30 October 2025
EGC YEAR END CELEBRATION: TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
We’re thrilled to share that tickets are now on sale for the EGC Year End Celebration!
We extend a warm invitation to our industry partners to join us as we celebrate a year of soaring success in 2025. We also have a ticket option for non-financial industry partners who wish to join us.
Trade your Santa hat for a captain’s cap and get ready to take flight at this year’s Festive at Flight Level Year End Celebration! Fasten your seatbelts and come dressed in your favourite aviation-inspired / travel-themed attire as we taxi into the festive season with great company, delicious food, and celebrations that are sure to take off!
When: 5:30pm - 8:30pm, Thursday, 27 November 2025
Where: SkyPoint Observation Deck, Level 77, 3003 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise
BE PART OF WHAT’S NEXT FOR GET UP & GOLD COAST
Join us virtually for an industry update session to hear from our team on the exciting initiatives happening at EGC.
This update will include:
- Welcome from Rachel Hancock, Head of Visitor Economy and Corporate Relations
- Overview of recent media coverage and PR achievements that have shone a spotlight on the Gold Coast, presented by Kesha West, Media and Public Relations Manager
- What’s next for the Get Up & Gold Coast campaign by Allie Brown, Marketing Manager - Destination Campaigns:
- Phase 2 creative direction, media rollout, and opportunities and how your business can get involved
- Insights into how we’ll be driving visitation and expenditure through co-op partnerships
- Introduction and update from Matt Boyd, our new Executive Director – Education
- Event details
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov
- Time: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM GMT+10
- Where: Online event
EGC EMERGING MARKET DEVELOPMENT
In October, Experience Gold Coast (EGC) joined Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) and the Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA) on market development missions to Thailand & Vietnam — two of four priority emerging markets in Southeast Asia.
The missions also supported Jetstar and Vietjet through trade training initiatives, promoting the Brisbane route, and showcasing Queensland — including the Gold Coast — as an ideal destination for holidays and business events.
The missions laid the foundation for strong new partnerships and will inform our longer-term Visitor Economy (VE) growth strategy, which recognises the significant opportunities across Southeast Asia.
Earlier in October, EGC also hosted emerging market media from Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia, with visiting journalists and lifestyle editors experiencing the best of the Gold Coast.
INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
GET YOUR TOURISM WEEK TICKETS
Tourism Week 2025 is coming up on 12-14 November, so don’t miss out on securing tickets to Destination IQ, Destination Q and the Queensland Tourism Awards.
ONE WEEK REMAINING FOR ATE SELLER APPLICATIONS
Seller applications to attend the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE26) are open from Tuesday, 14 October to Friday, 7 November 2025.
Completed applications for ATE26 will be assessed against the seller selection criteria. These criteria, along with the conditions of participation, govern participation at the event. Successful organisations will be notified of their acceptance in line with key dates.
JOIN QUEENSLAND’S GUIDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Tourism and Events Queensland invites tour guides, tourism operators and others involved in the guiding sector to join the Queensland Guiding Community of Practice (CoP) — a new statewide network designed to strengthen and celebrate the guiding profession.
The CoP provides opportunities to:
- Connect with other guides, operators and industry partners
- Access training, mentoring and career development pathways
- Build cultural knowledge and sustainable guiding practices
- Contribute to a strong and professional guiding workforce for Queensland
NEW INDUSTRY SUPPORT ASSETS ON EEGER
A digital platform called eeger is bringing together job vacancies, training programs and career development resources to connect jobseekers, employers and educators.
The completely free platform, designed to help grow and improve the visitor economy workforce, now includes updated assets, including messaging and statistics, for promoting the platform.
CLOSING SOON: EARLY BIRD PRICING FOR TRAVMEDIA’S IMM AUSTRALIA
TravMedia’s IMM is the world’s leading networking event that connects the travel industry with top journalists, editors, influencers and broadcasters. The two-day event will be held in Sydney on 26-27 February 2026 and is unrivalled for media relationship-building and networking opportunities.
Register prior to midnight (AEDT) on Friday 31 October 2025 to receive early bird pricing (saving up to $850).
LEVERAGING THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS
Join this 2-hour interactive workshop run by Regional Business HQ packed with practical strategies to help your business shine this festive season.
When: Tuesday, 4 November from 1:00pm – 3:00pm
PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENTS
BROADWATER TOURIST PARKS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Broadwater Tourist Park has turned Containers for Change recycling into life-saving support after raising $32,642 for the Leukaemia Foundation.
Over the past four years, guests have been encouraged to recycle their eligible 10-cent containers to support families facing challenges once faced by Brooke’s own family.
Congrats to the valued guests and the entire Broadwater Tourist Park team, for supporting this important fundraising initiative.
SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE!
This Halloween, Gold ‘Ghoulish’ Coast Tourist Parks are preparing to unwelcome guests to enter if they dare!
Each Tourist Park is transforming into hubs of frightful fun and family-friendly thrills! From trick-or-treating, spooky movie nights, worst dressed and theme site competitions, spooky games and more, we’re serving up fun for the whole family.
If you dare, check out each Gold Coast Tourist Park!
QUICK SNIPPETS
Developed in consultation with the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC), a fact sheet has been released, outlining recent changes to Queensland’s Working with Children legislation that affect tourism operators who provide child-focused services.
VIEW THE 16 OCT 2025 VISITOR ECONOMY UPDATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.