Industry partners

Discover our industry partnerships and how they
support our mission of global cultural exchange.

Quality Australian Homestay

Australia has achieved a historic milestone by establishing the world’s first-ever set of quality standards for homestay and hosted accommodation. This achievement is pivotal in ensuring a premium experience for international students.

NEAS endorsement recognises that these Homestay Service Providers benefit the wider ELT community – including students, ELT providers, and the ELT industry. These providers achieve NEAS quality endorsement by delivering demonstrated quality outcomes for students.

Endorsed Quality Homestay Service Providers further distinguish themselves through an independent Quality Review and by demonstrating aspirational standards in innovation and best practice.

Homestay service providers are measured against Quality Area O of the NEAS Quality Assurance Framework (PDF Download).

View all the NEAS Quality Standards here.

Quality Tourism Accreditation

Quality Tourism Accreditation signifies that a tourism business has made a commitment to exceeding customer expectations through best practice in service, safety, insurance, advertising practices, risk management and business operations. These standards have been adopted by more than 4,500 high quality tourism businesses across Australia.

When you choose a business with the “tick” you can expect:

Quality
Reliability
Professional customer service
Accuracy in advertising
Sound environmental practices
An appropriately licenced and qualified operator
Adherence to a Code of Ethics

Specialists in under-18 care and support

International Student Alliance (ISA) has been specialising in the provision of support, security and advocacy services to international students since 1998. ISA is the largest professional independent student care and support service in Australia.

We provide a national network of professional carers to support and mentor students studying in Australia. We are constantly striving to provide high levels of excellence in under-18 student care and support. An important facet of our care is to provide timely and quality feedback to students, parents and education providers.

Tourism Council WA

Ecotourism Australia

Ecotourism Australia is a not-for-profit organisation focused on environmentally sustainable and culturally responsible tourism. It delivers certification programs for tourism products and destinations to ensure quality experiences follow ecotourism principles.

Sustainable Tourism Accreditation

Sustainable Tourism Accreditation is the Australian tourism industry’s largest and longest-running sustainability program. Western Australia is leading the way as a sustainable tourism destination with more than 1,200 accredited businesses. Sustainable Tourism Accreditation incorporates sustainability across environmental, cultural, social and commercial business practices and is recognised by the WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for tourism operators in National Parks and marine parks.

Industry partners.

Discover our industry
partnerships and how they
support our mission of global
cultural exchange.

Quality Australian Homestay

Endorsed Quality Homestay Service Providers distinguish themselves through an independent Quality Review and by demonstrating aspirational standards in innovation and best practice.