Tagged with Gold Coast

Griffith Coastal Management Centre celebrates 20 years of protecting and enhancing iconic Gold Coast shoreline.

Science will be on tap when researchers trade the lab for the pub.

The value of the 53km of open beaches on the Gold Coast can be found in the 13 million visitors that the city welcomes each year. While the Gold Coast’s famed sandy shores and surf breaks are enjoyed by tourists and locals alike, the work undertaken by the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM) over […]

As the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games draw to a close, marking a turning point for the Gold Coast, Griffith University’s leading cities expert says Australia’s emerging global city will ‘grow greater’ by staying true to its uniqueness, even as its persona constantly evolves. Cities Research Institute Director Professor Paul Burton predicted the Gold Coast […]

The region’s foremost experts in tourism will converge at the Marriott hotel in Surfers Paradise this week for the third annual East-West Dialogue on Tourism and the Chinese Dream conference. Spearheaded by the Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT) and Griffith Tourism Confucius Institute (TCI), the three-day event willbe held from Thursday 23 November through Saturday […]

It’s time to rethink what the Gold Coast offers to tourists and shift the focus away from the surf and sand.

It’s not going to be ‘business as usual’ during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. But business owners who take control of the more unusual opportunities will be best placed to benefit from the event. That’s just one of the messages to come out of a study commissioned by the Friends of Griffith Business School. […]