Event News

• Bob Baldwin and Martin Ferguson go head to head at ABiC

  Shadow Tourism Minister Bob Baldwin is to face federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson at the Australian Backpacker Industry Conference (ABiC) on 8 November to support the industry’s “Stop Taxing Tourism” campaign.

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• ‘Industry should work closer with Tourism Australia,’ BYTAP told

  Tourism Australia should collaborate with industry bodies on advertising campaigns targeting the youth adventure market in the most prolific source countries, according to an industry manifesto presented to the Backpacker Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP) in Cairns last week.   Read more »

• ‘Abolish penalty rates,’ urges industry

  Penalty rates in the backpacking and hospitality industry should be abolished to help boost the industry, a manifesto agreed by over 100 operators at last month’s ABiC Melbourne has urged.   Read more »

• First ABiC Melbourne ‘a huge success’

  Melbourne’s inaugural Adventure Backpacker Industry Conference was deemed an overwhelming success today, as more than 90 delegates took part in the event. Read more »

• ABiC Melbourne: Backpacking industry needs to ‘innovate or die’, Campbell Shepherd

  Backpacking industry leaders lowering their prices to attract customers are creating a negative price spiral, Campbell Shepherd told ABiC Melbourne today. Read more »

• ABiC Melbourne: Facebook? It’s simple, according to Tourism Australia

  Keep Facebook and social media strategies simple and find a tone that speaks to your audience, ABiC Melbourne delegates were told today. Read more »