Canberra Writer’s Festival
The Canberra Writers Festival will be held 23 – 26 August this year as local, national and international writers discuss work under the themes Power, Politics and Passion.
Promote your business at Floriade
The Canberra and Region Visitors Centre will once again be managing the Floriade Information Marquee at this year’s event. Advertising in the Floriade Information Marquee provides a great opportunity to reach both local Canberrans and…
Canberra’s international carriers named ‘World’s Best’!
Singapore Airlines has been named the ‘World’s Best Airline’ at the recent 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with Qatar Airways taking second place. Singapore Airlines was also named the ‘World’s Best First Class’, and Qatar…
Upcoming trade events
VisitCanberra will attend Tourism Australia’s upcoming India Travel Mission (ITM) and Corroboree Asia events.
Australian Tourism Exchange 2019 – save the date!
The 40th annual Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) will take place in Perth 8-12 April 2019.
Dockless bike share trial begins soon
A six month trial of Airbike’s dockless bike share begins at the end of July. The ACT Government is working with the National Capital Authority, the Australian National University and the Australian owned Airbike company…
Anime and gamer event comes to Canberra
GAMMA.CON – an event supporting fans of anime and gaming – comes to Canberra on the weekend of 4 and 5 August. The not-for-profit event includes the promotion of independent and grass-roots designers, developers and…
Bar Rochford chef in running for best new talent award
Bar Rochford’s chef Louis Couttoupes has been nominated for Best New Talent in the 2019 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Awards. Louis is one of three finalists in the category, up against chefs from restaurants in the Adelaide…
2018 AHA Awards Winners
At Monday night’s Australian Hotels Association (AHA) ACT Hospitality Awards 32 awards were presented for the top hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars and industry workers from across Canberra. Winners were:
Tour operators back from Singapore
ACT Parks and Conservation, Go Boats, Shaw Vineyard and tour operators Canberra Guided Tours and Canberra Secrets were first-time attendees at last week’s Canberra region tourism sales mission in Singapore.