As corporate events of all kinds gain momentum around the world, major incentive and meetings destinations are feeling buoyed. But as we know from the Australian experience, it’s not all smooth sailing. Read more
Some interesting insights here into what's driving staff shortages on the other side of the world.
The general manager of the New Zealand Events Association, Segolene de Fontenay, has resigned from her role after five years overseeing the organisation. Read more
Good luck to Segolene for whatever comes next.
Just days out from the festival, the New South Wales government has revealed it handed over $200,000 to the Mundi Mundi Bash, near Broken Hill, to fund the event’s headline act Midnight Oil. Read more
There is potentially quite a lot more money in the pot where this came from to support regional events.
New Zealand’s largest city will host the Massage & Myotherapy Australia 2023 National Conference, as the event ventures out of Australia for the first time. Read more
Great to see Australian and New Zealand associations collaborating like this.
Guy Grossi, the prominent Melbourne chef, who has been very vocal in telling the Victorian government the real impact of COVID on the hospitality industry, is to star in an event supported by Business Events Geelong on August 28. Read more
This is an interesting reinvention of a venue for focus more on an event audience.
While there is expected to be big year-on-year increases in airfares and hotel rates in 2022 followed by smaller rises in 2023, significant decreases in both these costs during the first two years of the pandemic will keep prices roughly at 2019 levels according to the 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast. Read more
That is an astronomical rise in event F&B costs for our region.
From tomorrow, the Hong Kong government will ease the hotel quarantine requirement for international travellers from seven days to three but will bar travellers from entering event venues for seven days. Read more
This is frustrating for Hong Kong's business events industry, which remains effectively closed off from the world.
New Zealand’s capital city has launched the Wellington Advocate Network, which formalises recognition of the academics and association representatives who advance Wellington’s intellectual and business events reputation globally. Read more
Good to see a program like this launching for New Zealand's capital.
