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Regional Tourism Committees CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

12 May 2008

We are seeking expressions of interest from people to volunteer their services on the ministerial appointed Regional Tourism Committees in the following regions:



It is an exciting time for the South Australian Tourism Commission as we embrace an ambitious State tourism target of $6.3 billion in tourism expenditure by 2014.


It is essential that applicants meet the following requirements:


  • Ability to work with a diverse team to achieve the right outcomes.

  • Extensive business experience and skills.

  • Strategic outlook.

  • Effective communication and negotiation skills.

  • Ability to influence and generate support.

  • Financial planning and budget skills.

  • Ability to contribute time for meetings and take on work on behalf of the committee.


Preferred but not essential:


  • Knowledge of the Tourism and Travel Industry.

  • Product knowledge and relationships with key stakeholders.


Three copies of the Expression of Interest application form must be provided and marked “Confidential” and addressed to Regional Development Coordinator, South Australian Tourism Commission, GPO Box 1972, Adelaide, SA 5001 by close of business Friday 30 th May 2008.

Media contact:
Public Relations Unit,
telephone +61 8 8463 4500
or email satc.pr.publications@saugov.sa.gov.au

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TDU Race Director Returns From Europe
15th May 2008

Fresh from the World Track Cycling Championships in Manchester(UK), meetings with the Union Cycliste Internationale headquarters(UCI) in Aigle (Switzerland) and planning sessions with Tour DownUnder’s European coordinator in Rome (Italy), Mike Turtur has returned.
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Search Begins For Best Tourism Operators
5th May 2008

The State’s best tourism operators are being encouraged to enter the 2008 South Australian Tourism Awards, with nominations now open.
The coveted Awards, launched today by Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith, attract hundreds of entries each year, with winners going on to represent South Australia at a national level.
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SA Tourism Plan Call For Submissions
3rd April 2008

If you are keen to contribute your ideas about critical issues impacting tourism now and in the future then please get involved in the planning process for the next South Australian Tourism Plan 2009 – 2014 (Vision 2020).

Download your copy of the template “Call for Written Submissions” from the right hand side in either Word or Adobe file format and return it electronically by COB Friday 9th May 2008. Further instructions are included in the template.
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International Beach Volleyball Comes To Town
27th March 2008

More than 250 of the world’s best beach volleyballers from 35 countries are in town for South Australia’s first-ever 10-day Festival of Beach Volleyball.
Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith today inspected the event’s purpose-built beach volleyball stadium on the foreshore at Glenelg.
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2009 Tour Down Under – Dates Confirmed
14th March 2008

The 2009 Tour Down Under will be held from 18 to 25 January next year, with the Union Cycliste Internationale this week confirming dates on the 2009 UCI ProTour calendar.

Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith says the world’s best cycling teams will return to South Australia for the second UCI ProTour race.

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SA Boasts Australia's Best Event & Luxury Accommodation
1st March 2008

South Australia’s 2007 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was named Australia’s best major festival & event and the Barossa’s The Louise was named Australia’s best luxury accommodation at the 2007 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in Canberra last night.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide, which is still celebrating record-breaking crowds at the 2008 event, triumphed over other top name events from around the country, including Queensland’s Australian PGA Championship, the 2006 Melbourne Cup Carnival and last year’s winner - the Sydney Royal Easter Show.


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2008 Tour Down Under Breaks All Records
28th Febuary 2008

This year’s Tour Down Under - the first UCI ProTour event ever staged outside of Europe - has been a record breaker for South Australia.

Preliminary economic impact and research figures received show that the 2008 Tour Down Under has provided a major economic boost, with more visitors to the state, greater participation in the support events, more spectators and increased media coverage.
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2007 Tour Down Under Wins Major Award
20th February 2008

Australia's premier international cycling event – the Tour Down Under – has won a major sports tourism award for the third time since its inception in 1998.

Last year's Tour Down Under was today named winner of the Sports Tourism Award at the 2007 Australian Sports Awards.

Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith says it's a feather in the cap for an event that is now the first stop in world cycling, joining the UCI ProTour circuit this year.

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World Beach Volleyball Stadium To Transform Glenelg
17th Febuary 2008

Seven hundred tonnes of sand will temporarily transform Moseley Square, Glenelg, into a world-class volleyball stadium next month.

The state-of-the-art stadium will host a 10-day festival of beach volleyball that includes the Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour and the Australian Beach Volleyball Championships.
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Online Boom For Our First UCI Protour Race
Tuesday, 12 February 2008

South Australia’s premier tourism website – southaustralia.com – received a record number of visitors in January, coinciding with the Tour Down Under’s elevation to world cycling.

State Parliament was told today there were 87,000 website hits to southaustralia.com last month, the highest amount since the website was re-launched in March last year.

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Your Guide To SA Holidays
3rd February 2008

A new edition of the definitive guide to holidaying in South Australia - the 2008/2009 South Australian Shorts book - is being released this Friday.

Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith says the new edition, available at the AFTA Sunday Mail Holiday Expo from 8-10 February, contains hundreds of holiday packages from around the State, many of which offer South Australian travellers something 'different'.
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SA’s Brilliant Blend Of Australia Day Celebrations
26th Jan 2008

A cow race, a tuna tossing competition and the final stages of South Australia’s first UCI ProTour Tour Down Under headline a brilliant blend of events happening across the State this Australia Day long weekend.

One of the world’s finest cricketers of all time, Sachin Tendulkar, is in Adelaide and the “little master” thrilled crowds at Adelaide Oval on Friday with his brilliant century.

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Sea Of Lycra As 3403 Cyclists Set New Record

25th Jan 2008

A record number of amateur cyclists will test their stamina and fitness as they line up this morning to ride the same Stage 4 Tour Down Under route as the professionals.

Premier Mike Rann says 3403 cyclists have registered for this year’s Mutual Community Challenge Tour, hundreds more than the previous record of 2525.

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Cyclists Head From City To The Coast
24th Jan 2008

Today’s Stage 3 Tour Down Under route will take cyclists from King William Road in Unley through the Fleurieu Peninsula to the picturesque coastline at Victor Harbor.

Premier Mike Rann says the day’s action will be followed with an Outdoor Evening Concert next to the River Murray at Mannum, featuring Aussie rocker Diesel.

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Adelaide To Turn On A South Aussie Welcome For Cyclists
18th Jan 2008

South Australia will have a chance to celebrate the Tour Down Under's elevation to UCI ProTour status at an official welcome parade in the city next Tuesday morning.

City workers, cycling fans and spectators are able to line King William Street from 8am on Tuesday 22 January for a colourful parade of team cars, bikes and the best cyclists in the world.
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SA Prepares To Party As Tour Records Are Smashed
15th Jan 2008

As the world prepares to turn its eyes to South Australia for the Tour Down Under, South Australia is gearing up to party like never before.

The city, suburbs and country towns are turning on extra events and activities this year to mark the Tour’s 10th birthday and its elevation to Europe’s elite UCI ProTour circuit.

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Tour Deadline Extended As Record Entries Flood In
Monday, 14 January 2008

South Australians have been given a few extra days to sign up for the Tour Down Under's Škoda Breakaway Series, after a record breaking late surge of entries.

Organisers have extended the deadline to 5pm Monday, 14 January 2008, with entries for one of the series' events - the Mutual Community Challenge Tour - already reaching record levels.


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Touch Down for First International Cyclists
10 Jan 2008

The greatest cycling teams in the world will begin arriving in Adelaide this morning, with just 10 days remaining until the start of the 2008 Tour Down Under.

Three teams will touch down at Adelaide Airport at 7.15am, marking the start of the official countdown to South Australia’s premier international cycling event. Other teams will arrive over the next week.
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Last Chance To Get On Your Bike
9 Jan 2008

A last minute surge of entries is expected over the next three days as South Australians limber up to take part in the 2008 Tour Down Under’s Škoda Breakaway Series.
More than 2500 people already have signed up for three separate cycling events in the series and registrations close at 5pm this Friday, 11 January.
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Cadel Evans to tour, Downunder
4th Jan 2008

2007 Tour de France runner-up and 2007 UCI ProTour Champion, Cadel Evans, will head to South Australia later this month to celebrate his year of success and be honoured as one of the 2008 Tour Down Under’s cycling legends.
Announcing the news today, Premier Mike Rann said Tour Down Under organizers are delighted that Cadel Evans has accepted the invitation as our guest for the 2008 event.
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133 Cyclists to Contest 2008 Tour Down Under
17 Dec 2007

Five past Tour Down Under winners will be riding in the 2008 UCI ProTour Tour Down Under, Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith announced today.
They include 1999 and 2001 winner Stuart O’Grady, 2003 winner Mikel Astarloza, 2005 winner Luis León Sánchez, 2006 winner Simon Gerrans and 2007 winner Martin Elminger.
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UNISA to Race in 2008 Tour Down Under

13th December 2007

The Australian national cycling team has been granted special permission to race in the Tour Down Under when it becomes the first ever UCI ProTour race to be held outside of Europe next year.

The Union Cycliste Internationale’s ProTour Council has amended its race regulations, at the request of the South Australian Government, to allow participation of the national team in 2008.

The rule relaxation will allow the national team of a race organiser’s country to take part in UCI ProTour events, for the first time in the history of the series.
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FINAL Four Year Licence & Team Announcement
South Australia has been guaranteed the rights to host a leg of the world’s most prestigious cycling race – the UCI ProTour series – for at least the next four years.
The news, announced overnight by the UCI, comes just two months after South Australia’s famous Tour Down Under was named as the first UCI ProTour cycling race outside of Europe from 2008.
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City Welcome For World's Elite Cyclists

28 November 2007

An official welcome ceremony and release of balloons in Adelaide city will mark the historic arrival of the world’s highest level of professional cycling in South Australia next January.

Lord Mayor Michael Harbison announced this morning that Adelaide City Council will host an opening ceremony on Tuesday 22 January for the start of the Tour Down Under.
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Let's Make Our First Pro Tour Race A Record-Breaker

28 November 2007

South Australians are being urged to sign up for public cycling events at next January’s Tour Down Under and help to set new participation records for the State’s first ever UCI ProTour race.
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South Australia’s “BRILLIANT” Tourism Industry Rewarded
05 November 2007

Three of South Australia’s best tourism products, including one of our biggest events, have been inducted into the State’s Tourism Hall of Fame at the 2007 South Australian Tourism Awards.

Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, Seppeltsfield Vineyard Cottage and the Clipsal 500 Adelaide all received the prestigious inductions at the Adelaide Convention Centre last night after winning their respective categories for the third year in a row.

More than 500 people from the tourism industry attended the black tie event, which saw winners crowned during a gala dinner.
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Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA)

16 Oct 2007

The Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) has launched a breakthrough initiative in digital marketing for the entire Australian tourism industry, with the signing of an alliance with Vcubed Pty Ltd (V3) which delivers Australia’s first truly open booking exchange.


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Celebrating 75 Years Of Christmas Pageant Magic
3 Oct 2007

With only 38 sleeps until the 2007 Credit Union Christmas Pageant, today’s event gave attendees a special sneak preview of the magic that will be celebrated on Pageant Day this year, to mark 75 years since the first event.
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Sydneysiders Invited To Escape To South Australia
29 August 2007

The Rann Government is embarking on a cheeky new tourism campaign starting today to entice Sydneysiders to ‘get out of here’ and visit South Australia during APEC Australia 2007.

From 2 to 9 September, Sydney will host leaders and ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies for a series of meetings. A public holiday has been declared in Sydney on Friday 7th September.

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