Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) President Spiro Anemogiannis is stepping down to pass the baton to a new President at the association’s Annual General Meeting on September 28.
In his message to members ahead of the AGM, Anemogiannis restated his support for bringing the various business events associations under one umbrella but regretted this had not been achieved during his tenure. Read more
Some promising sentiment here about a united voice for our industry.
CENTREPIECE, the major new business events venue which forms part of Melbourne Park’s $972 million redevelopment, opened this week.
The significant addition to Melbourne’s venue pool offers 4,500m2 of space across three levels, located within one of the world’s famous sporting precincts, the home of tennis Grand Slam event, the Australian Open. Read more
Great to see this venue finally open.
While it might have been less than 10km from the epicentre of this week’s 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Victoria, COVID restrictions have done more damage to Mt Buller than the seismic shakeup. Read more
Yet more evidence of Melbourne's outbreak having a deep impact on regional Victoria.
Melbourne will host the Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (SIASS) in 2023, after Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) won the event for the city. Read more
MCB has been racking up this wins this year, building a strong set of business opportunities for the business events supply chain as things open back up once vaccine thresholds are met.
Save Victorian Events co-founder Simon Thewlis says the Victorian Government is actively consulting the industry on the insurance model for events cancelled due to COVID-19.
Thewlis said discussed were occurring with the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, the super agency that includes the Tourism, Events and Visitor Economy (TEVE) branch, responsible for strengthening the profile of tourism and events across government and influencing reforms and economic outcomes for the sector. Read more
Encouraging signs of progress out of Victoria.
Former head of the Cairns Convention Bureau Angela Uhlig gives us a view from London of what emerging into COVID-normal looks like. Read more
An interesting read, especially the part about staff shortages when things do open up again.
With winners reflecting the nature and distribution of pandemic impacts across Australia, the biggest winners at Meetings and Events Australia’s virtual awards ceremony last night were Harry the hirer, which took home five awards, and Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and La Trobe University, which nabbed three each. Read more
Congratulations to all the winners in an immensely challenging year for events.
Global hotel brand Marriott International has announced its intention to have net zero carbon emissions across its network of around 7,800 properties in 138 countries by 2050. Read more
Good to see one of the world's largest hotel chains making this commitment.
