The Meetings and Events industry awards for 2012 were presented at the gala dinner to finish off the 2013 MEA conference e in Darwin – and the winners are Individual Awards Operations Person of the Year Business Development Person of the Year Event Manager of the Year Meetings Manager of the Year Y MEA Future Leader MEA [...]

The Canberra Convention Bureau’s annual famil is known as Top Secret To find out why it is Top Secret and what the delegates enjoyed this year ASE spoke to CCB CEO Robyn Hendry.  

The redevelopment of the wharves around the MCEC has presented a unique opportunity for conference organisers to hold functions right next to the Convention Centre at South Wharf Promenade and the first to do so was AIME 2013. More than 2000 guests attended Welcome Reception hosted by the Melbourne Convention Bureau to kick off AIME [...]

Martin Smith investigates an underground event – photos by Jen Dainer I like whisky, though normally just neat.  Which is no ice, no water and certainly no coke.  So it was kind of strange to have an old jam jar with the Monkey Shoulder logo on it thrust into my hand upon entering.  Just go [...]

The Canberra Convention Bureau hosts a major dinner for their members each year to coincide with the annual famil – Top Secret. The venue this year was the brand new Visitors Centre at the National Arboretum.  The venue is in a stunning location looking out over the forests of the Arboretum toward Black Mountain and [...]

Exhibitors really got into the game for the AIME networking hour.  Apart from the nibbles and bubbles there was entertainment and give ways to keep people moving around the stands. Of note – The Rat Pack’s Back rocked the Melbourne Convention Bureau stand with their version of “Melbourne, Melbourne” which might not have the same [...]

A farewell function was held last month at the National Convention Centre, Canberra to mark the handover of general manager duties from Cindy Young to Steve Wood. In attendance were many representatives from industry, community and government from Canberra and beyond. Paul Donohoe from BDW Special Events Management delivered a thank-you speech and here is an edited transcript. Welcome to [...]

  The Melbourne Park Function Centre chose the date 12.12.12 to thank their clients and to showcase what they (with their partners) can do with what is essentially a versatile and pillarless space. The 250 guests were greeted on venue balcony with bubbly and iced water to quench the 35° heat of a rather scorching [...]

Sydney CBD’s newest premier venue Doltone House raises the bar  Following the announcement in September 2012 of an exciting new meeting, conference and events venue address being added to the leading venue portfolio, Doltone House | Hyde Park, Elizabeth Street Sydney, has exceeded the artist’s impressions. The soft opening dedicated to Doltone House staff and [...]

Expanding its resources to enhance creative services to clients, MCI announces the acquisition of creative events agency Off-Site Connections Event Solutions Australia (OSC). Creative and technical event solution specialists OSC have been operating in Australia for 18 years, producing high end events for a variety of local and international corporate clients and industry sectors including [...]

MyCEB creates business events milestones through new product developments In its continued proactive efforts to develop the country’s business events industry, Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) will once again be participating in the upcoming Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events (IMEX) Frankfurt 2013. Set to take place from the 21-23 May, MyCEB [...]

Sydney continues to boost its enviable reputation as the first place in Australia to do business, topping the country’s results in the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) Country and City Rankings Report*. The harbour city ranked number one in Australia for conferences and congresses and number 24 worldwide, a rise of ten places from [...]

Despite being more than three years away from completion, the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) is already kicking goals with considerable interest being expressed by potential national and international clients. Business Events Sydney (BESydney) in conjunction with the ICC Sydney operators, AEG Ogden, have moved quickly to position the venue and the city itself [...]

NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner congratulated Business Events Sydney’s (BESydney) Ambassadors for their assistance with generating almost $400 million in economic impact for New South Wales. Speaking at the annual Ambassador Dinner and Investiture, Mr Stoner acknowledged the value of business events as a key driver of both the State’s visitor and knowledge economies. “Business events [...]

One of Sydney’s most celebrated luxury hotels has welcomed Jörg T. Böckeler as General Manager. German-born Jörg brings more than 27 years’ experience in hotels and hospitality to InterContinental Sydney, following on from his most recent posting as General Manager of InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto – another significant property for IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) in [...]

The Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has appointed Jaclyn Weinstein to the new position of Director of Business Development, North America, Chief Executive Officer Karen Bolinger announced today.  Ms Weinstein’s appointment follows the engagement of Myriad Marketing as the organisation’s new representation agency for North America, announced in December last year as part of MCB’s new [...]

Leading child welfare charity Barnardos Australia is thrilled to announce Anna Cesarano as their new Mother of the Year Awards Business Ambassador and member of the awards’ judging panel. Now in its 18th year, Barnardos Australia’s Mother of the Year Awards is the charity’s flagship event, which honours and recognises the enormous contribution that everyday [...]

Last night, the MEA National Meeting Manager of the Year award was presented to MCI Australia Project Director, Cindy-Lee Bakos. Cindy-Lee took home the prestigious Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) national award for her work on three key events: the Asia Pacific Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association Congress, the Commonwealth Business Forum, and the combined FAOPS-PSANZ congresses. [...]

Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacqui Timmins as the new Director for the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) and the China Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM). Ms Timmins takes the reins from former Director of AIME, Sally de Swart, who has managed the event since 2011. [...]