AUSTRALIA. Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has celebrated the completion of its international terminal and looked ahead to further development in a Raise Glasses event on 4 February.
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Raising a glass at Brisbane Airport on 4 February |
The evening reception in the airport’s International Terminal brought together some 400 of BAC’s aviation, retail, business, tourism and government partners.
Julieanne Alroe, BAC CEO and Managing Director, emphasised the key role that Brisbane Airport plays in tourism development as she spoke to the assembled guests.
“Every single one of the more than three billion dollars we expect to spend over the next decade is a dollar spent building the tourism industry.
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Toby Innes (Head of Retail & Commercial, BAC), Julieanne Alroe (CEO and Managing Director, BAC) and Andrew Brodie (General Manager Aviation and Retail Management, BAC) |
“Our new runway, no small investment, and our terminal developments will provide the growth capacity that will underpin domestic and international tourism growth for the next 50 years.
“We are gathering partners to find new and innovative ways to encourage travel into Brisbane and onto the Gold and Sunshine coasts, the Tropical North and the Whitsundays.
“Over the next few years you will see us playing an even more visible role in generating tourism business for every part of Queensland.
“Every new service into Brisbane is a win for Queensland. And we intend to win.”
As reported, Brisbane Airport completed its major International Terminal redevelopment last October, and is embarking on an innovative recdevelopment of its Domestic Terminal.
A full report on Brisbane Airports will appear in The Moodie Report February/March 2016 print edition, out soon
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At the Raise Glasses event, from left: George Drivas (Owner, Airport Retail Group), Costa Kouros (Managing Director, AWPL), Toby Innes (Head of Retail & Commercial, BAC), Stephen Timms (Executive General Manager, JR/Duty Free) and Craig Pring (Development Director, WH Smith) |
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Bert Almeida (Manager, JR/Duty Free), Vasili Oreopoulos (Manager, JR/Duty Free), Tamlyn Spencer (Human Resources Advisor, JR/Duty Free) and Jack Dempsey (General Manager, JR/Duty Free) |
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Robbie Dery (General Manager, oOh Media), Brett Peters (Regional Sales Manager, AWPL) and Brendon Cook (CEO, oOh Media) |
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Neil Macmillan (Operations Manager, Spotless), Chloe Lockhart (Retail Operations Manager, BAC) and Andrew Badcock (State Operations Manager, Spotless) |
