Great Barrier Reef news

Cairns Aquarium in Australia has been put up for sale, as the visitor attraction's directors seek fresh investment. Commercial real estate agents, Colliers, have been ... More

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has honoured 11 European spa towns and added them to its esteemed World Heritage List. The ... More

Designs have been revealed for the world’s first dedicated coral conservation facility, to be located at the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, ... More

With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the world are implementing new emergency policies to support these crucial ... More

The first installation of the Museum of Underwater Art – a series of inter-tidal and fully submerged galleries planned for the Great Barrier Reef region ... More

Guy Heywood has been appointed to the role of chief operating officer with Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas. He joins Six Senses from his previous ... More

After suffering a number of delays, work on the AU$50m (US$39.6m, €33.7m, £30.7m) Cairns Aquarium is in the final stages, with 12 September being touted ... More

Vienna has been added to Unesco’s list of World Heritage in Danger, while notable sites including Machu Picchu and the Great Barrier Reef have narrowly ... More

Unesco’s World Heritage Centre has said that its listed reefs are likely to disappear by the end of the century unless global CO2 output can ... More

With warming waters devastating parts of the Great Barrier Reef, the Australia Institute – a Canberra-based think tank – has predicted more than a million ... More

Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia is trialling swimming experiences with humpback whales, which the government hopes will turn the natural attraction into a major ... More

The World Heritage Centre has urged the planet’s governments to expand its World Heritage programme to include sites in international waters. In an effort to ... More

Work has started on Cairns’ AU$50m (US$36.4m, €33.2m, £23.3m) aquarium and reef research centre, due for completion in 2017. Marked with a visit by Australia’s ... More

A new report has warned that nearly a third of the world’s natural heritage sites are at significant risk from oil and gas drilling and ... More

Appointment of a main contractor to build a AU$50m (US$36.4m, €33.2m, £23.3m) aquarium in Cairns, Queensland, will be announced later this month, after a detailed ... More

The Great Barrier Reef’s heritage status could be in jeopardy after UNESCO revealed it was considering listing the natural wonder as “in danger”, something that ... More

Australian company White Horse Australia – which has strong ties to one of China’s best known advertising and media companies White Horse Group – is ... More

Significant threats such as invasive species, logging, poaching and climate change are endangering more than a third of the world’s natural heritage sites, according to ... More

Kerzner International Holdings has entered into a partnership with Bahrain-based Sevens Holding to develop and operate a new One&Only resort in Seef, Bahrain. The 150-key ... More

A prototype design for an attraction, conceived by Hong Kong’s OVA Studio, could recreate the world’s oceans, using projected imagery on LED screens to bring ... More

A giant inflatable turtle the size of a house has been installed in Australia's Sydney Harbour to mark the launch of an underwater art exhibition ... More

Design work on an AUS$50m (US$46.3m, €33.5m, £27.5m) aquarium based on the Great Barrier Reef has commenced. Located in the Far North Queensland region of ... More

The Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Resort & Spa is expected to open in July 2014 in the south west Pacific Ocean, facing the UNESCO World ... More

Earlier this month the Foreign Investment Review Board allowed Aquis to purchase 340 hectares of land for the development of Tony Fung's A$4.2bn (US$3.75bn, €2.72bn, ... More

Australia’s luxury island resort – Hayman, Great Barrier Reef – is to undergo a multi-million dollar renovation and be re-launched as One&Only Hayman Island in ... More