Hunter hotel mogul says $1m tourism handout “manifestly inadequtate”

Hotel mogul Jerry Schwartz has slammed the state government’s $1 million tourism handout calling it “manifestly inadequate”. Schwartz owns three major hotels in the Hunter and is a proud tourism advocate for the region. “The Hunter Valley needs a vibrant tourism industry if we are to generate sustainable future employment, and the NSW government would be better off allocating the $1 million directly to the Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association – which now has full council support – to promote the region’s tourism assets,” he said.