Over the past year, our HOSPO Health Program has focused on building leadership skills and creating a culture of wellbeing across Tasmania’s hospitality sector. Guided by insights from previous years, this work centered on a wellbeing pilot involving four unique venues, offering a mix of city-based and regional perspectives.
The Program and Participants
We worked closely with Hadley’s Orient Hotel, The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, Brewlab, Freycinet Lodge, and Iron Creek Bay Estate as representative properties spanning hotels, restaurants, and regional accommodation. Our goal? To embed a practical wellbeing framework, strengthen leadership, and support lasting cultural change in hospitality businesses.
This pilot included leadership workshops, tailored wellbeing initiatives, interactive ‘play and learn’ workshops, and a comprehensive evaluation process to measure engagement levels, feedback and progress. What made this approach work? A co-design process to ensure relevance, flexible delivery to fit hospitality rosters, and strong leadership engagement to set the tone.
The Insights and Learnings
The results, insights, and learnings are all captured in our HOSPO Health Case Study Report. We want to extend a big thank you to the properties and team members who took part in the pilot, and worked with us to really refine how these elements could be rolled out to maximise the return to the industry. Have a look at the report to see how HOSPO Health is shaping a healthier, more resilient Tasmanian hospitality sector.
Check out the full report here.