Tasmanian Business Reporter October 2018

2 Tasmanian Business Reporter - OCTOBER 2018
NEWS
$4.5 million to improve Hobart terminal
Makeover clear for takeoff
Women
share
skills
HOBART International
Airport will improve its
departure terminal facilities
with a $4.5 million-dollar
refurbishment.
Works are set to get under
way and CEO Sarah
Renner said the project
was set to be complete by
mid-December, ready for
the peak summer period.
The development will
deliver up to 170 additional
seats, a refurbished
bar and café, new food
and beverage options and
renovated amenities in
the main departures area.
Ms Renner said the
multi-million-dollar investment
would enhance
customer experience and
improve passenger comfort.
The airport woud remain
fully operational as
work was progressively
completed.
“We are mindful that
undertaking works while
maintaining operations
An artist’s impression of the refurbished
Hobart International Airport terminal.
has the potential to cause
some congestion within
certain parts of the terminal.
We will do everything
we can to minimise
disruption to the travelling
public,” Ms Renner
said.
Planning is continuing
for the longer-term redevelopment
of the terminal.
Ms Renner said that
would require extensive
public consultation, airline
negotiation and Federal
Government approval,
which would take six
to 12 months.
Hobart Airport has just
experienced its busiest
year ever, with more than
2.6 million passengers
travelling through the
airport over the past 12
months.
That’s set to increase
this year with a number
of new flight announcements,
including the first
direct link ever between
Western Australia and
Tasmania, with Virgin
Australia now flying to
Perth three days a week.
Ms Renner said the
new service would further
drive tourism and
economic growth in Tasmania.
“It will mean direct access
to Perth, including
international visitors connecting
through Perth, and
is another exciting step in
the transformation of Tasmania’s
busiest gateway,”
Ms Renner said.
“The new direct link to
Perth is expected to attract
more than 55,000 passengers
per year, creating
potential new business
opportunities as well as
reducing travel time between
the two cities.”
AN innovative and intensive
professional development
workshop will help
Tasmanian women transform
their communication
skills and improve their
professional speaking.
Perfect Pitch aims to
build confidence and enhance
poise.
Perfect Pitch has a lineup
of special guests including
Tasmania’s first
female Governor Kate
Warner, Minister for
Women Jacquie Petrusma,
Secretary of Tasmania’s
Department of Premier
and Cabinet Jenny
Gale, Franklin Labor MP
Alison Standen and Macquarie
Point CEO Mary
Massina.
The workshop will be at
Avalon City Retreat in
Hobart from October 8
to 9. Tickets are available
at www.eventbrite.
com.au/e/perfect-
pitch-the-pod-tickets-
49256325997?utm_term=eventurltext.
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Mission possible for China trade
From page 1
-work has been part of
our trade mission so
they’ve be working very
closely with our Chinese
counterparts.”
A MOU between Putuo
Institute of Education
Shanghai and Study Tasmania
will enhance international
education.
The MOU includes
sharing teaching resources,
materials and teacher
exchange.
Opportunities will also
arise to co-operate on
educational programmes
including science, technology
and mathematics,
arts and the Antarctic.
Highlights of the trade
mision were:
• facilitating direct
contacts for Tasmanian
businesses with potential
new customers, including
at Asia’s leading
trade show for fruit and
vegetable marketing;
• signing an agreement
with China’s largest fresh
produce e-commerce
platform to support pathways
to markets;
• hosting a “Showcase
Tasmania” event in
Shanghai where Tasmanian
businesses promoted
products to industry
leaders in the Chinese
food and beverage sector;
• supporting the launch
into the Chinese market
of Tasmania’s Springvale
Wines and Wellington
Water, sourced from
Burnie’s Dew South;
• meeting with major
travel agents in Shanghai,
Hong Kong, Kuala
Lumpur, and Singapore
to promote Tasmania as
a premium destination;
• hosting agri-business
and investor roundtables
to promote Tasmania’s
primary industries, agritech
and development
opportunities;
• the announcement
of two visits from the
Chinese icebreaker Xue
Long which will deliver
about a $2.5 million
boost to Tasmania’s
economy;
• promoting Tasmania’s
renewable energy
expertise and opportunities
here for further development;
and
•- signing a new MOU
with the Putuo District
(Shanghai) Institute of
Education to encourage
visits and exchange trips
between Tasmania and
China, which supports
the Government’s Global
Education Growth Strategy.
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