April 2026 Newsletter

YTNSW Masquerade Ball – 17 June 2026

Be sure to secure your tickets for a spectacular evening of mystery and elegance at glittering Doltone House, Hyde Park, Sydney at the legendary YTNSW ball, where a masquerade awaits. Tickets start at $199 a head (for a table of ten members) – book here.

We’ll also soon be announcing our awesome sponsors – it’s not too to late to be one too, if your organisation is interested – take a look at all the benefits here.

Scholarship winner

Tourism Australia, in conjunction with the Backpacker & Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP) and the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC), is pleased to announce the winner of the youth-sector development scholarship, Nora Kisser, Guest Services Manager at Millett Group’s Wake Up! Hostels in Sydney.

Nora also serves in a voluntary capacity as Youth Tourism NSW’s Secretary. Designed to increase distribution engagement as well as develop the capability of a future leader in the sector, Nora will receive a one-year ATEC membership for Millett Group, a place in the ELITE program including mentoring and attend ATEC Meeting Place later this year. Further details on the ELITE program are available here. There was a strong field of candidates for this highly competitive scholarship – congratulations Nora (pictured third from left with representatives from ATEC and Tourism Australia).

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all our members for your ongoing support of the youth tourism industry in New South Wales & the ACT. If you have any news you’d like to spread to members, please email contact@youthtourismnsw.org.au

We’d also like to give a special thanks to Allsopp Bunting Insurance for their ongoing support of YTNSW and the industry, and to our valued venue sponsor, Applejack Hospitality.