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News! 11th January 2012 G’Day USA: Australia Week With some many customers from LA lately, we feel we should make mention of the G’Day USA: Australia Week that starts today over there. Check out Kim's recent Tripadvisor review here! 24th November 2011 Melbourne Books If you want to buy Melbourne specific books then look at the eBay account of 1835Melbourne2010 for a great range. 23rd July 2011 Joomba MELTours staff ran into the folk at Joomba during the recent Melbourne Events Showcase and we popped our business card into their jar to receive a personalised calendar. Not much was expected but when it actually arrived - WOW! It was great! Very personal and tickled my fancy. Check out their website - another great local business. 12th June 2011 Ultimate U Waxing Rosie is a young Diploma qualified Beauty Therapist working from the suburb Rosanna under the name Ultimate U Waxing. She specializes in all forms of waxing, male and female, (except Brazilian for males) using both strip wax and hot bees wax. She also does lash and brow tinting, spray tanning, lash extensions and relaxation treatments such as Manicures and Pedicures (express and spa), exfoliation treatments for before waxing and spray-tanning, Facials using Skinstuit and Back to Basics products, and detoxing Chocolate Body wraps. Some of the MELTours staff have used her very reasonable services and we highly recommend her work. 12th May 2011 HomeGround Services We recently entertained some of the team from HomeGround Services and a good time was had by all! However, we wanted to highlight this organisation who are tasked with ending homelessness in Melbourne. Its a hard fight that they are tackling and would benefit from your support. 8th April 2011 Melbourne Art Deco Architecture Tour MELTours is proud to announce the addition of the Melbourne Art Deco Architecture Tour. Led by Robin Grow, author of the award-winning book Melbourne Art Deco, wil take participants through the streets of Melbourne seeing the amazing architecture from that period. Did Batman Discover Melbourne? The Melbourne Day organisation says Melbourne was discovered by the settlers aboard the ship Enterprise. John Batman arrived in November 1835 so he was too late! We hope everyone starts telling the same story. 23rd February 2011 Melbourne Staycation Guide MELTours received a very good review on the Melbourne Staycation Guide this week. We were stoked with that kind review from a group that is also on our wavelength - the city you live in is worth taking an adventure in from time to time. Travelling overseas is great but we should travel around our own fabulous, world class city! 31st January 2011 New Free Tour The visitor to Melbourne for the first time requires information on how to get around and to discover major landmarks. MELTours is pleased to we are able to help new visitors get orientated quickly to enjoy their stay better. We also provide suggested tours and activities that we have experienced directly. 28th January 2011 Beautiful Silks and MELTours MELTours is pleased to announce a partnership with Beautiful Silks in Fitzroy to conduct Shopping & Textile Tours in Fitzroy on their behalf. At the same time we are re-branding the City Laneway Shopping Tour as the City Shopping & Textile Tour as a similar offering. All existing Shopping Tour vouchers will be honoured. 21st January 2011 Rosati Restaurant to be Altered According to Melbourne Heritage Action Rosati's in Flinders Lane is to be replaced by 10 storey building. A copy of the planning application is here. 20th December 2010 MELTours now retailing online We have gone into the online retailing realm by offering a unique set of heritage postcards by The Collector. The Collector is passionate about Melbourne's old buildings and related memorabilia. 12th December 2010 Thankyou Water Supplied on Selected Tours Where water is being supplied on selected tours, MELTours will always ensure Thankyou Water™ is the choice for our groups. To hear about their great work, visit their website. 12th September 2010 Free Melbourne Bike Share Vouchers Come along on the next Bike Share Tour and receive a free voucher courtesy of Melbourne Bike Share. Enjoy a ride around Melbourne and learn about our new system. More here. 1st September 2010 Jenny Davies Melbourne Award Winner! Jenny Davies has added another award as a result of her writing the book. At the Awards, Jenny took out the Individual Division in the Contribution to Profile section. 24th August 2010 MELTours Review - Melbourne Bits and Pieces Mariella from Melbourne Bits and Pieces recently attended a MELTours Laneways of Melbourne Tour and posted a great review on her blog which is about venues, food and events around Melbourne. Read the full article here. 22nd August 2010 Our Jenny Davies Wins Award! At the Victoria Community History Awards held on Thursday, 19 August, 2010, the Hon. Peter Batchelor, MP, Minister for the Arts declared Jenny Davies the Overall Winner for 2010 for her publication titled, Beyond the Façade: Flinders Street, more than just a railway station. See more here. 12th July 2010 MELTours 1 year old! Launched a year ago, MELTours has successfully shown hundreds of customers our great city. Individuals, groups of over 30 and companies have used us to learn about the hidden laneways, art, architecture, coffee, history, street art and much more! Try us and see! Glug Designs Want a great Stubby Holder? Give Luke a call or check his website for something different for your event, wedding or sporting club. Luke came on a Laneway tour with us and let us know about his online venture. An Artist in the family One of Jerome's artistic relatives is the feature of a YouTube video Attracting more attention now in Europe, an exhibition of his work was recently held in London. 3rd June 2010 New Bike Hire Tour! The Melbourne Bike Share system has been launched and MELTours has created the first tour in Melbourne using the new bikes. Check the Bike Share Tour page here to see more details about our new tour! 30th May 2010 Post your Event Here If you have been on a tour with us, let us post your news or event here as long as its to do with the CBD, the inner suburbs or its online. 16th May 2010 Great Laneway Pics Check out the pictures taken on a Laneway tour by Jason from Sydney. Great work mate! 26th April 2010 MELTours Changes Name To better align our Walking Tour business with Melbourne and our Event Management business, we are now known as MELTours. In celebration we have launched a tour of Flinders St Station. Sign up to our email list for the next tour! 6th March 2010 MELTours Under Scrutiny We have received feedback that some of the old wording on our Art Tour page was directed at a local operator. Our view is that the walking tour market is a global market and we compare our operation against those in London and New York. We also look locally and at Sydney. We look at our experiences across Australia and 20 other countries and bring that knowledge to our operations to make them the best they can be. To look only at the local market is very limiting and reduces the value we bring to our customers. 17th February 2010 Bicycle Tour Launched We are delighted to announce that MELTours is finally offering a bike tour and it's called the Bicycle Tour of Melbourne! Take advantage of the good weather over the next 2 months and book a tour! S.L.A.M Protest Rally Jerome couldn't help out with the rally on the day as a Marshall but got there to march anyway. 22nd January 2010 Stories on how Flinders St Station is being ignored The Age has a story here aimed about using the vacant spaces for the Arts community. Maybe Not-For-Profits and Small Business too? Derryn Hinch has posted his own comment here and correctly points out that $360M is being spent on a third tennis roof but nothing on Flinders St. Click here to see archived items. |
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