Daily News & Opinion

Australasia’s business events trade events are getting ready for a big year. Read more

AV1’s annual Long Summer Lunch, held last week at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, was a showcase of the production company’s capabilities and culture. And it really works from a stakeholder perspective. Read more

Sydney’s bidding organisation BESydney is celebrating more business wins for the city, worth $13 million over the next four years, although more than half of the economic impact will be felt in the next few months. Read more

With Chinese incentive buyers able to travel again, Tourism Australia’s specialist unit Business Events Australia will run a major famil in Sydney this April for business events decision makers from across Asia to boost inbound leads for Australian incentives and corporate meetings. Read more

The 2023 Australian Open set an all-time record for the tournament and made good on its ambition to attract 900,000 attendees over the three weeks the event had racquets swinging at Melbourne Park, proving that pre-pandemic demand is back. Read more

Following on from the last-minute cancellation of the Longford Grand Prix Expo earlier this month, weeks out from the March event, the Tasmanian Government has granted $150,000 in funding for a replacement event the same weekend – run by the organisers of the Longford Motorama which some say was pushed aside to make way for the Grand Prix event. Read more

Northern Territory Major Events Company has a new CEO, BESydney has made an appointment to boost business from India and Southeast Asia and there have been movements in the accommodation sector. Read more

Destinations on both Australian coasts will be ports for flights to and from Japan later this year, with Perth and Cairns set to be connected to Japan’s most populous city, Tokyo. Read more