The Event Saver Fund launched by the NSW Government has received a warm reception from the Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) and the Committee for Sydney. Read more
Reactions from the two stakeholder standpoints which will benefit from the Event Saver Fund.
When it comes to holding a successful, enjoyable business event, Adelaide has a lot going for it. With COVID concentrating the minds of our event clients, that fact has become far more obvious as those clients seek clean, green and boutique to settle any lasting delegate nerves. Read more
A nice insight on the state of things in South Australia.
Perth will host a Western Australian version of Informa Connect Australia’s Australian Hydrogen Conference in late 2022. Read more
This is an interesting move - holding a Western Australian version of what is already, one assumes, a national conference.
The USA’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added Australia to its highest tier of COVID-19 travel advice, advising Americans to avoid travelling to Australia due to high numbers of coronavirus cases. Read more
This advice strikes me as slightly odd, given the equally high number of cases in the United States.
Fresh from the launch of their own meetings and events focused magazine, Business Events Tasmania has debuted a new interactive overview of the business events possibilities for the state’s two largest cities. Read more
A wonderful simple tool to understand the lay of the business events landscape in Tasmania.
After initially limiting spectators for the Winter Olympic Games that kick off in China in just over two weeks to Mainland China residents, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced yesterday that it had decided that spectator tickets “should not be sold anymore”. Read more
This is a rather last minute move...
While convention bureaux and event owners are clearly keen to resume business events, it is the delegate or their employer who will decide when it is safe to resume face-to-face meetings, says CEO of the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB), Andrew Hiebl. Read more
This is somewhat our problem - the ability of the industry continues to be outside of our control.
While we’ve heard of many event cancellations and postponements due to the Omicron surge, the Australian Gift and Homewares Association (AGHA) has confirmed it will be going ahead with the AGHA Sydney Gift Fair at Sydney Showground in February. Read more
Good to see one event bucking the current postponement trend. Maybe it'll be the start of a new trend as cases start to come down.
