New Year, new members

RECOGNISING the importance of providing high quality experiences to our cruise passengers when they come onshore, we have welcomed CaPTA and Big Bus Tours to our membership.

CaPTA is run by Charles and Pip Woodward and family who have been pioneers in the tourism industry in Queensland. From their beginnings as Nature Park owners in Kuranda, they have now expanded into a multi-faceted company including touring, rainforest, wildlife and aboriginal experiences.

Working with some of our ground-handler organisations such as Inter-cruises, CaPTA has seen its cruise business increasing which motivated them to join the Association. CaPTA’s Ben Woodward told us “Over the last few years we have seen continued growth of visiting cruise passengers into our region and to our attractions. Being able to tap into ACAs knowledge of this exciting sector of the tourism industry will be helpful as we further plan for this growth into the future.”

We are also excited to welcome Big Bus Tours to the ACA family.

Big Bus is the largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours in the world and can be found in 19 cities on three continents. The familiar red buses are an ideal way for cruise passengers to relax themselves into Sydney. Providing two hop-on, hop-off journeys – city centre or Bondi, the buses guide passengers around the key landmarks providing commentary in eight languages.

This now brings our Association’s fast-growing membership to 90 and we look forward to this number increasing steadily in 2018.