The Team

Born and bred in Ireland, Will settled in Australia almost 20 years ago to work with the Roche family, developing the popular Harrigans Irish Pubs chain, assisting in the establishment and as General Manager of Hunter Valley Gardens, incorporating the southern hemisphere's largest commercial attraction garden as well as numerous associated hospitality businesses.

In December 2008, Will ventured to Newcastle, to operate a well known hotel and since has owned, grown and managed a number of successful restaurants, cafes, bars and accommodation offerings, as well as establishing numerous community events. Will has committed himself to help position the Hunter as a tourism destination, to ensure it continues to grow through events, infrastructure, experiences and activities and to advocate to all levels of government.

Will can often be spotted with his wife Karen and stepson Max (the tap dancer), taking in the activities across the region, from their home in Newcastle.

Nicole worked her way from starting as a front office agent, to reservations supervisor then onto front office and reservations manager, before coming to Alloggio as our Reservations Manager. Nicole has a real passion for reservations and enjoys all aspects of the industry.

Nicole has a can do attitude and is highly proficient in problem solving and ensuring great customer service. She recognises staff potential to ensure the team continues to learn and grow.

She lives in Newcastle with her two children, Arabella and River, and really enjoys spending time with her family and friends, going to music concerts, dancing, dining out and good wine.

Georgina is passionate about property and customer service, and highly competent in negotiating, managing and delivering the best outcome in all property related transactions.

Originally a Sydney girl, she made a lifestyle move from Sydney to Central Coast acreage with her husband and two young kids, Sam and Frankie, and is loving the coastal work/life balance this has offered.

• Increase occupancy of holiday lets/hotels – Particular direct bookings
• Deliver a strong Revenue plan and along with a branding plan for Alloggio Hotels and each local Holiday letting region
• Reduce churn and organic growth of holiday lets via property owners
•Introduce and Implement new digital platforms that will enhance the owner/guest experience and that will lead to better performing business

Jason’s history is vast and deep in the digital and media world, spending the last three years as Digital Director with Fairfax Media's Australian Community Media division, prior to that as Fairfax Media's Regional Business Manager - Hunter/ New England.

Jason brings to us, as a company but equally to each of us, the knowledge he acquired during his time in these roles, building on the relationships, the digital applications, and platforms he was exposed to etc.

He describes himself as ‘loyal, dependable, patient, generous and fair,’… as you would expect from an Accountant.

Craig is also a Newcastle boy and has a wife Sam and young family. Outside of work he loves hanging out with his family and going on little family adventures.

He is customer focused with a passion for reducing friction across all facets of operations to ensure people are happy doing what they do so customer are looked after.

Luke is both a thinker and doer with a high level of empathy around operational processes and solutions on teams and customers. A keen listener and enabler of the people around him. It is this combination that gives Luke the ability to drive transformation through consensus building and shared commitment to continuous improvement focused on a share vision of the future.

Sue has enjoyed the challenge of her constantly changing roles and responsibilities within this growing company. Sue is loyal, courteous, determined, hard working and positive.

Born in the UK, Sue has been a Newcastle local since she was four years old. She enjoys going to the beach, walking, exercise, good food, good wine, great music and lots of travel. She live in Lake Macquarie with her husband Gavin, daughter Bethany and son Ben.

Her introduction to the industry was from the grass roots as an owner operator for 15 years in the hospitality industry which covered Accommodation, Group tours, Wedding and Conference Centre as well as a fully Licensed Restaurant.

Over the years Dawn has been elected to the Owners Corporation giving her a sound knowledge of the Strata industry and upon joining Nelson Bay Real Estate some 17 years ago secured her Full licence in Real Estate and was involved along the way with Sales, Trust Accounting, Tribunal Hearings, Permanent, Commercial and Holiday Letting. During this period Dawn become the Licensee in Charge of Port Stephens Accommodation which over this period involved a substantial increase in the Holiday Letting portfolio.

Pip’s passion is ensuring that proven results are delivered from all activities. Happy guests = Happy Owners.

Pip is a fully licensed Real Estate Agent and also holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Recreation & Tourism).

She lives in Port Stephens with her husband Ricard and son Lucas, but does spend a lot of time on the side of soccer fields around Newcastle cheering her son on. She enjoys good food, good wine and a spot of shopping, all shared with family and friends.

As a passionate, hard-working, and bubbly person, Claudia has always aspired to pursue a career in the marketing and media industry. Graduating from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Communication in 2016, she received an exclusive offer from Double J to complete her placement course in Sydney ABC HQ. Head-hunted by ABC Newcastle’s station, she became a Radio Producer for the weekday and weekend Breakfast programs with Garth Russell and Craig Hamilton. Wanting to expand her knowledge in the digital world, she secured a position working for Australia Community Media as a Digital Production Coordinator. This led her to gain proficiency in website development, SEO, SEM, Facebook Advertising and Reputation Management platforms.

Claudia enjoys being her social self with family and friends, and on the weekends, you can almost always find her at a gig with a few drinks or patting a good dog.

Born in Argentina, Ana came for a holiday and fell in love with Australia and decided to settle after finding her place in the world. Ana lived for 5 years in Sydney and recently moved to Newcastle with her partner to enjoy the great beach lifestyle.