & Breakfast policy through Vero Insurance, with clients throughout Australia. Your business is assessed on it's own merits and a policy is tailored to suit your needs. For more details visit the website or phone on the National Toll Free Number - 1800 013 060

TAFE NSW is the largest vocational education and training provider in Australia and one of the best in the world.  They provide a large varirety of hospitality coursesm catering courses and the responsible service of alcohol.

Restaurant & Catering NSW is an approved OLGR provider of the Restaurant Licensee Course, Responsible Service of Alcohol and Responsible Conduct of Gambling. Additionally, they have worked with the Minister for Health to develop a Safe Food Handling Training program for the Food Service Industry in NSW