| | | | | | | | |  | | TOURISM AUSTRALIA UPDATE | | This week AIME kicked off in Melbourne/Narrm celebrating the event’s 30th Anniversary. This milestone is testament not only to the importance of AIME to the global business events industry, but also the incredible events capability of the host city and Australia. You may have seen over the weekend the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, announced Adelaide/Tarntanya will be the host city for Dreamtime 2023. Dreamtime is a valuable part of our distribution activity to bring qualified planners and media to Australia to experience the wealth of new product available and our world class event delivery. Dreamtime was last held in 2019 and the 2023 event will be more important than ever before as Australia continues to rebuild a pipeline of international business events. You can read more about Dreamtime below. Finally, on Friday we welcome the start of Sydney WorldPride 2023. Working behind the scenes as part of the Sydney World Pride Board has been a great reminder to me of the economic impact, and global attention, events like these have on destinations. A boost like this with our international audiences, along with upcoming events such as the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, augurs well as we look to the full recovery of our visitor economy by 2024. Phillipa Harrison | | |
| | | | | | Tourism Australia ACTIVITY | | | | |  | | Dreamtime 2023 to be held in Adelaide/Tarntanya | | Tourism Australia’s signature incentive showcase, Dreamtime, will be held in Adelaide from 7 to 10 November 2023. Designed to increase awareness of and interest in Australia as an outstanding business events destination, the Showcase will provide the Australian industry with the opportunity to reignite relationships with qualified buyers from Greater China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, North America and United Kingdom. The Dreamtime program includes a destination showcase, dedicated media event, business session and networking opportunities to allow the maximum engagement between Australian industry and international business events buyers and media. Buyers and media will also visit other Australian destinations pre and post the event. For more information, visit the Business Events Australia website. | | | | | | |  | | HIS Travel Fair in Japan | | The HIS Travel Fair, was held at the Tokyo Prince Hotel from 11 to 12 February and was the first B2C travel show conducted by key distribution partner, HIS since borders reopened. Tourism Australia attended along with airlines, cruise companies and the popular Globe Trotter Travel Guidebook. The event was attended by over 4,000 visitors who had the opportunity to enjoy entertainment and visit exhibitor stands. Tourism Australia and Jetstar Airways provided the latest information on travel to Australia in an on-stage segment, which included a live stream from Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome. The update attracted over 450 visitors for a virtual wildlife experience. In addition, chefs from the Tokyo Prince Hotel prepared specialty dishes and desserts from each participating country, including Australian pavlova. | | |  | | Connecting with luxury Indian market | | Signature Experiences of Australia (SEA) and Luxury Lodges of Australia met for the fourth year running, with luxury travel advisors and media in India. The meeting included showcase events to update delegates on news and innovation across the 750 experiences represented by SEA. Working with the Tourism Australia team in India both events were fully subscribed with highly qualified and engaged travel experts and media. Reinvestment in luxury lodges along with our natural environments, wildlife, wine, engagement with Indigenous experiences and all the underlying sustainability and positive impact stories were key areas of interest. | | |
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| | | | |  | | Register for Tourism Australia’s Industry Webinar | | Tourism Australia’s first Industry Webinar for 2023 will be held on Friday 24 February at 11am AEDT. Along with an update from Tourism Australia’s Managing Director, Phillipa Harrison, Tourism Australia’s Executive General Manager, Strategy and Research, Rob Dougan will give an update on what the future traveller looks like, and we will hear from Susan Wheeldon, Airbnb’s Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Register to attend the webinar here. | | |  | | There’s still time to register for the Destination Australia Conference 2023 | | As we invite the world to Come and Say G’day, the Destination Australia Conference will inspire delegates to celebrate the opportunities for the future of Australian tourism. With Karl Stefanovic on hand to guide the day, Tourism Australia’s Chair Michael Issenberg and Managing Director Phillipa Harrison will be joined by an array of industry leaders including Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, marketing expert, Mark Ritson, Head of Macroeconomic Forecasting at BIS Oxford Economics, Sean Langcake and Friend of Australia and radio, television and podcast host Hamish Blake. Find out more and register here. | | |
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| | | | | |  | | Self Assessment Accessibility Module | | The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) has developed a tool to support businesses in the Year of Accessible Tourism to evaluate how inclusive a product or experience is for people with a disability. Through the Self Assessment Accessibility Module industry can discover opportunities to make changes to accommodate people of all abilities. Find out more here. | | |  | | Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Workshop | | Tourism Tropical North Queensland invites industry to attend a Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Workshop. The workshop will share ways to make your business more resilient by adopting sustainable business practices and will take place on 22 February at Cairns Regional Council. Find out more and register to attend here. | | |
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| | | | |  | | VTIC 2023 Vision Summit | | VTICs 2023 Vision Summit will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 2 March from 9am. Tourism Australia has partnered with VTIC on the event to invigorate these important industry briefings. The summit is themed Exploring what's on the horizon for Victoria's visitor economy and will look to the future, recognising the shifts and changes that have emerged over the past three years. The Summit will provide a platform for future thinking and critical insights that will shape planning for the year ahead. Find out more and register here. | | |  | | Tourism Investment Monitor 2021-22 | Tourism Research Australia’s Tourism Investment Monitor 2021-22 has been published. It provides a point-in-time measure of investment in fixed assets for Australia, across three tourism related supply-side areas:
- Aviation
- Art, recreation and business services
- Accommodation.
The 2021-22 report reveals a tourism investment pipeline of 244 projects valued at $44.3 billion. Find out more and download the report here. | | |
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| | | | | |  | | World's Best Restaurant, Mirazur, announces March residency in Sydney/Warrane | | One of the world’s best restaurants, Mirazur, will hold its first-ever residency in Sydney for three weeks from 10 March. World-renowned chef owner, Mauro Colagreco, is inviting guests to dine on a unique Michelin star-level dining experience inspired by Australian produce. Mirazur Beyond Borders will see a contingent of the culinary team including Chief Operating Officer Maria Tancredi and Executive Chef Luca Mattioli take over Pier One Sydney Harbour for an original multi-course modern Australian dining extravaganza. Bookings are required. | | |  | | Iconic Blue Mountains cable car adorns Progress Flag to celebrate pride | | Scenic World’s Scenic Skyway in the Blue Mountains swapped its traditional yellow for the rainbow to celebrate Sydney WorldPride. Taking place until the festival ends on 5 March, the Beyond Skyway Pride Rides offer guests the world’s only rooftop cable car adventure where guests enjoy 360-degree vistas from the rooftop of the cable car, 270m above the rainforest. The experience is just one of the 45 rainbows from Sydney WorldPride’s Rainbow City project. | | |
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| | | | |  | | Major events drive hotel occupancy rates to record- breaking highs | | Adelaide/Tarntanya is celebrating the best 10-week outlook for hotel occupancy driven by major events, such as the AFL Gather Round, WOMADelaide and Adelaide Fringe enjoying unprecedented ticket sales. So far, 77 per cent of 10,276 hotel rooms available in Adelaide have already sold for the Saturday of the inaugural AFL Gather Round. The Gather Round will see every team in the AFL fixture play in South Australia across the same weekend. | | |  | | New walk launches in Three Capes | | Tasmanian Walking Company have unveiled their newest walk, the Three Capes Adventure walk. The 3 days, 2 nights experience treks along Tasmania's iconic Three Capes Track and Tasman Peninsula. Guests stay at the Tasman Camp for part of their journey on the Three Capes Adventure walk. For the remainder of their walk, guests will then enjoy a stay in the luxury, architecturally designed, Crescent Lodge. All meals are provided are designed by Tasmanian Walking Company’s in-house chef. | | |
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