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Brisbane Marketing receives $79,000 State Government Christmas present
4 Dec 2008
Brisbane Marketing will receive a special funding grant of $79,000 to further investigate the viability of a high-quality tourism experience at Mt Coot-tha and a new Moreton Bay ferry terminal, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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New plan highlights top ten future tourism projects for Brisbane
27 Nov 2008
A new long term plan highlighting future tourism investment and infrastructure opportunities was released today by Tourism Queensland and Brisbane City Council.
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Magazine entices visitors to spend summer in the city
20 Nov 2008
Potential interstate and intrastate visitors will have 36-pages worth of reasons to visit bustling Brisbane delivered to their letterboxes next week.
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Brisbane blitzes Qld Tourism Awards with 9 gongs
14 Nov 2008
Brisbane tourism operators have set the state standard by winning more awards than any other region at the prestigious Queensland Tourism Awards, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced.
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Brisbane operators vie for top tourism honours
24 Oct 2008
Twenty-three tourism operators from the Brisbane region will vie for top honours in this year's Queensland Tourism Awards, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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Queensland secures Qantas deal for special airfares from US and UK
28 Sep 2008
International travellers will be offered special fares to Queensland under a deal negotiated by Premier Anna Bligh and Tourism Minister Desley Boyle to help boost the State's tourism market.
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Where's Wally? Where else but Queensland!
18 Jul 2008
Move over the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids and the Sydney Opera House - a bronze statue in Queensland will become an international tourism icon in the lead up to the Rugby League World Cup.
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Brisbane set to benefit from stage one of tourism rescue package
17 Jul 2008
Wooing airlines and two major marketing campaigns are the centrepiece of phase one of the State Government’s $4 million tourism rescue plan, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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Holland America cruise ship bound for Queensland in 2010
7 Jul 2008
Premium cruise line Holland America will now include Brisbane in its itinerary next year - with the inaugural voyage set for 2010.
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Federal Government superyacht visa change a multi-billion dollar win for QLD industry: Boyle
30 Apr 2008
The Bligh Government’s plan to make Queensland the ‘Caribbean of the Southern Hemisphere’ received a boost today as Federal Minister for Immigration Chris Evans announced temporary and long-term changes to the visas affecting the industry.
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New air seat capacity figures sky high for Brisbane
18 Apr 2008
Australia’s thriving low-cost carriers provided around half of the 129,200 air seats into Brisbane during the first week of April, Minister for Tourism Desley Boyle said today.
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Domestic visitors spend $2.7 billion in Brisbane
14 Mar 2008
Domestic overnight visitors injected almost $2.7 billion into Brisbane’s economy last year, a healthy 12 percent more than in 2006 according to new figures released today.
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More international tourists spend time and money in Brisbane
7 Mar 2008
Brisbane’s booming international tourism market is bigger and better than ever according to the latest figures for the year to December 2007, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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Ipswich’s Workshop Rail Museum steams to national tourism award
29 Feb 2008
The Workshop Rail Museum has been honoured at the prestigious 2007 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said this evening at the National Convention Centre in Canberra.
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Brisbane flying high on domestic airline seat increase
28 Feb 2008
Domestic airline capacity to Brisbane has soared in the past 12 months with an extra 7500 seats a week now coming into Brisbane, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle says.
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Brisbane climate change workshop to guide tourism industry business planning
6 Feb 2008
Brisbane tourism operators were encouraged to prepare their businesses for the challenges of climate change at a free workshop on Wednesday 6 February, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle and Member for Brisbane Central Grace Grace said today.
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Extra Singapore Airlines flights into Brisbane
15 Jan 2008
Queensland will welcome even more international tourists from April 2008, following an increase in Singapore Airline flights to Brisbane, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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The artist and the phantom to lure Kiwis across the Tasman
8 Jan 2008
Leading cultural icons will be used to lure New Zealanders to Brisbane for sophisticated city breaks this summer, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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Travel News
Take the plunge and see the magic of Brisbane from down under
14 Nov 2008
Scuba divers are slipping into their wetsuits and taking the plunge into the waters of Moreton Bay for a great Brisbane diving adventure while everyone on dry land is searching for their jumpers.
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