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Queensland embraces Integrated Resort Developments at the Queensland Infrastructure Projects Conference

Announcement posted by Expotrade 10 Dec 2015

Chinese short-term visitor arrivals to Brisbane have increased more than 13 per cent over the past year, presenting a prime opportunity for Queensland

10th December 2015, Brisbane, QLD: Chinese short-term visitor arrivals to Brisbane have increased more than 13 per cent over the past year, presenting a prime opportunity for Queensland to capitalise on the growing number tourism developments taking place across the state.

The state is expected to commit more than $13 billion of investment over the next ten years towards resort construction, including projects such as the Gold Coast Integrated Resort Development and the highly publicised Queen’s Wharf Brisbane.

In discussion of the latest infrastructure projects taking place across the state, the Queensland Infrastructure Projects Conference was held last week to exchange ideas amongst industry representatives on these thriving developments.

Initiating the construction of Brisbane’s first branded hotel in more than 20 years, the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane is being developed in partnership with the Queensland Government and the Destination Brisbane Consortium.

The resort precinct is expected to draw in 1.39 million additional tourists to the city each year, as well as create 8,000 on-going jobs for the city. The precinct is also expected to improve access to the city’s Botanic Gardens, as well open up the old State Library to the public.

The two day conference featured more than 200 delegates, with presentations from the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and the Department of State Development to provide insight into prominent infrastructure projects.

The appeal of world-class, iconic mega-resorts have proliferated in recent years, reflecting on the recent success of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore, which contributes in excess of $10 billion each year towards the Singapore economy each year.

Tracey Lines, Economic Development General Manager of Townsville Enterprise, presented on a range of Infrastructure Priorities for Northern Queensland. “We think the biggest priorities are around water, energy and rail. Water has to sustain and grow our agriculture sectors and our resource sectors, but also for urban development,” Lines said.

“There’s so much going on. One of the biggest opportunities is the Northern Australia Development Agenda, the Federal government’s agenda to develop the whole top part of the country. There’s $44 billion that’s dedicated in Townsville city alone.”

The conference touched upon topics such the development of modern agriculture in Queensland, environmental planning and regulations, as well as insights from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to prepare for the upcoming Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Providing information on the infrastructure of the games, Nigel Chaimer OAM, Chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC), presented on the array of 17 competition venues expected to be located in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Cairns and Townsville for the event.

Contributing towards the development of the Sunshine Coast Integrated Smart City Program, Micheal Whereat, Smart City Framework Lead, delivered upon ideas on how to integrate smart technology into common areas such as transport, safety and public services.

“The experience I gave in my talk is knowing where vacant parking spots are where I actually want to go, and having TomTom tell me to go to those parking spots, rather than me having to go to those parking spots at the side of the destination I intend to go to,” Whereat said.

The Queensland Infrastructure Projects Conference 2015 was held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 1st & 2nd of December.

Source: Expotrade Global News