WHY THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IS THE SILENT SUFFERER OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC It’s been almost 12 months since COVID-19 hit Australia and abruptly shut down the business events industry. Events including conventions, symposiums, association meetings and trade exhibitions all disappeared overnight. The financial impact of the pandemic on Australia’s economic health has been well and truly documented. Specifically looking at…
EventsAIR holds bootcamp for over a thousand event planners Event planners were immensely impressed after getting a sneak peek into the amazing 3D graphical experience available in OnAIR v5 BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND – Ahead of the launch of OnAIR v5 the revolutionary new version of the OnAIR virtual and hybrid event solution created by EventsAIR, the company hosted three online bootcamps…
Interview with Paula Leishman by Micenet’s Joyce DiMascio : “Snap lockdowns don’t do us any favours” Paula Leishman calls it as it is. She’s been running her business as a professional conference organiser for 21 years and has a clear handle on the current state-of-play in the business events market. Her company, Leishman Associates, is based in Tasmania and operates…
March 28 has now passed and so too has JobKeeper, the vital support mechanism that supported the Business Events Industry over the months that saw its revenue streams decimated by between 75-100%.
The landscape is changing the traditional way conference content has been delivered with 2020 being fraught with risk. The latest data coming out of the US confirms that the format of event delivery is changing and that a new way of thinking about the way events are run has emerged.
Nell Harrison has been appointed Managing Director of The Association Specialists (TAS) effective 1 January 2021. Passing the mantle is Francis Child, the owner of TAS, who will continue to play an important role in the business as Executive Chair.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group Grows its Australian Footprint with the Opening of PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne in April 2021.
As 2020 draws to an end, we’d like to reflect on our conference held just a week or two ago. It was critical to PCOA that we ensured we held a conference in this challenging year, to give our industry the opportunity to connect, to engage and provide a knowledge forum to continue our professional development.
The 2020 PCOA President’s Award was presented to Trevor Gardiner, Chief Executive Officer of Centium at the recent 13th Annual PCOA Hybrid Conference & Virtual Exhibition. This award is given to a member of the business events industry who strives and achieves excellence, and the recipient of the 2020 award is a true visionary. This year’s recipient, Trevor Gardiner, has…
Luna Park announced today that we will be investing $30 million to upgrade one of Australia’s best known and most loved destinations. This investment will turn Luna Park into a world-class amusement park, fit for the 21st century, replacing some older rides with nine new, family-friendly rides and attractions.