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Closing soon – Training and accreditation funding!

Boost your tourism venture with the Tourism Business Capability Subsidy – a $2 million Queensland Government initiative to elevate your business and create unforgettable experiences for your visitors. Eligible for sole traders, micro, small, and medium-sized tourism and events businesses…. Read more »

Capricorn Coast and Southern Great Barrier Reef shine bright at Australian Tourism Awards

Australia’s best of the best in tourism gathered last Friday night in Darwin for the 2023 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards. Over 180 leading tourism operators, including 21 Queensland businesses who took home gold at the 2023 Queensland Tourism Awards, vied… Read more »

Regional Tourism Forum shines a light on Australia’s incredible appeal for visitors

More than 100 representatives from Australia’s Regional Tourism Organisations met last week at Tourism Australia’s (TA) Annual RTO forum held in Sydney. TA provided updates on its Research/Strategy, Distribution, Sustainability, Partnering with Culture and presented trends in global Social Media…. Read more »

A bright future ahead following Destination Australia Conference

A record 1,000 people (800 in person and more on-line) attended this year’s Destination Australia conference hosted by Tourism Australia in Sydney. Emcee Karl Stefanovic introduced TA’s CEO Pip Harrison whose topic was “The Next Chapter for Sustainable Growth”.  Speakers… Read more »

New Rockhampton Mental Health Inpatient Unit

ADCO are currently tendering for the new Rockhampton Mental Health Inpatient Unit, and are reaching out to any local trades who: A small brief of the Scope of Works below: Central Queensland Health Capital Works program is progressing planning works… Read more »

Plastic Free CQ: We want your cups

Plastic Free CQ, Lure Living and Beef Australia are working together to eliminate single-use at this event. They are trialling a reusable cup system at Lure Living’s coffee van on-site at Beef Week from 6 am to 9 am, capturing… Read more »

Small Business growth across the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton region

The data is clear, business numbers across the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton region are growing. As at 30 June 2023, there were 8,900 businesses registered in the region*, an increase of 241 businesses (2.8%) from the previous financial year and… Read more »

Keeping our eyes on the sky and growing the pie

Just under 140,000,000 (140 million) air travellers on public flights passed through an Australian Airport in the 2022-23 financial year according to official BITRE (Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics) data. Nearly 30% of those travellers passed through a… Read more »

Frenchville Sports Club embarks on a new era with the commencement of major renovations

Last week marked a historic moment for Frenchville Sports Club as the first wall was ceremoniously brought down, officially commencing the eagerly anticipated major renovations. Graeme Brady OAM, Chairman of the Frenchville Sports Club, shared his excitement for the commencement… Read more »

Bonza marks milestone of first year making air travel more affordable and saving Aussies millions

Australia’s only independent low-cost carrier Bonza is celebrating a year since taking to Aussie skies to democratise air travel across the country.   Bonza revealed that during the past year it has saved Aussie travellers over $125 million by delivering upon… Read more »