New appointments in New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand has a new business development manager in its business events team, while luxury hotel in Auckland The Hotel Britomart has appointed a new head of sales.
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Tourism New Zealand has a new business development manager in its business events team, while luxury hotel in Auckland The Hotel Britomart has appointed a new head of sales.
Western Australia’s capital will host the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference and Exhibition in March 2024, for over 2,000 anticipated delegates.
An ancient Indigenous story is now being told through thoroughly modern means at Uluru in Australia’s spiritual heart, with the launch of Wintjiri Wiru, a drone show taking place twice each evening near Ayers Rock Resort.
More than 14,000 members of global organisation Rotary International from 120 countries are expected in Melbourne in less than three weeks’ time, as the city prepares to host one of its most valuable business events of the decade.
Victoria’s Yarra Valley is to get a luxury 16-suite retreat at an established winery at Gruyere, just 80 minutes’ drive from Melbourne’s CBD.
As an event host and MC, one of the things I used to love saying was, “Laaaadiiiieeeeees aaaaaaand gentlemen”. I pictured myself in the top hat, red coat with golden piping, even with a twirled moustache like the circus ring announcers of old. The phrase sounds great! It even feels great as you let it slide over the tongue and out of your mouth.
“Many times I’m the lone female in the boardroom,” says Accor Pacific’s CEO, Sarah Derry.
Six well-known industry faces have been appointed to the board of the recently announced Australian Business Events Association (ABEA), which aims to provide a united voice for Australia’s industry.
Following the announcement of the Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) earlier this month, advocacy body the Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) will be de-registered, after a vote by its members.
Australia’s business events industry will have a new association from July 3 as multiple industry bodies unite in an attempt to give Australian business events stakeholders a single voice and an entity to deliver services to the industry as a whole.
What Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday referred to as the most significant political meeting to be hosted in Australia in almost a decade has been cancelled, after US President Joe Biden postponed his trip to Australia to prevent what could become an economic crisis in the US.
There were some big numbers in the budget to support events, but it’s all going towards public events.