The NSW government has massively ramped up its expectations for the state’s ‘visitor’ economy, ushering millions more airline seats, thousands of hotel rooms and a focus on experience-led tourism. This review of the NSW Visitor Economy Strategy will further cement tourism as a pillar of growth in the economy, resulting in up to 150,000 new […]
A new hotel school has been launched to address the national demand for a stronger tourism and hospitality workforce. Tasmania’s Visitor Experience Training (VXT) had its new hotel school launched by Jeremy Rockliff, the Premier and Minister for Tourism and Hospitality last week. Established on a $1 million grant from the Tasmanian government, VXT is
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Ahead of the 2024 World Travel & Tourism Global Summit in Perth in October, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released its research on the outlook for the industry – and things are looking good. Surpassing all previous records, WTTC announced Australian tourism’s projected economic contribution is expected to reach $265.5 billion by
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Australia is welcoming back visitors from across the Tasman, offering some hope for hospitality businesses around the country crippled by the downturn in tourism. The so-called ‘Green Zone’ flights between Australia and New Zealand took off yesterday, finally allowing our cousins across the ditch to fly into Australia without undergoing the two weeks hotel quarantine.
Australian Venue Co (AVC) is scratching the travel itch and filling bucket lists for Aussies stuck Down Under by launching a major “Staycation” series of events inspired by global destinations, and giving away trips to the Whitsundays. While Australia enjoys an enviable position in terms of suppressing the pandemic, as the fire rages in much
Australian pubs may want to crank up the Americana, as the leading travel magazine in the USA just voted Down Under as its ‘Destination of the Year’. Deemed a great honour, the Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) magazine, which is read by millions of Americans each week, featured a 20-page expose on Australia in its January
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A week after quiet-spoken hotel doyen Bruce Solomon seized the opportunity to slap some perspective on Sydney’s lockout laws debate, all is quiet on the nanny-state front. Solomon rose to accept his inauguration into the NSW Australian Hotels Association Hall of Fame, at the Association’s annual Awards for Excellence last Tuesday. Speaking to a crowd
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