Promoting your Event
We strive to stimulate and encourage events that offer the best opportunity to provide measurable economic benefits, to market Mansfield - Victoria's High Country to visitors and enhance local community life through participation of residents.
Events can provide a wide range of benefits to the community – socially, economically and culturally. Here you will find some information about how to promote and market your event to make it a success.
Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) listing
The ATDW is Australia’s national tourism database and distribution platform which represents over 90,000 small and medium sized tourism products and destinations. The ATDW’s ultimate function is to support the Australian Tourism Operators with digital marketing to help extend their exposure and attract more business online.
By listing a product once in the ATDW database, Tourism Operators benefit from being listed on their State or Territory Tourism Organisation’s (STO) consumer website, the Australia.com website and through ATDW’s extensive network of over 250 tourism distributors. This rich content solution submits to high standards, defined and quality assured by all state and territory government tourism organisations on a daily basis.
And to list an event is FREE!
List your event now!
Town Entry Banner Display
A great way to have your event be seen by everyone driving into town from Melbourne is a vinyl banner at the town entrance across from the Visitor Information Centre. Please note there is limited space, particularly during peak event periods. Priority will be given to major events as determined by Council’s Tourism and Events Officer.
When dropping off the banner for display in the main street the following needs to be supplied to Mansfield Shire Council Reception and conditions of display understood. Banners will only be displayed for a maximum of 1 month prior to and event unless authorised by Council’s Tourism and Events Officer. This form must be submitted and approved before you drop your banner off for display.
Banner must only be for an upcoming event or community information. Council has final say on what is appropriate for display. Banners must meet all the following requirements
• Width – 2m - 3.5m
• Height – 95cm – 1.5m
• Must have eyelets for ropes
• Must have rope supplied. 5mm thick and length of 2m per eyelet
• Banner must have airflow holes
Apply to display banner here