NZ Ski needs overseas chefs for trans-Tasman bubble © Getty Pre-Covid-19, up to 40 percent of NZ Ski s business came from across the ditch and they expect a busy season ahead.
A major ski company is hiring hundreds of additional staff to cater for guests from Australia once the travel bubble opens, in just under two weeks.
NZ Ski, the company that runs Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt, plans to hire another 200-300 staff to cater for Australian and New Zealand customers this winter following yesterday s announcement that a trans-Tasman bubble will begin at 11.59pm on 18 April.
Chief executive Paul Anderson said he was hoping for full ski fields during Australia and New Zealand s winter school holidays.
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Byron Bay has joined tourism operators in calling for more wage subsidies and direct financial support, warning half-price flights will not be enough for their businesses to stay afloat.
More than 100,000 people cashed in on cheap Qantas and Jetstar flights within hours of the taxpayer-backed tickets going on sale on Thursday.
Interstate return tickets to hotspots including Cairns, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart, Maroochydore and the Gold Coast will be subsidised by the federal government under its $1.2billion plan until July 31.
But Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson called for JobKeeper payments to be reinstated for specific areas, after a coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of the Bluesfest music festival.
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More than 100,000 of the federal government’s 800,000 discounted airfares to 15 regional destinations including Cairns, Hobart and Darwin sold before midday on Thursday, with one-way fares starting at about $55.
Despite the strong start to the aviation stimulus package, industry leaders continued to decry the absence of hard-hit Sydney and Melbourne on the destination list, as well as the end of JobKeeper for an industry that employs more than 660,000 people.
Deserted now, but not for much longer. Hard-hit Cairns sold well during the first 11 hours of the big 50 per cent off regional airfare sale.
Brian Cassey
There are also fears that consumers could struggle to find reasonably priced accommodation with the sudden rush on Queensland destinations such as Cairns, Maroochydore, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.