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The country’s biggest and brightest musicians are set to take centre stage across iconic destinations as part of a new concert series supported by the Andrews Labor Government. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula today announced Visit Victoria is partnering with Mushroom Group to stage the concert series ‘2021 Sounds Better Together’
If you go back 12 months, it is unlikely that any of the predictions for the year ahead would have fully outlined what 2020 brought to us. With the global market now changed, and adapting or pivoting its way through the global pandemic some of the patterns from 2020 and before can still be used
Looking back on the year, Mike told Bars and Clubs: “The NTIA has just turned two years old and we finished our first AGM on February 20. And looking back on that we had the bushfires and we were saying this coronavirus, this could be a thing. “We had all this optimism about getting scale and
The Australian Government has invested $50 million to grow Australia’s wine exports and showcase the nation’s wine tourism offering in key markets. The program, known as the Export and Regional Wine Support Package, originally was to run for four years and conclude on 30 June 2020. However, significant in-market activities were postponed as a result of
It has been a tough year for many businesses but with the $1.2bn China export market now effectively unviable for Australian wine producers, they are a group who have been dealt a particularly tough 2020. The year started with bushfires and smoke damage for so many, but then COVID-19 and its lockdowns and the subsequent
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has set out a series of plans it will implement to reduce the impact of the tariffs on Australian wine announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce last week. TWE is facing a 169.3 per cent tariff on its wine in containers of two-litres or less, which can remain in place
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has called for an urgent response from the Federal Government regarding a critical support package for travel agents who have been decimated by the COVID crisis. Ms Carnell says close to 1,300 distressed travel agents completed ASBFEO’s online survey last month and have been clinging
On Sunday 15 November 2020, Ministers from 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), including Australia and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This week’s Market Bulletin will examine a group of emerging wine markets within the Southeast Asian region. The Southeast Asian group of markets received $178 million worth
As hospitality begins its peak trading season, venues are confronted with a new staffing challenge. Consumers across every state in Australia have returned to hospitality venues with enthusiasm. They are buoyed by the remarkable successes that we have achieved in controlling and supressing the spread of COVID-19. Mid-COVID concerns around long-term changes to the way
Australian wine exports have defied the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing steady growth in all top-five markets and increasing in overall value by four per cent to $2.998bn. Wine Australia’s Export Report shows that in the 12 months ended September 2020 the average value of Australian wine exports also increased by four per cent, to $3.89
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