Monthly Archives January 2016

Industrial relations needs to be addressed to continue growing Chinese market

Service standards need to be at the fore if Australian tourism is to keep the Chinese market in the ‘magic millions’ club – Martin Ferguson, TAA Growing the Chinese inbound market to over one million visitors is a triumph for Australian tourism, says Tourism Accommodation Chair (TAA) Chair, Martin Ferguson, but the industry will need to be able to access higher-levels of skilled workers if Australia is to continue growing the market. In figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), China increased its visitor numbers to Australia by 21.6% (177,900) to 1,001,200 in the year ending November 2015. Mr Ferguson, a former
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TAA responds to NSW Collaborative Economy Position Paper

‘Collaborative’ economy must be more about ‘contributing’ to the economy, rather thanjust ‘taking’ – TAA responds to NSW Collaborative Economy Position Paper Australia’s peak accommodation body, Tourism Accommodation Australia, welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment to addressing the issues caused by the expansion of new so‐called ‘collaborative’ economy, but called for urgent regulation of commercial short‐term accommodation operators. The dramatic growth of unregulated short‐term accommodation, fuelled by internet booking sites such as Airbnb, had seen the original concept of “room sharing” morph into a channel allowing commercial operators to rent out multiple properties without meeting many of the safety, insurance, taxation, body corporate, strata, council and
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