Density limits for events will cease from December 15 in NSW following the announcement of tweaks to the state’s roadmap yesterday. Mask and COVID safety plan requirements will also ease, but one kind of event will still require full vaccination of attendees to take place. Read more
Great news for events and venues.
The Courier-Mail Future Brisbane Lunch at the Brisbane Showgrounds venue seeks to identify legacy opportunities of the 2032 Olympic Games set to be held in Brisbane.
The event will explore how industry and community can benefit in both the lead-up to the Games and the decades which will follow them. Read more
This sounds like a fascinating event to attend for Brisbane industry.
In part two of micenet’s chat with Kate Atkinson, Hyatt’s Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Pacific and Indonesia, Atkinson talks about how the market is responding to the easing of travel restrictions and lockdowns and what she loves about working in the sector. Read more
Some interesting insights here about travel trends.
Following the recent announcement of Business Events Industry Aotearoa’s (BEIA) new Chair of the Board, Steve Armitage, the association has left its board unchanged at its AGM this week. Read more
Remaining steady for a difficult voyage ahead.
The new variant has a high number of mutations and has seen cases in South Africa go from under 400 new cases to over 2,400 daily cases in the last 10 days. Read more
This is not good.
New Zealand’s Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins has announced the first three phases of a plan to allow more travellers to enter New Zealand but an ongoing seven-day home isolation requirement means the plan is unlikely to yield business event travel. Read more
This is difficult news for industry stakeholders in New Zealand.
With borders between Australian states reopening, some international flight corridors opening for visitors and the return of international students, things are looking positive for Hyatt in Australia and in the wider region.
Hyatt’s Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Pacific and Indonesia, Kate Atkinson spoke to micenet about what’s on the horizon for Hyatt. Read more
Interesting to see the timelines for business returning both domestically and internationally.
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) General Manager Adrienne Readings has been appointed as Chair of the Destination Gold Coast board, following the departure of Paul Donovan who spent 17 years in the position. Read more
Congratulations to Adrienne. We wonder whether this will give business events a higher profile in the region.
