There is no doubt about the level of commitment and work involved in achieving ECO Tourism Certification.

The long-term thinking businesses who have built sustainable and responsible practices into their operations have long enjoyed the benefits of cost savings when using more sustainable energy, the efficiencies the ECO Certification process brings, the point of difference in the marketplace plus the reward that the business is leaving a positive legacy. This commitment and ongoing investment into their businesses is now turning into sales with tourism distribution partners now recognizing and supporting ECO Certified operators.

To fill industry skills gaps and meet the needs of a growing travel market, QTIC and the Queensland Government are working together to help tourism and hospitality operators upskill their staff inhouse.

We invite you to take advantage of this free workforce development opportunity to onboard, retain, and reskill your staff through online micro-credentialing courses.

The bite-sized and flexible courses are a great way to expediate the upskilling of staff and reduce the cost of onboarding new employees. With staff trained in as little as 40 minutes.

In the years since COVID, the tourism industry has felt the brunt of the enormous global disruptions, both physically and psychologically.  The rulebook was thrown out in 2020 as the world went into lockdowns, and with state and national borders now open, and people able to travel to almost anywhere in the world, we once again face a massive shift in our industry and the shape of global tourism.

The Bundaberg region's food bowl and passionate makers will be tantalising taste buds across the nations living rooms this Sunday with Channel Ten's food and lifestyle show, Taste of Australia with Hayden Quinn.

Spring and summer of 2021/22 was another sizzling success for our regional tourism industry, with our Q2 &Q3 Activity Report, covering the period from October 2021 to March 2022, demonstrating another highly successful peak season for the region.

Earlier this month, I emailed all Hinkler candidates on behalf of our tourism industry and members, asking them to outline their party's tourism policies, what tourism means to them and what they will do to support a strong and sustainable local tourism sector if elected as our Federal Member on 21st May 2022.

Bundaberg’s annual Culinary Campaign has launched, targeting food-loving Australian travelers to entice them to one of the nation’s most prolific food bowls and emerging culinary destinations this autumn and winter.

It was wonderful to start May with a coffee catch up in Childers (at Insane Caffeine) with several community members for our first official Childers Tourism Advisory Group (TAG) meeting.