Businesses to benefit

Cairns Club’s $50,000 drive

THE Cairns Club is changing with the times by launching a new campaign that will put more than $50,000 back into the local economy.

Businesses hit hard by the e COVID-19 pandemic will be given the assistance to bounce back with the 2020/2021 Keep It Cairns s campaign.

With the club no longer r able to host business networking events and special guest talks due to the pandemic, it will instead support members by buying g $50,000-$70,000 in vouchers for use at local restaurants and tourist attractions.

Members will be able to use those vouchers for themselves, their staff or their clients while supporting local hospitality and tourism businesses.

Cairns Post general manager Andrew Reeves (above) said the business wanted to build on the great work that Cairns Regional Council and Cairns Chamber of Commerce put into the Keep It In Cairns campaign.

“The Cairns Club is really popular as it provides local business with an affordable and flexible way of advertising to the Cairns Post’s 60,000 local daily readers at a frequency that works for them,” he said.

“Because of current restrictions, the quarterly events have been replaced. Now our club members get to enjoy the best of our local world class dining and tourism experiences.

“The business owner gets to grow their business using an impactful, sharply-priced ad package in the Cairns Post.

“They get to enjoy a meal out with their family, or offer it to staff or use it to entertain clients, and in doing so they also directly support local tourism and hospitality businesses and we keep the money circulating in Cairns.

“We have close to 50 club members. Most renew year on year, numbers are limited, based on voucher availability.

“We anticipate the offer to sell out in the next two to three weeks.”