Proving its climate is right for business, Brisbane has had a successful summer of business event bid wins, set to inject millions of dollars into the economy over the next five years.
The value of business events secured with the help of Tourism Australia’s Business Events Bid Fund (BFP) has almost doubled in the past three months to reach a new milestone of A$187 million (€118 million).
Hosted buyers and Hosted Media, including Headquarters Magazine, attending the Asia Pacific Incentives & Meetings Event (AIME) experienced Melbourne's newest event space The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne.
Brisbane’s economic development board, Brisbane Marketing, collaborated with Tourism and Events Queensland and the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre to secure the International Society of Posture & Gait Research (ISPGR) World Congress for 20-24 June 2021.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) General Manager, Bob O’Keeffe was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Australia Day Awards for outstanding services to tourism and business in Queensland.
Auckland is growing in popularity as a destination for international conferences. One recent highlight was the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP).
PACIFICO Yokohama, one of the largest MICE complexes in Japan*1, was ranked as the top Japanese MICE facility in 2017 in terms of the number of conferences hosted, the number of attendees, and the number of overseas attendees, according to the breakdown of “Statistics Regarding International Conferences held in Japan in 2017”*2, published by Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
World-first industry sensory experience at 2019 event
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Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), the leading meetings and conventions event in the Asia Pacific region, has announced an innovative partnership with Australia’s most-trusted charity, Guide Dogs Victoria (GDV), to launch a pop-up sensory experience workshop.
ICCA’s Regional Director Asia Pacific Noor Ahmad Hamid experienced a career highlight at the 11th China Meetings Industry Convention (CMIC) in Beijing in December, when he became the first non-Chinese recipient of the China MICE Hall of Figures Award, a prestigious accolade which honours those who have contributed to the advancement of China’s meetings industry.
On 12 December, the Premier of South Australia in a joint announcement with the Australian Prime Minister announced Adelaide would be the home of Australia’s new A$41m Space Agency and in doing so, created one of, if not the largest legacies of any Australian business event.
Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) announced today that Penang has won the bid to host the upcoming International Congress and Conferences on Computational Design and Engineering (I3CDE) 2019 from 7 to 10 July at ParkRoyal Penang Resort.
Singapore hotels and venues saw a 12% year-on-year increase in requests for meetings equating to $82m in additional revenue opportunity according to sourcing data from the Cvent Supplier Network
IBTM China, part of IBTM’s global portfolio of meetings and events industry trade shows and the most established event of its kind in China, has announced first details of its 2019 edition. The event will take place at China National Convention Centre (CNCC) in Beijing on 28 and 29 August.
As Brisbane’s profile as a business events destination continues to soar, the city is celebrating the 40thanniversary of a body dedicated to attracting conventions and visitors to the city.
On November 22, business events professionals gathered at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas for the biggest day of Seoul MICE Week – a week of online and offline meetings-industry related events.
International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) has announced the introduction of a new dedicated Creative Industries stream to its Legacy Program, to showcase Australia's home-grown talent on the global stage and support the next generation of creative leaders.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) will play host to the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2021 with an expected 2,500 delegates.
Melbourne has been ranked the number one sustainable city in the Asia-Pacific region for business events in the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) for the second consecutive year.
SingEx Venues, the venue management company operating Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre and its convention wing MAX Atria since 1999, has won the tender bid to continue operating Singapore’s largest Meetings, Incentives, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) venue for up to 10 years, starting from January 2019.
Meetings & Exhibitions Hong Kong (MEHK) has announced the launch of a new guide of Old Town Central to assist MICE organisers when planning Hong Kong itineraries.
Meetings & Events Australia’s newly re-named Future Leaders program has received a major boost with national AV company Scene Change re-committing as its National Sponsor.
Australia’s premier convention, exhibition and entertainment venue first to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan alongside prestigious artwork commission
The Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2019 will showcase the largest mix of culturally different buyers and exhibitors from across the globe, with attendees spanning 48 countries and speaking over 100 different languages – all attending with the same commonality of doing business.
From January to October 2018, Seoul successfully secured 40 international conferences, which is estimated to bring more than 35,000 international delegates to the city over the coming years.
Since its founding in 1992, Meeting Media Group, publisher of Headquarters Magazine (HQ), has been a trusted guide and voice for associations and the global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry.