An agreement has been reached for US private equity firm Blackstone to acquire event technology platform Cvent for approximately US$4.6 billion, with the deal expected to close in the middle of this year. Read more
Blackstone to acquire Cvent

An agreement has been reached for US private equity firm Blackstone to acquire event technology platform Cvent for approximately US$4.6 billion, with the deal expected to close in the middle of this year. Read more
The Queensland Government has set up the Brisbane 2032 Coordination Office in preparation for hosting the Olympics in less than a decade. Read more
With more than three months to go until New Zealand’s flagship business events trade show MEETINGS in June, to be held in Wellington for the first time, 200 stands have been bought on the floor and hosted buyer interest is at a record high. Read more
Down on the Bellarine Peninsula, on 200 acres overlooking the ocean is a corporate retreat where the mantra is “slow down”, but it could just as easily be “accelerate your team”. Read more
The Australian arm of global experience agency George P. Johnson (GPJ) has made three promotions, elevating GPJ’s GM for Victoria, Victoria’s head of production and GPJ’s GM of ANZ to new roles. Read more
ICC Sydney has taken another five AV graduates into its Audio Visual Graduate Program in an effort to future proof the venue’s technical team. Read more
In news sure to be welcomed on the Sunshine Coast, Air New Zealand will resume flights between New Zealand’s largest city Auckland and the regional destination north of Brisbane from June 25. Read more
A 160-room hotel is planned for Phillip Island in a ‘back to the future’ development to reinstate the locals’ former pub, the Isle of Wight, that burned down twice, most recently in 2010. Read more