| | | | | | | | |  | | TOURISM AUSTRALIA UPDATE | | In some encouraging news from this past week, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has indicated that the global airline industry is expecting a return to profitability in 2023 as airlines continue to cut the losses incurred due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. IATA has also indicated that passenger demand is expected to reach 85.5 per cent of 2019 levels over the course of 2023. Much of this expectation considers the challenges of rising costs, labor shortages, operational disruptions and growing economic uncertainty, and the uncertainties of China’s Zero COVID policies, all of which are reported to be constraining both domestic and international markets. There is some more detail in IATA’s latest report: IATA - Airlines Cut Losses in 2022; Return to Profit in 2023. Last week we held our final Industry Webinar for 2022 and we were joined by Andrew Hogg, TA’s EGM, Aviation and Eastern Markets, Eva Seller our RGM for Continental Europe and CEO of Ecotourism Australia, Elissa Keenan. If you missed the live stream, you can watch a recording here. Phillipa Harrison | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tourism Australia Activity | | | | | | |  | | Australia on show at retail stores in Japan | | Tourism Australia recently ran a retail travel store display competition in Japan for the first time in about 10 years. The competition aimed to increase exposure of Australia across Japanese retail travel agencies in line with Tourism Australia’s new ‘Come and Say G’day’ campaign. Agencies were required to create an in-store display that focused on Australia and submit photos of their display to win. A total of 49 retail stores across Japan participated in the competition. H.I.S. Tachikawa store was selected as the winner and received the award at an Aussie Specialist Program event this week. Sixty Aussie Specialist Program agents along with representatives from Tourism Australia and State and Territory Tourism Organisations attended the event. | | |  | | Register for Destination Australia 2023 | | Registrations to attend Tourism Australia’s Destination Australia Conference 2023 are now open. The event will be held on Thursday 16 March at the ICC Sydney and will be followed a networking function aboard Sydney/Warrane's newest on-water event venue, The Jackson. For anyone unable attend in person the option to attend online is available. The event, themed ‘Come and Say G’day’, will look to celebrate the opportunities for the future of Australian tourism. Register to attend here. | | |
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| | | | | | |  | | Virgin Australia launches Cairns-Haneda Japan service | | Virgin Australia has announced a new international route with a daily return Cairns-Tokyo (Haneda) service taking off on 28 June 2023. The route, operating for the first time, is being launched in partnership with the Queensland Government and Cairns Airport through the Queensland Government’s Attracting Aviation Investment Fund. The route will add over 30,000 additional inbound visitors into Cairns every year. Find out more here. | | |  | | Destination NSW Western Sydney Digital Skills Accelerator for Tourism | | Destination NSW has partnered with Tourism Tribe to offer this fully funded Digital Skills Accelerator for Western Sydney to assist tourism businesses in Sydney’s Central River City and Western Parklands City, including accommodation, tours and attractions to digitally transform their marketing. This free program will assist businesses to work towards goals with a customised Digital Engagement Health Check™, ATDW Health Check and individual consultation sessions. Find out more here. | | |
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| | | | | | |  | | SATC unveils Tasting Australia program for 2023 | | The Tasting Australia presented by RAA Travel 2023 program is a recipe for success, bringing some of the world’s best culinary stars together with homegrown talent in every corner of South Australia. Serving up 10 days of delicious programming 28 April-7 May, the festival offers intimate dinners with the likes of Restaurant Botanic’s Justin James and Momofuku Seiลbo’s Paul Carmichael, culinary adventures in Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, and wine parties in Adelaide’s Town Square festival hub. | | |  | | Final ticket ballots for Sydney WorldPride | | Sydney WorldPride has opened the final ticket allocations for key events and launched the ballot Pride March. Taking place on Sunday 5 March, 50,000 participants are invited to be part of history and walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a stand for global equality. Tickets are now on sale for a suite of events including the Bondi Bach Party (featuring headliner Nicole Scherzinger), the Pink Salt culture and food experience in Newcastle and the Laugh Out Proud queer comedy gala. | | |
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| | | | |  | | NGV launches major Alexander McQueen exhibition | | The works of prolific and significant fashion auteur Alexander McQueen are now on show at the National Gallery of Victoria’s, Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse exhibition. An Australian first, this exhibition has been created in collaboration the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and features more than 60 McQueen designs taken from LACMA’s holdings, 80 historical artworks and extensive video footage from McQueen’s iconic runway presentations. The display will run until 16 April 2023. | | |  | | Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Sydney Opera House | | Enjoy a lavish New Year’s Eve celebration in Sydney/Warrane at The Opera House while experiencing the new gripping new production of Amadeus. Starring acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen the New Year’s Eve package includes, a pre-show two course dinner, tickets to a three-hour post show party at the Concert Hall Northern Foyer. Come midnight the experience will culminate in a prime view of the iconic firework celebrations. Showgoers can upgrade to a Platinum package which includes premium performance tickets and more. | | |
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