Barry Neame, PCO Association president is delighted to confirm this year’s PCOA Conference and Exhibition networking function will be held on Starship Sydney and supported by Shorty’s Liquor. Starship Sydney is Sydney Harbour’s largest cruising glass vessel offering modern facilities, the latest in nautical engineering allowing for whisper quiet cruising plus remarkable stability. The award-winning Starship Sydney is the perfect…
EventsAIR will be launching version 10 of its global award winning event technology platform in late October. This new platform is the 6th Generation platform and has been designed and built on the latest web architecture, which will bring a new level of performance and capability to the event industry. For a sneak peek release a preview video can be…
An abstract in academic circles, is a concise summary of a research paper, thesis or conference proceeding that outlines what the author is intending to talk about. In business circles it might be called an executive summary, or if it’s a book it might be a synopsis. If you have ever submitted an abstract to a conference, your abstract will…
A $6 million boost to Regional Conferencing in New South Wales A successful conference says a great deal about an organisation, which is why it’s imperative to elevate your event with a unique location. New South Wales continues to reign as Australia’s leading tourism State and offers a fantastic location to do business from the bush to the coast. In…
Regional destinations around Australia will now have greater access to crucial funding to help them secure lucrative international business events, thanks to changes being made to the Morrison Government’s Business Events Bid Fund Program. Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham today announced a series of changes to the eligibility criteria of the $12 million Bid Fund Program, which is managed by…
Glenn Price, a behavioural change expert, will challenge his audience’s thinking at the PCOA19 annual conference. He is co-author of top-selling strategy execution book, Drivers — A Story of Transformational Change. Drivers is described as providing an instantly applicable framework for delivering results through strategy execution, customer and employee centricity, innovation and team engagement. Glenn has been the global head…
Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) directors and councillors met for its recent board meeting at Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 25 July. The delegation had the opportunity to meet with re-appointed Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, to congratulate the Coalition on the federal election victory and return to Government. Topics raised with…
More than 600 domestic business events have been secured by Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) members across the country according to the latest analysis of bids won scheduled to occur from January 2019 out to 2023. This is an increase of 119 business events on the Forward Calendar compared to the position 12 months ago and will attract approximately…
The ICCA Country & City Rankings released earlier this week shows that Australia has moved up one place to 13th position with a total of 265 international association meetings held in 2018. The report by the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) examines the global association meetings market. It recorded a total of 12,937 rotating international association meetings taking place…