Two Australian hotels and an Australian city make international best of lists
Two Australian hotels and a New Zealand property have made the cut in Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards, as has an Australian city.
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The Star posts $1.685 billion loss
Citing “challenging trading conditions” and regulatory changes, The Star Entertainment Group has published its overdue financial results and returned to trading on the stock exchange.
Figures show fall in number and spend of business events travellers in Australia
The latest figures from Tourism Research Australia show spending by business events travellers in Australia has fallen by more than a billion dollars.
Destination in focus: Adelaide
I have always admired Adelaide’s intellectual positioning as a business events destination.
Proposed development at Howard Smith Wharves to add hotel and event space
The group behind Howard Smith Wharves has submitted a development application to make major changes to the riverside precinct in Brisbane.
New incentive stream as subvention fund opens for business events in regional Victoria
Subvention funding of up to $40,000 per event is now available for conferences and incentives held in regional Victoria.
New Geelong convention centre taking bookings
The much-anticipated convention centre in Victoria’s second largest city, Geelong, is now taking business event bookings for 2026 and beyond.
Business Events Tasmania gets $5 million in state budget
Tasmania’s business events bureau has received millions for its subvention fund and marketing activities to bring events to Australia’s island state.
BEIA conference to be held in Taranaki for the first time
New Zealand association Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) has opened registrations for its annual conference, to be held in New Plymouth on the west coast of the North Island for the first time.
Crown Resorts CEO to step down
Ciarán Carruthers will step down from the helm of Crown Resorts by the end of the year.
Wellington welcomes concurrent conferences to New Zealand’s newest convention centre
Wellington’s young convention centre, Tākina, is getting a workout this week, hosting two large conferences simultaneously.
The end of an era: ICC Sydney’s Geoff Donaghy on leadership, opportunity and everything in between
With ICC Sydney’s CEO Geoff Donaghy closing out both his full-time career and his time as the leader of Sydney’s convention centre at the end of August, micenet sat down with him for an exclusive chat about leadership, pivotal moments, lessons and advice from 30 years as a key business events figure in Australia.