Media Releases
2021
- Tourism Strategy with vision and action plan
- Government move yet another step in alleviating chronic hospitality skills shortage
- Hotels on the hunt for workers at National Job Fair
- Support essential for struggling accommodation hotels
- Vaccination change needed in all States
- Hospitality sector welcomes skilled worker changes
- Hospitality Industry welcomes return of the Friday lunch
- Leading hospitality bodies welcome budget moves to ease skills shortages
- Visa changes to ease dire workforce shortages
- Critical skills shortage biting hospitality
- Australian-NZ travel bubble “step in the right direction”
- Vouchers to give a necessary boost to CBD accommodation
- Skilled worker shortage crippling hard-hit hospitality sector
- Targeted temporary assistance urgently needed for hospitality sector
- Regional tourism plan welcomed, but a fairer deal needed for hospitality and accommodation
- Skills crisis focus for National TAA board meeting
2020
- Need for working holiday makers and corporate travel tops agenda at TAA national board meeting
- Trans-Tasman bubble a positive sign for 2021
- Proposed Working Holiday Maker Reforms Welcome
- Border openings early accommodation Christmas gift
- Trivago decision a win for hotel sector and consumers
- NZ Travel bubble first step in breaking international visitor drought
- Budget good news for struggling accommodation sector
- Rental code extension a boost for struggling hotels
- Hotels to benefit from energy technology investment
- Accommodation hotels ready to continue to do heavy lifting when it comes to supporting quarantine program
- Talks underway for one united voice for accommodation
- JobKeeper agility responds to COVID volatility
- Hospitality sector welcomes JobKeeper extension
- Report: Economic impacts of stimulus for hospitality and hotel sector
- School holidays a shot in the arm for regions
- NSW/VIC Border closure disappointing but necessary
- JobKeeper needs to be extended to support struggling accommodation sector
- TAA Welcomes plan to reinvigorate trans-tasman and domestic travel
- TAA Pushes online training and development for staff
- Accommodation in safe hands with TAA on National Taskforce
- Airline monopoly would be a disaster for struggling accommodation sector
- Short-term accommodation changes help level playing field for struggling hotels
- Occuancy rates hit record lows, as accommodation is offered to health workers
- Accommodation sector welcomes “Jobkeeper” support
- Major CBD Hotels start to close
- TAA, AHA and United Workers Union work together to save jobs
- Hotels and their workers supported by stimulus
- TAA welcomes Qld government tourism funding
- TAA working closely with Government on China travel ban response
- Coronavirus travel ban to impact accommodation sector
2019
- AHA & TAA secure another victory
- Hotels to benefit from India host program
- TAA Board meets with new Head of Tourism Australia
- TAA Working to get new cruise ship terminal in Sydney up and running
- Skills Shortage on agenda when TAA met up with Minister
- Tax Office orders Airbnb to hand over records
- TAA secures win on short stay regulations
- Accommodation stars shine at National Awards
- Regional Australia to benefit from reformed business events program
- Tasmanias short stay reforms endorsed by TAA
- AHA ACT Awards 22 July 2019
- TAA National Visitor Survey 2019
- TAA congratulates new cabinet
- Michael Johnson TAA 200519
- TAA Welcomes Labor’s Tourism Plan
- New TAA CEO – Michael Johnson
- TAA Resignation of TAA CEO – Carol Giuseppi
