Quicksilver Group’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Michael Healy, has been appointed to Tourism Events Queensland’s Board of Directors by Queensland’s Minister for Education, Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and Commonwealth Games, Kate Jones.
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The Board has nine Directors with a diverse mix of skills and experience, representing a range of destinations, of which Michael is the only representative from Tropical North Queensland.
Michael said of the appointment, “I am pleased and honoured to accept the role on the TEQ Board. I look forward to being an active participant and working with my fellow Directors ensuring positive growth and enhancing Queensland’s reputation as a destination of choice both domestically and internationally”.
Michael has an extensive and active involvement in the region’s tourism industry and has over 20 years of experience and expertise ranging across hotels, coach touring and marine tourism. He also currently serves as a Director on the Board of Tourism Tropical North Queensland and in the past on the Board of Tourism Port Douglas Daintree.
As well as being a founding member of the Palm Cove Promotional Association, he has participated in government and industry advisory committees including Tourism Australia’s Chinese Advisory Panel and TTNQ’s Emerging Markets Advisory Panel. Michael is also Chairman of Cairns Access Community Housing, a regional organisation responsible for managing and providing low cost housing in the Cairns region.