Alice Springs has been voted Best Incentive Destination in a Reader’s Choice Award by the readers of micenet Australia magazine - the meetings and events industry’s most highly regarded trade publication
Tourism NT partnered with Jetstar in January for a four day campaign promoting Darwin packages that included kids flying free. The campaign recorded over 95,000 clicks to travelnt.com, while Jetstar received 38,457 clicks direct to the deals.
Tourism NT CEO John Fitzgerald addressed industry representatives at the Tourism Australia industry briefing in Darwin today. Tourism Australia's new Business Events campaign was also discussed during the briefing.
A TQUAL Information Session will be held in Darwin on Tuesday 6 March 2012. Applications for the 2012 TQUAL Grants close on 19 April 2012. The grants program provides up to $100,000 matched funding for tourism projects.
Tourism NT’s annual Muster roadshow has seen 32 NT operators locked in. The Muster will be in Sydney and Melbourne on 19-20 March 2012. The team is gearing up to welcome over 400 agents at these two key events. Enquiries: please contact theNT Muster team.
Tourism NT has held discussions with the Department of Lands and Planning on the Inpex development and its impact on tourism travel times in the Top End. Tourism NT will continue liaison to ensure disruption to the tourism community is minimised and to share the latest information and advice with industry.
A new migration program for the Darwin region is expected to be in place in the first half of this year, to help employers fill skills and labour shortages associated with major projects. Guidelines on the application process for Australia’s first Regional Migration Agreement will be published by the end of March.
Applications for funding under the Australian Government’s Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program are now open. Applications under Round One close at 5pm EDST on 16 March 2012.
Darwin welcomed the inaugural Airnorth flight from Townsville on Friday 17 February offering an additional 152 seats a week into the NT. A crew from Prime Radio Townsville was aboard the flight and spent four days in Darwin creating travel content promoting Darwin holidays to the Townsville public.
Entries are now open to nominate for the 2012 Telstra Australian Business Awards until 2 April. The awards celebrate small and medium businesses that are the unsung heroes of our economy.
The National Tourism and Events Excellence Conference is calling for industry professionals to present new case studies, cutting-edge research and innovative business initiatives during the July conference in Melbourne.
The Top End made the lead travel story in UK The Independent newspaper's Saturday edition. The travel supplement colour front cover was seen by over 117,000 readers and was the result of a birding familiarisation led by Tim Appleton last year.
A publication promoting Winter 2012 birding experiences has been well received in the UK. The quarterly publication developed by Tourism NT highlights the Red Centre Bird Festival and NT sponsorship of Bird Fair and is distributed to over 900 birding enthusiasts in the UK.
Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of the exciting “Mates Rates” mobile phone app initiative. Offers must be submitted by tomorrow, Wednesday 29 February!
