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Sydney’s strategic event bidding agency, BESydney, has locked in nearly $100 million of business events in the first half of the current financial year.
New laws have passed Queensland’s Parliament allowing the newly elected state government to establish an independent coordination authority for Brisbane’s Olympics in 2032 and begin another review of the venues to be used for the Games.
Cairns will host around 2,700 delegates in six waves in November and early December 2025.
The Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) has released a forward calendar of business events bids in Australia with data from 16 convention bureaux.
Annual results for Melbourne’s convention centre show the venue delivered a sizeable economic impact for Victoria while notching up a raft of other achievements.
The Western Australian Government will proceed to the next stage of redeveloping Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC).
The global meetings and events forecast from AMEX for 2025 indicates 74 per cent of those surveyed are optimistic about the industry’s health.
Business Events Wellington is targeting Australian conferences with its new message that New Zealand’s capital “ticks all the boxes” for meetings from Australia.
Wellington is the compact, connected capital of New Zealand.
A survey by Flight Centre Corporate suggests 28 per cent of businesses spend more than half their corporate travel budget on events.
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit began in Perth on Tuesday, with over 800 delegates registered.
