Darwin Convention Centre wins GOLD in the category for Business Event Venues at the 2021 Australian Tourism Awards. This year the awards highlighted the achievements of tourism businesses throughout the COVID pandemic and the resilience of the tourism industry over the past two years.
Applications for Round Two of the Regional Events Acceleration Fund are now open, with a further $20 million in funding for events hosted in regional NSW between July 2022 and June 2023.
Business events will be a key driver of this recovery, both locally and globally. Bringing communities, markets and industries together face to face has always and will remain the best way to drive innovation and business. Business events are the fast track to recovery.
Tourism Australia’s new international business events brand campaign, There’s Nothing Like Australia, and the latest iteration of the domestic business events marketing campaign, Event Here This Year has been unveiled.
The Events Transition Support Payment scheme (ETSP), will be extended to 31 January 2023 and expanded to include business events, Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash announced today.
With the successful delivery of an array of face-to-face events in early 2022, Luna Park Venues is on track for a busy and exciting year ahead.
With confidence growing in all sectors and restrictions easing across most States the focus is on ensuring guests can return to enjoying face-to-face learning and networking.
Joyce DiMascio micenet sat down with the new chair of the Australian business events industry’s advocacy body the Business Events Council of Australia to find out the challenges and priorities for a big job ahead.
Conferencing in an ever-changing climate.
New Zealand will be showcasing its new venues and activities to the Asia Pacific meetings and events industry with a new hybrid stand at this year’s AIME trade show.
While it is difficult to see many positives in the current situation for the convention and incentive sectors, there may at least be a long term benefit in the way clients value professional conference organisers.