Year: 2018

The Canberra Business Chamber and CIT have upcoming workshops that will be beneficial for tourism operators.

TFE Hotels will take over the management of Aria Hotel Canberra from Thursday 1 March, rebranding the hotel as Adina Serviced Apartments Canberra Dickson.

Qatar Airways commenced their new daily service to Canberra on Monday 12 February. The new service connects Canberra to 150 destinations around the world.

Canberra has been announced as a Host City for the ICC World T20 2020 (WT20 2020) women’s cricket tournament in February and March 2020.

On 9 February 2018, VisitCanberra held an industry briefing session to announce a major partnership campaign with TripAdvisor. The industry session also included presentations from Tripadvisor and Viator.

Illuminating Canberra for its eighth year, the Enlighten Festival is transforming Canberra into a hive of activity with an extended program of free and ticketed events and activities across 16 days in March.

Abode Murrumbateman was officially opened by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Yass Valley Mayor Rowena Abbey this week.

VisitCanberra and the Canberra Airport Group have been working in collaboration to promote Canberra to the many international visitors arriving at the Canberra International Airport. 

Tourism Australia has launched a new $36 million marketing campaign, aimed at increasing the value of American tourism to Australia.

VisitCanberra recently partnered with Tigerair to promote the newly-established route from Brisbane, which commenced on 14 September 2017.