Victoria’s roadmap to emerge from lockdown was announced by the state’s Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday and it simultaneously offers more and fewer freedoms to the community and a more restrictive environment for events than the plan unveiled by New South Wales a couple of weeks ago. Read more
Time will tell who gets it right - Victoria's more cautious reopening or NSW's greater freedoms for the vaccinated.
Managing Director of George P Johnson for Australia and New Zealand Caleb Bush is departing the local arm of the international experience agency, having been appointed as Executive Vice President for GPJ in Europe. Read more
Congratulations to all on their appointments, although the loss of Bush for Australia is somewhat bittersweet.
The venues division of the Business Events Council Malaysia is advocating for business events to be able to operate sooner in the country’s recovery plan.
Currently, business events are slated to restart in Phase 4 of the plan – six venues have sent a letter to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to allow purpose-built business events facilities to operate during Phase 2. Read more
Once again, business events are relegated to opening late in the recovery timeline.
There’s been a change at the helm of Business Sydney, with Paul Nicolaou appointed as its new Executive Director from last week.
Nicolaou has been a big supporter of the business events sector advocating on its behalf through his most recent roles as the Director of the Business Leaders’ Council and Director of Membership and Events at national peak body, the Australian Chamber. Read more
This is an important and advantageous development from a business events perspective.
Despite recording 514 new cases yesterday, its largest daily increase since August 2020 – and another 510 today – Victoria will gain some promised freedoms as the state hits its 70 per cent first-dose vaccination target. Read more
We're looking forward to Melbourne's reopening plan being announced on Sunday.
On Thursday, it was 21 years since Australia hosted the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Back then Scott Crebbin was working at the Main Press Centre with a whole bunch of media relations staff supporting the needs of the world media.
Those Games put Sydney on the world stage and established our credentials as a nation capable of successfully organising major global events. It was this experience that set Crebbin up for a career working at major events all around the world. Read more
Some interesting reflections on here on why Australians are always in demand for major international events.
This week, the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced the plan for getting England through the approaching winter in terms of managing COVID-19.
Last autumn and winter, the country underwent several lockdowns and saw deaths of over 1,000 per day for most of January. Read more
What happens in the UK this winter could contain some important lessons for Australia next year.
In August, the strategic event bidding organisation for Australia’s largest city had its most successful month since the start of the pandemic, with BESydney securing seven meetings.
The bid wins – six international and one national, across the business, environment, science, technology and health sectors – will deliver 5,000 delegates and an estimated $14 million in direct expenditure to Sydney’s economy by 2024. Read more
Excellent to see BESydney building opportunities for local industry, especially during this incredibly challenging time for event suppliers, planners and operators.
