Adelaide Hills Convention Centre Wins Gold

The Adelaide Hills Convention Centre has put Hahndorf on the map with a gold win at the 2017 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards. On February 23, more than 800 key industry representatives gathered at the Optus Stadium in Perth for the tourism industry’s peak awards which recognise and promote excellence in tourism. The night was a […]

Seven & Ten Showcased Camping Lifestyle Nationally on Australia Day

 Seven & Ten Showcased Camping Lifestyle Nationally on Australia Day Australian viewers were presented the best of our camping lifestyle this Australia Day across the Seven and Ten Networks with unprecedented national TV coverage from Caravan Holiday Parks starting from 5:30 am until midday, resulting in over 6 hours of national TV.  The two live […]

AustralianSuper goes caravan and camping with new partnership announcement

AustralianSuper as the largest industry super fund in Australia has jumped into the caravanning and camping industry in a new partnership with the national industry peak body Caravan Industry Association of Australia. In the last two years 7.1 million Australians stayed in a caravan holiday park, camping ground or national park, with Australians making an […]

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Incredible Growth in International Tourism Markets

Latest international tourism data shows that Australia’s international caravanning and camping markets continue to perform strongly with figures for year ending September 2017 from Tourism Research Australia revealing that 373,000 international visitors undertook a caravan and camping holiday in the past 12 months, increasing by 7.5% from the previous year.  These travellers also generated over […]

Caravan industry welcomes increased capacity on Spirit of Tasmania for holidaymakers

Tasmania’s peak tourism industry organisation has described the new Spirit of Tasmania ships as the greatest game changer for Tasmanian tourism since the opening of MONA.  Tourism Industry Council Tasmania CEO, Luke Martin, expected the extraordinary additional passenger and vehicle capacity of the new ships will turbo-charge regional visitation. “The introduction of the twin Spirit […]

Accredited Caravan Holiday Park Consumer Promotion

Accredited Caravan Holiday Park Consumer Promotion Launching next week is a dedicated Caravan Industry Association of Australia Accredited Caravan Holiday Park Promotion which is designed to encourage consumers to choose and look for the Accredited Key when booking their caravan holiday accommodation. We are also delighted to announce Dometic as promotion partners, their support for […]

New Federal Chairman platforms on unification to drive industry growth

At the Caravan Industry Association of Australia National Board meeting conducted earlier today, Mr Grant Wilckens, CEO of Discovery Parks was elected new Federal Chairman. With a large financial investment in the industry spread nationally across almost all state and territories, Grant recognises the need for the industry to come together for future success to […]

RVMAP Promotion awarded a prize of $75,000 Volkswagen Touareg for caravan purchaser in Brisbane

To promote the value of RVMAP accreditation for consumers, Caravan Industry Association of Australia, with sponsorship from Volkswagen, offered consumers a chance to win a Volkswagen Touareg worth over $75,000, between February to June 2017 if they purchased an RVMAP accredited product. The winners of the prize, David Blower and his wife Sherryn were given […]

Queensland Pre-Christmas Caravan and Camping Sale had record attendance

Caravanning Queensland recently announced that more families and couples will be spending Christmas caravanning and camping following their huge Pre-Christmas Caravan and Camping Sale. The event drew record crowds with more than 16,000 attendees flowing through the gates and more than $30 million spent on product. This was an increase of nearly seven percent on […]