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{{Infobox company
| name             = Voyages
| logo             = Voyageslogo.png
| type             = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation       = {{start date|2000|03||df=y}}<ref name="journey"/>
| location_city    = [[Sydney]]
| location_country = [[Australia]]<ref name="corp"/>
| locations        = 3<br/>{{bulleted list|[[Yulara, Northern Territory|Ayers Rock Resort]]|[[Kimberley (Western Australia)|East Kimberley, WA]]|{{QLDcity|Mossman}}, [[Far North Queensland|Qld]]}}
| key_people       = Andrew Williams ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voyages.com.au/about-us/at-a-glance/executive-team|title=Executive team |date=2016 |publisher=Voyages |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>
| revenue          =
| parent           = [[Indigenous Land Corporation]]
| homepage         = {{URL|https://www.voyages.com.au/}}
}}
'''Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Limited''', commonly called '''Voyages''', is a [[subsidiary]] business of the [[Indigenous Land Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilc.gov.au/Home/About-Us/Subsidiaries |title=Subsidiaries |work=About us |publisher=Indigenous Land Corporation |access-date=20 August 2016 }}</ref> Voyages manages tourism and resort facilities in the [[Northern Territory]], in [[Western Australia]] and in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name="corp">{{cite web|url=http://www.voyages.com.au/about-us/faq|title=What is Voyages |work=About us |publisher=Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>
In the Northern Territory, Voyages operates five venues at [[Yulara, Northern Territory|Ayers Rock (Uluru) Resort]] including Sails in the Desert, Desert Gardens Hotel, Emu Walk Apartments, the Outback Pioneer Hotel and Lodge, and the Ayers Rock Campground. In Western Australia, Voyages manages Home Valley Station in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|East Kimberley]] region. In Queensland, Voyages manages the Mossman Gorge Centre in {{QLDcity|Mossman}}, [[Far North Queensland]].
== History ==
Several resorts were built in and around Yulara during the 1980s. Following a chequered history of the tourism developments in the Northern Territory, the Ayers Rock Resort Company Limited was formed in 1992 and after a period of growth, acquired resorts at [[Alice Springs]] and [[Kings Canyon (Northern Territory)|Kings Canyon]] and established profitability. In September 1997, [[General Property Trust]] purchased Ayers Rock Resort Company Limited and changed its name to Voyages Hotels & Resorts in March 2000. A year later, Voyages purchased Odyssey Tours and Safaris, Coconut Beach Rainforest Lodge and Ferntree Rainforest Lodge. Luxury resort, [[Longitude 131°]], was opened in June 2002 under the Voyages banner.<ref name="journey"/>
In July 2004, Voyages acquired P&O Australian Resorts, adding properties in [[Tasmania]], Queensland and on the [[Great Barrier Reef]]. They then opened [[Wrotham Park Lodge]] in September 2004 and acquired [[El Questro Wilderness Park|El Questro Homestead]] in July 2005. In early 2006, Voyages sold its Odyssey Tours and Safaris to [[New South Wales]]-based Australian Wilderness Tours. Coconut Beach Rainforest Lodge, Ferntree Rainforest Lodge, Jungle Lodge and dive operation Odyssey H2O were also sold a year later.<ref name="journey">{{cite web|url=http://www.voyages.com.au/corporate/our-journey/ |title=Our Journey - Voyages Corporate |access-date=9 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831005310/http://www.voyages.com.au/corporate/our-journey/ |archive-date=31 August 2007 }}</ref>
In July 2009, Cradle Mountain Lodge was sold to the Cradle Mountain Resort Pty. Ltd. Also in July 2009, Silky Oaks Lodge was purchased by Australian-based Gondwana Resorts Pty Ltd. September 2009 saw the sales of Bedarra and Dunk Islands to Hideaway Resorts Pty Ltd. In November 2009, the Lizard Island, Heron Island, Wilson Island and King's Canyon Resort interests were sold to [[Delaware North Companies|Delaware North]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.delawarenorth.com/venues |title=Search: Venues: Australia |date=23 February 2023 |publisher=Delaware North }}</ref> Alice Springs Resort was handed over to Alice Springs Resort Enterprises Pty Ltd. in November and operated as the Chifley Alice Springs Resort.
In 2010, General Property Trust sold Voyages Hotels & Resorts to the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) and the ILC formed a new subsidiary, Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, to operate the ILC's tourism portfolio. Voyages established a training academy at the Ayers Rock Resort to provide young Indigenous people with accredited training in hospitality and the resort significantly increased its level of Indigenous staff from 1 per cent of the workforce at time of acquisition to approximately 32 per cent of the workforce in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilc.gov.au/Home/About-Us/History |title=History |work=About us |publisher=Indigenous Land Corporation |date=2015 |access-date=20 August 2016 }}</ref>
In 2013, Voyages sold Longitude 131° to Bailey Lodges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longitude131.com.au/files/2012/10/L131-Media-Kit.pdf |title=Longitude 131° Media Kit |publisher=Bailie Lodges }}</ref>
==See also==
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*[[Indigenous Land Corporation]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Australian companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:Companies based in Sydney]]
[[Category:Tourism in the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Organisations serving Indigenous Australians]]
[[Category:Tourism organisations in Australia]]
[[Category:Travel and holiday companies of Australia]]