By Dianne Smith and Peter Jones
The peak policy council representing Victoria’s events industry – VEIC – congratulates Museums Victoria on its record breaking Tutankhamun and Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition.
Victoria’s events go from strength to strength
December 8, 2011
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A redeveloped Flinders Street Station a great opportunity
November 28, 2011By Dianne Smith
The Victorian tourism and events industry says the plan to redevelop Flinders Street Station is a fantastic opportunity for the city and would be another feather in Victoria’s cap.
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Aussie rules: why criticism of Australian tourism is off the mark
October 28, 2011By Dianne Smith
Renowned travel writer David Whitley wrote a piece in The Age yesterday about why Australian tourism will never be able to compete with famous European destinations, which is generating a spirited online debate.
As advocates for and fierce defenders of the Australian tourism industry, we disagree with many of the points and comparisons Whitley makes in his piece.
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Fair Work Australia must act to end QANTAS and union impasse
October 28, 2011By Mark Stone
After four weeks of rolling work stoppages that have caused hundreds of flight cancellations, it is time for the Federal Government to utilise the powers within the Fair Work Act in order to end the impasse between QANTAS and various unions.
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Are mini-cabs a solution to Melbourne’s taxi problems?
October 5, 2011By The Editor
Last week, taxi inquiry chairman Professor Allan Fels released an update into the inquiry’s current investigations and proposed some potential changes to the taxi system, including the introduction of mini-cabs, as seen in London.
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Focus on international flights needed to service tourism numbers
September 12, 2011By Mark Stone
VECCI is calling on the Federal Government to grant international status to Avalon Airport to help boost regional economies and provide more direct international flights into Melbourne to cope with increased visitor numbers.
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Victorian tourism industry celebrates its success while looking to the future
September 7, 2011By Wayne Kayler-Thomson
During this Victoria Tourism Week, the local tourism industry is celebrating the economic and social contribution it makes to the state.
Tourism is not just a big employer, with 193,000 Victorians working in the industry but it also contributes $15.2 billion annually to the state’s economy. The industry also supports regional development, infrastructure investment and innovation.
While Victoria Tourism Week celebrates the value of the industry, it also provides a chance to look forward to identify what challenges the industry faces.
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Lessons to be learnt the hard way – messages from Day 1 of the TEE Conference
September 6, 2011By Kristina Burke
It won’t get better overnight for the tourism industry…but it will get better. This was the message from Chris Richardson of Deloitte Access Economics on Day 1 of the Tourism and Events Excellence (TEE) Conference.
It seems that China is the catch-cry of the tourism industry at the moment. There has been much talk about the burgeoning markets of China and one could be forgiven for thinking that the Chinese market will be the silver bullet (or should that be the iron ore bullet?) that is the answer to all the tourism industry’s woes. As it turns out, it may well be – but according to Richardson, we’ll have to wait a while.
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Victoria Tourism Week: celebrating tourism’s value
September 5, 2011By Wayne Kayler-Thomson
The state’s tourism and events industry will use Victoria Tourism Week, starting today and running until Saturday, to show Victorians the economic and social value of the industry.
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Melbourne reclaims its most liveable city tag
August 30, 2011By The Editor
Melbourne can once again rightly claim to be the world’s most liveable city after we overtook Vancouver to go to number one on The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability ranking.
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