Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

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The Natural Place to Meet

Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is a tropical region encouraging genuine connections to nature and each other. Five-star hotels and resorts line the waterfront of Cairns, Palm Cove, Port Douglas, and our tropical islands. Create great moments in the oldest rainforest, choose your own adventure on the largest coral reef and learn from two indigenous cultures.

 

CONNECT GREAT.  LEAVE GREATER.

Regardless of age or life stage – when you experience something truly GREAT, you are forever changed. GREAT informs a deeper purpose. GREAT invokes a broader field of view. True GREAT leaves whatever it comes into contact with – GREATER.

Latest News

Keep up-to-date with the latest news, articles and media releases from the Business Events Cairns and Great Barrier Reef Industry.

Media Release
23 Mar 2023
Cairns showcases a week of business events

A conference for one of Australia’s leading event management companies is kicking off a bumper week of business event activities in Cairns from Monday (March 27) showcasing the destination’s capability to host sustainable meetings, conferences and incentives.

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Cairns
15 Feb 2023
Cairns & Great Barrier Reef – the home of sustainability

Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is in an enviable position. Gateway to two World Heritage-listed icons – the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, and a regional city, local business events professionals and companies that are acutely aware of their responsibility for the ongoing sustainability of not just the Tropical North Queensland environment but those who call it home.

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Media Release
13 Feb 2023
Sustainable events made easier in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

A carbon offset program for business events and online hubs designed to make sustainable and accessible travel easy to access are among the new initiatives to be revealed by Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef at AIME 2023.

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Media Release
3 Feb 2023
Sustainable Travel Hub launches in Tropical North Queensland

Travellers can easily find interactive conservation projects, immersive cultural experiences and eco-certified operators with the launch of the Tropical North Queensland Sustainable Travel Hub today (February 3).

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Media Release
14 Nov 2022
Australia’s first offshore nursery gives birth

Corals grown in Australia’s first offshore coral nursery at Fitzroy Island off Cairns have spawned for the first time after being planted on the Great Barrier Reef four years ago.

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Cairns
13 May 2022
Nurturing Nature & Delegates

Business events can reduce their environmental impact, ensure events are staged with a greater purpose, and provide a sense of achievement for delegates who attend.

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Cairns
4 Oct 2021
Beer that helps the Great Barrier Reef

Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is the natural place to meet… and eat and drink! Ask anyone who’s visited, and they’ll tell you discovering our reef and rainforest is thirsty work.

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Cairns
Introduce your delegates to the world’s oldest rainforest

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is an experience through Australia’s most famous rainforest, the Wet Tropics, whose ancestry predates dinosaurs and is home to 15 of the 26 families of ancient flowering plants in the world, just to name a few accolades.

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Cairns
5 Oct 2021
Minimise the impact of where your delegates lay their head

As Crystalbrook Collection expands across Australia, their three Cairns-based properties lead the way on their mantra “travel with a lighter footprint”. 

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Cairns
Delegates contribute to reef health

As a natural delegate booster, it’s hard to go past the world’s most extraordinary reef; the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

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Cairns
Whatever the weather, Cairns is the natural place to meet

Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is a full sensory experience for delegates. Our seasons deliver warm days all year. Regular rainfall over summer and autumn keeps the landscape a rich green; the rainforest is at its most lush and waterfalls are full and spectacular for pre and post-touring adventures.

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@tropicalnorthqueensland

Happy Friday from the beautiful #JosephineFalls 💙🌴

Affectionately known by the locals as nature's playground, Josephine Falls flaunts incredible swimming areas, refreshing cool waters and even a natural rockslide for that added bit of holiday fun! 🛝🌿

📸 @niaanjany #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia #cassowarycoast #southerncairns
If there's one tropical island we love all year round, it's @fitzroyisland, and we're sure you can see why! 🌴☀️

📸 @catherine_best_ #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia
Got your tropical hotel fix yet? Stay palm because we've got you covered 🌴

Nothing says holiday vibes quite like a poolside cocktail in @portdouglasdaintree 🍹☀️ If you’re craving a taste of tropics on your holiday to the north, head to @sheratongrandportdouglas & relax in the most luxurious hotel you’ll ever see 😍 Sit for a sip by the pool with the stylishly refurbished swim up bar, or try something from the fresh bites menu, full of local seafood & modern Australian cuisine 🦐🍊

📸 @sheratongrandportdouglas #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia #portdouglasdaintree
Is this heaven? Not quite, but @lizardisland is pretty close! 😍💭

Imagine a luxurious getaway to a secluded island with epic hikes, crystal-clear water, vibrant coral reefs and more 🙌 🏝

Let us know your favourite tropical island activities? 👇

📸 @thegreenertwo #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia
#MillaaMillaaFalls just gets better every time! When you're visiting the @athertontablelands next, don't forget to add this glorious waterfall to the bucket list 😍🌴

📸 @_fairytalegirl #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #athertontablelands #seeaustralia
Here in @tropicalnorthqueensland we’re incredibly lucky to live alongside some amazing creatures, but it’s important to know how to stay safe while you’re exploring! 🌴🐊

Our friends at @cairnszoom are here to show you how to be crocwise in crocodile country 🙌

#exploretnq #explorecairnsgbr
Welcome to paradise or what we like to call @thalabeach 😍 This unique Nature Reserve is located between Cairns & @portdouglasdaintree and is home to over 700 coconut palms 🌴🥥 If you're looking for a slice of the tropics, look no further ☀️

📸 @janevisuals #exploreTNQ #exploreCairnsGBR #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia #portdouglasdaintree

 

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