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Around 900 delegates from across the state have gathered at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and The Star Gold Coast for Queensland Tourism Week 2026, a three-day program hosted by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC).<\/strong><\/p>\n The event brings industry and government together to share knowledge, set priorities and celebrate excellence across all 13 of Queensland\u2019s tourism regions.<\/p>\n The program opens today with DestinationIQ, the state\u2019s leading First Nations tourism forum, followed by the signature DestinationQ forum on Thursday. EventsQ makes its debut on Friday, bringing together the state\u2019s events industry to hear from global and Queensland event leaders on the challenges and opportunities ahead.<\/p>\n The week ends with the Queensland Tourism Awards Gala Ceremony on Friday 5 November, with the Gold Coast represented by finalists in more than 10 categories, including Major Tourist Attractions and Major Festival and Events.<\/p>\n Experience Gold Coast head of destination and engagement Rachel Hancock said hosting the industry reinforced the region\u2019s economic and cultural pull.<\/p>\n \u201cTourism Week provides such a vital opportunity to bring together our industry\u2019s key players to share ideas, strengthen connections and shape the future of our hugely important visitor economy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur destination welcomes 14.7 million visitors annually who contribute $8.5 billion to the local economy, so it\u2019s fitting we host these important conversations.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also a fantastic opportunity to showcase the Gold Coast as a business events destination and highlight our evolving world-class offering.\u201d<\/p>\n Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre director of sales Anna Case said the venue was proud to host DestinationQ and EventsQ.<\/p>\n \u201cAs one of Queensland\u2019s leading business events venues, we see firsthand the important role tourism and business events play in fostering valuable connections, supporting local businesses and driving economic growth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The Star Gold Coast regional general manager of strategy Ben Murphy said the venue was proud to host DestinationIQ.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Gold Coast is renowned for its world-class tourism offering and Tourism Week is a reminder of the incredible impact our industry has on the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 900 delegates from across the state have gathered at the Gold Coast Convention and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A growing business events destination<\/strong><\/h2>\n