ITB Berlin highly satisfied with the ITB Berlin Convention and Digital Business Dayat the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, with the state taking home eleven honours. The Acting Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Mary The high levels of international participation in both Anne Thomas today applauded the successful local formats – 60,700 convention attendees from 125 businesses and operators, commending them on countries and more than 100 sessions featuring 223 their resilience and commitment as the sector speakers – Focus of lectures, discussions and continues its bounce back from the challenges of industry meetings on the most pressing topics of the global pandemic.global concern – 20,000 initial business contacts Held on the Sunshine Coast, Victoria was honoured were made, resulting in 14,000 leads and 3,200 with five gold, four silver and two bronze awards business meetings being arranged at the Digital for 2021. Leading the way with gold were the Royal Business Day – ITB Berlin goes into its next round in Botanic Gardens in the Major Tourist Attractions the summer.category, Ballarat Heritage Festival in Festivals and As the virtual ITB Berlin Convention and Digital Events, Destination Gippsland for their stunning Business Day with this year's formats came to a tourism marketing campaign, Wilsons Promontory close, ITB Berlin drew a positive conclusion: the Cruises in New Tourism Business and Green Olive in World's Leading Travel Trade Show was highly Red Hill for Excellence in Food Tourism.satisfied with the event. The three-day ITB Berlin Convention featured more than 100 online sessions with over 220 industry experts. The world's largest convention for the industry reported 60,700 users over the three days of the event. The focus of the industry think tank was on the key topics of future and resilience, digitalisation and sustainability. Numerous sessions also examined what the war in Ukraine means for international tourism. A second streaming channel for press conferences and exhibitor presentations, which also attracted keen user interest, augmented the convention.Victoria and its iconic tourism accommodation, attractions and experiences have been recognised Victoria wins gold at Qantas Australian Tourism Awards14 TTW Europe