In an extraordinary evening press conference yesterday, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced an indefinite delay to the reopening of the state’s domestic border to the rest of the nation due to the emergence of the Omicron variant. Read more
It's starting to feel like the Western Australian border is never going to open. Thinking of our business events and tourism operators over there.
Parts of regional Victoria are up 200 percent in tourism-related revenues, “but one good summer does not make a recovery” warns the executive officer of Business Events Victoria, Chris Porter. Read more
Well at least operators are getting business through the door, even if it's not business events business.
Major international airline Etihad has launched a sustainability program aimed at corporate travel, which could help companies reduce the environmental impact of incentive travel. Read more
With climate change becoming an increasingly urgent issue, this is something for incentive planners to take serious note of.
The association which runs the nation’s most important trade events for the gaming technology sector has a new CEO.
The Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) has announced the appointment of Jinesh Patel, who took up the role on January 10, 2022. Read more
This is an association who really knows how to pick leaders with strong advocacy credentials.
The data says it all. The impact of the latest wave of the pandemic is slamming the Victorian events industry again.
The Save Victorian Events coalition has released the results of its snap survey which shows that almost half of the events planned for January and February 2022 have been cancelled while another 28 percent have been postponed. A further 16 percent are at serious risk. Read more
As usual what's being reflected across wider consumer patterns is amplified in the events sector.
In an effort to ease labour shortages caused, at least in part, by Australia’s long international border closure during the pandemic, the Federal Government has announced it will rebate visa fees for international students and working holiday-makers arriving in the immediate future. Read more
Hopefully this should ease some of the pressure being felt in the hospitality and hotels sectors.
With the pandemic rolling through a second Australian Open, the tournament renewed its hygiene partnership with Rentokil Initial for a second year, with the multinational company providing an Australian-first air purifying and filtration solution for the global sporting event. Read more
Pretty impressive that this solutions has been hanging around since the SARS epidemic.
With a high and still-rising vaccination rate, from 1am AEST on January 22, Queensland will remove the requirement for fully vaccinated international travellers to undergo 14 days home quarantine upon arrival in the state. Read more
Now we just need the Federal Government to open up Australia's International border a little more.
