Advertiser Acceptance Policy

All parties who buy advertising across Tourism and Events Queensland (“TEQ”) owned assets must adhere to the following terms:

1.       All advertisers must be financial members of their regional or local tourism organisation, or an ATDW member, or TEQ approved event proponents.

2.      All advertising material must be approved by TEQ or their appointed media agent, Dentsu x Australia Pty Limited trading as dentsu Queensland (“dentsu Queensland”), and carry the approved creative elements as specified at time of booking.

3.       For campaign activity, TEQ and dentsu Queensland reserve the right to refuse advertisements that do not meet the participation requirements criteria as outlined in item 1 above.

4.       All advertising material must promote Queensland tourism product through either a brand or retail/price product offer.

5.       The outlined advertising opportunities are available for the promotion of leisure tourism product within the Australian domestic market only. TEQ and dentsu Queensland reserve the right to reject any advertisement that does not fairly represent the destination as a domestic leisure destination. Advertising must meet TEQ and dentsu Queensland’s required specifications. Trade promotions or competitions will not be accepted (except for standalone advertising).

6.       All advertising space must be booked by dentsu Queensland on behalf of the advertiser.

7.       No arrangements entered into by the advertiser will be binding upon TEQ.

8.       TEQ and dentsu Queensland reserve the right to cancel advertisements if material is not received by the specified deadline as outlined in the booking confirmation. Failure to provide material satisfying specific guidelines (see ATDW deal guidelines here) may result in delays in publishing or cancellation and TEQ/dentsu Queensland reserves the right to charge the full fee or rate of the cost of the advertisement.

9.       The advertiser warrants that the content of the advertisement:

a)       is accurate, truthful and substantiated in all respects;

b)        is not misleading or deceptive;

c)       contains no representations and statements prohibited by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth);

d)        honest about the products or services that you promote;

e)       does not breach or infringe the Competition and Consumer Act (Cth) or any equivalent State legislation;

f)        does not breach or infringe any copyright, trade mark, obligation of confidentiality or other personal or proprietary right;

g)       does not breach any law of defamation, obscenity or contempt of any court, tribunal or royal commission;

h)       is not in contravention to any State or Commonwealth privacy legislation or anti-discrimination legislation;

i)         does not breach any financial services law as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); and

j)         does not contravene any other law or applicable code (including any common law, statute, delegated legislation, rule or ordinance of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory).

10.    The advertiser warrants that it has obtained any required permits, licenses and certifications necessary to advertise the advertising products and/or trade promotions, competitions or services.

11.    If any advertisement contains the name or photographic or pictorial representation of any living person and/or any copy by which any living person can be identified, the advertiser warrants that it has obtained the authority of that person to make use of his/her name or representation or the copy.

12.    The advertiser acknowledges that dentsu Queensland has the right (including at TEQ’s direction) to refuse, withdraw, reject any advertising copy or material which is deemed by dentsu Queensland or TEQ (in their opinion) inappropriate for any reason, , is illegal, defamatory, offensive, obscene and/or contrary to the business interest, goodwill and/or reputation of TEQ or dentsu Queensland or any of its customers or vendors or is likely to infringe on the rights of third parties (even if the advertising material has previously been accepted or published).

13.    Neither these Terms nor any written or verbal quotation by dentsu Queensland or TEQ represents an agreement to publish advertising. An agreement will only be formed between dentsu Queensland once they accept the advertising in writing.

14.    All bookings must be made directly through dentsu Queensland.

15.    Advertisers acknowledge that all advertisements are subject to:

a.       dentsu Queensland’s booking terms and conditions (including its payment terms);

b.       dentsu Queensland’s legal terms and conditions: https://www.dentsu.com/au/en/terms-of-business

16.    TEQ/dentsu Queensland standalone advertising rates are not available for advertising within the advertiser's home / local market.

17.    All advertisers participating in any campaign activity, or advertising within a Queensland digital asset, or a TEQ approved event proponent, must have a current and active ATDW (Australian Tourism Data Warehouse) subscription. For more information on ATDW please visit teq.queensland.com/atdw.

18.    Advertisers (and their agencies (where applicable)) must accept full responsibility for the content of all advertisements and agree to indemnify TEQ, dentsu Queensland and publishers and agents against any claim or proceedings, costs, expenses, losses, damages and liability suffered or incurred by TEQ or dentsu Queensland arising from the advertiser’s breach of these terms and any negligent or unlawful act or omission of the advertiser arising out of the publication of such advertisement.

19.    TEQ is not liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense (including consequential loss) arising out of delay, omission, default or error by TEQ (other than by TEQ’s negligence) in relation to placement of an advertisement or the availability, functionality or performance of any website or other media.

20.    TEQ reserves the right from time to time to amend or cancel any of these conditions or opportunities if required or if subscription levels are not achieved.

21.   If, at any time, a change in applicable laws renders the performance of TEQ or dentsu Queensland’s duties impossible or illegal to perform, the parties in their sole discretion, shall be entitled to terminate the relationship with you without further obligation.

22.   Each party will treat as confidential, and will procure that its advertising agents, other agents, and contractors treat as confidential and will not disclose (unless disclosure is required by law) any of the terms of this policy or terms with dentsu Queensland (including terms relating to volumes and pricing), any information regarding the data relating to advertising schedules, budgets, forecasts, booked advertising, prices or volumes or any other information that ought in good faith to be treated as confidential given the circumstances of disclosure or the nature of the information.