2011 MIAA Marinas11 Conference & Tradeshow

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2011 MIAA Marinas11 Conference & TradeshowPosted by Ben on 1st July 2011

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Ben

Ben joined StorMan Software in 2002 and is now StorMan's Australian General Manager. He also looks after most of our Australian training, so he's frequently found all over Australia on training missions, attending or hosting our live events, or just meeting up with our clients.

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I am pleased to say that that MIAA's (Marina Industry Association of Australia) "Marinas11 - New horizons" Convention & Tradeshow was a fantastic two-day event held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

StorMan exhibited in the tradeshow area for the first time this year, and we were welcomed with open arms. Special thanks & mention to Ros (conference coordinator) and Doug Chapman from “The Marina Hindmarsh Island”, and of course the other exhibitors.

It was interesting to hear about the marina industry's "hot topics" and, not surprisingly, they revolved around how to manage their clients and their clients needs more effectively. To all the people who spoke to us at the stand over the two days, it was wonderful to meet you and I genuinely feel that we can help some of them.

For me, it was good to see that we were basically 'on the money' for features and where our software needs to be for the marina industry and, as such, was delighted to hear feedback to that effect. Obviously, we will work to maintain that level of enthusiasm and towards putting in the few things we are missing right now. Thanks to all for the feedback!

Andy and I also attended the Gala dinner for the awards night and were very impressed with the high level of attention to detail shown by the entrants and the judging team with respect to the criteria that was judged. One facility – Soldiers Point Marina – pipes filtered water to all their berths! Now that is a 5 star marina.

So to everyone involved thank you so much for allowing us to come and view what looks to be a thriving industry and for such a warm welcome. I look forward to seeing you all very soon & have included some photos that were taken while we were there...

Regards,
Ben (General Manager, StorMan Australia).