More WA in Europe

Tourism Western Australia has secured additional coverage in two European tour wholesaler brochures. Meiers Weltreisen 2012 brochure is to feature two additional pages of product from Australia's South West and Australia's Golden Outback regions.

Two more pages will be dedicated to Tourism WA's new cooperative partnership with Thai Airways by promoting a holiday combining WA and Thailand.

Tourism WA has also negotiated for the State to be featured as the Destination of the Year in 2012 with Swiss operator Flextravel. The content for this brochure is currently under negotiation, with two additional pages featuring new WA product to be included. 

Kiama Sebel in the finals

The Sebel Harbourside Kiama was named a Finalist in the Deluxe Accommodation category for the 2011 South Coast Tourism Awards. 

Overlooking Kiama Harbour just ninety minutes south of Sydney, this stylish 4.5-star South Coast resort reflects both the modern and the historic aspects of Kiama. It’s a popular property for international visitors driving the Sydney-Melbourne coastal route.

The waterfront property, set in a beautifully restored 1871 Heritage-listed bluestone school is a contemporary resort with a brassiere restaurant and bar.

Comprising 88 beautifully detailed guestrooms over three levels of 77 king guestrooms; eight two-bedroom, fully self-contained apartments; and three disability guestrooms. All apartments offer a delightful choice of ocean, garden or town views

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Western Australia’s partners in the sky

A radio campaign together with Thai Airways and a joint promotion with Singapore Airlines, the South Australian Tourism Commission and FTI Germany is part of new a push by Tourism Western Australia to step up its activities with airline partners.

Tourism WA is currently running a major advertising campaign on Germany’s HR3 radio station in Frankfurt  in cooperation with Thai Airways. It reaches 1.3 million listeners daily until September 9. The station’s website is expected to receive 2.5 million visits daily during the duration of the campaign.

Listeners are invited to take part in a competition to win a trip to Western Australia, travelling through Perth and the South West regions and flying Thai Airways, with a stopover in either Bangkok or Phuket.

Meanwhile, a joint activity between Singapore Airlines, the SATC and tour operator partner, FTI consists of a two-prong on-line and print promotion.  A print supplement featuring destinations in Western Australia and South Australia is being distributed to 20,600 German travel agents and accompanied by a newsletter to 17,500 contacts in November.

All five Western Australian regions are featured in the promotion. An on-line itinerary training game will feature extensive destination and experience content to teach travel agents mpre about the opportunities in Western Australia. The incentive for agents to take part in the game is the possibility to win a trip to WA and South Australia and follow the itinerary of the game in real life.

Sea Temple for Surfers Paradise

Mirvac’s new The Sea Temple Surfers Paradise is set to open next month. All apartments will offer ocean views and five-star standard amenities, while a restaurant, bar and in-room dining operations will commence in December.

The new 5-star Mirvac property will boast spacious, elegant, luxurious apartments and.is located along one of Australia's most famous beaches with spectacular views of the Gold Coast and beyond from every angle.

With its white sand, turquoise-blue ocean, tropical climate and cloudless skies, Surfers Paradise is one of the world’s most idyllic coastal locations.

Set in the centre of the multimillion dollar Surfers Paradise Foreshore redevelopment, Sea Temple Surfers Paradise has been designed with the utmost style and sophisticated luxury in mind.

The 77 level tower is made up of two and three bedroom apartments, each with spectacular uninterrupted ocean view

Meanwhile, Mirvac is set to increase its presence in Western Australia. Construction is expected to commence in mid-2012 on an exciting new AUD 50 million state-of-the-art hotel resort and residential development in Port Hedland.

Mirvac will develop the property as a high quality Sebel-style 178-room hotel resort, which will also include an adjacent residential development.

Perth to host major athletics event

Another top class international sporting event is on its way to Perth -- the 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships.

The 2016 championships will be a major event for Perth and Western Australia and is expected to attract thousands of athletes and spectators.

Perth had bid for the 2015 championships however following changes to the World Masters Athletics constitution two championships were up for grabs with Western Australia winning the 2016 event. Lyon, France will host the 2015 event.

The changes mean that following the 2015 event the championships will be held every even numbered year, starting with 2016, instead of the current odd-year schedule.

The result is a testament to the hard work of the bid committee, which submitted a top-class presentation to the assembly.

 The bid process has been a collaborative effort between Eventscorp, Masters Athletics Australia, Masters Athletics Western Australia, Athletics Western Australia, Athletics Australia, the Department of Sport and Recreation and VenuesWest.