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Queensland shines on industry night of nights - Queensland.com
16 November 2017

Queensland shines on industry night of nights
A total of 83 awards across 28 categories, including the inaugural RACQ People’s Choice awards, were
presented in front of 900 guests on Friday at the 2017 Queensland Tourism Awards, held in Brisbane.
Major category winners were Abell Point Marina, Gold in the Major Tourist Attractions category and
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, Gold for Major Festivals and Events. Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort
won Gold for The Steve Irwin Award for Ecotourism. Congratulations to all the very deserving winners!

  View the full list of winners
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Funding for regional events now available
Do you have a regional event between August 2018 and November 2019? Apply now for funding
through Round 9 of TEQ's Queensland Destination Events Program, which can help give your event a
boost. Applications close 7 February 2018.

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  More than 275 industry representatives            Did you know there is an optimal balance
  from across Queensland gathered in the            that you need to find in your posts to
  Cairns and Brisbane/Gold Coast regions to         maximise your social media engagement?
  hear insights about Queensland's key              Learn the basics of how to plan out your
  international markets at Tourism and Events       content from this article, courtesy of
  Queensland's International Market Briefings.      Tourism Tribe.
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                                           Industry gather for DestinationQ
                                           More than 400 delegates attended Queensland's
                                           leading tourism industry forum DestinationQ  last
                                           week, designed to provide delegates with an
                                           opportunity to engage with new insights and
                                           research, and consider best-practice solutions in
                                           addressing the challenges and opportunities
                                           arising in the industry.
                                           Thank you to delegates who travelled from
                                           across Queensland to attend.

Gold Coast to host          Brisbane offers $25k               Scott Prince returns
2018 Australian             grant to lure offices              for 2018 Bundaberg
Surfing Awards                                                 Cup

For the first time since    The Lord Mayor’s                   Former Maroon and Clive
2011, Surfing Australia’s   Convention Trailblazer             Churchill Medallist Scott
night of nights, the 2018   Grant program is awarding          Prince will return to
Australian Surfing Awards   a share of $25,000 a year          Bundaberg later this
incorporating the Hall of   to the city’s most                 month to participate in the
Fame, will be held on the   passionate and capable             Bundaberg Cup Touch
Gold Coast on Tuesday 6     professionals or                   Football knockout for the
March at QT Surfers         researchers to help attract        third consecutive time.
Paradise with the support   industry conferences to            The major event is
of Tourism and Events       Brisbane.                          supported by Tourism and
Queensland.                                                    Events Queensland.

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Industry opportunities
                                                      Social Media - Griffith Entrepreneurship Seminar
                                                      Series
                                                      Logan, 21 Nov 2017

                                                      Digital Business Workshop
                                                      Logan, 23 Nov 2017

                                                      Accessible Tourism Workshop
                                                      Gold Coast, 23 Nov 2017

                                                      Commonwealth Games briefing
                                                      Cairns, 24 Nov 2017

                                                      Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference
                                                      Adelaide, 27-29 Nov 2017

                                                      BNE Enterprise event: SEQ on the World Stage
                                                      Brisbane, 29 Nov 2017

                                                      Conversations with Industry - Southern
                                                      Queensland Country
                                                      7 Dec 2017

                                                      ATE18 Media Marketplace
                                                      Adelaide, 13-16 Apr 2018
                                                      Applications close 12 Jan 2018

                                                      Destination Australia Conference (DestAus18)
                                                      expressions of interest
                                                      Melbourne, 15 March 2018

                                                      Job opportunity:
                                                      Destination Director, TEQ
                                                      Brisbane, applications close 26 Nov 2017

                                                         View Industry Calendar

Quick snippets
Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori return to Brisbane International - former Brisbane International
champion Raonic and 2017 finalist Nishikori are set to return to the Brisbane International in 2018.

International acts to play at 2018 Blues on Broadbeach - Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival, featured
on the It's Live!events calendar, will boast a stellar line-up of five international acts and more than 20
Australian favourites including The Robert Cray Band, The Screaming Jets and Jon Stevens.

Get set for 100,000 new tickets - from midday (AEST) 20 November an additional 100,000 tickets will
be available for 21 popular sporting disciplines at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Building better tourism businesses - Visit Sunshine Coast in conjunction with Queensland Tourism
Industry Council is offering training and development workshops from 28 November 2017 - 24 April
2018 to build industry capability.

Sunshine Coast Airport awarded Asia Pacific's best airport - the airport was named the Asia-Pacific
Queensland shines on industry night of nights - Queensland.com
Small Airport of the Year in the CAPA Asia Pacific Aviation Awards for Excellence announced at a
ceremony held in Singapore.

   CULLY FEST FOLK
                              FIRST MAGELLAN
       FESTIVAL
                                ASHES TEST:
      Southern
                                 BRISBANE
     Queensland
                                  Brisbane
       Country
                               23-27 Nov 2017
    17-18 Nov 2017

                                                          BUNDABERG CUP                AUSTRALIAN PGA
                                                         Bundaberg North                CHAMPIONSHIP
                                                              Burnett                    Gold Coast
                                                           25-26 Nov 2017             30 Nov-3 Dec 2017

                                                                                       RUGBY LEAGUE
                                                        JUNGLE LOVE MUSIC
                                                                                      WORLD CUP 2017 -
                                                        AND ARTS FESTIVAL
                                                                                           FINAL
                                                          Sunshine Coast
                                                                                          Brisbane
                                                         30 Nov-2 Dec 2017
                                                                                         2 Dec 2017

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