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January 30, 2025Mining expo helps Adelaide smash annual sales record in six monthsBusiness Events Adelaide (BEA), the Australian city’s official convention bureau, has announced mid-year sales figures that surpass their record annual performance, set last year.

Melbourne Club Ambassador Awards 1

August 19, 2024Metz honoured as Melbourne celebrates its conference ambassadorsA gastroenterologist who helped to bring four international conferences to Melbourne has been honoured for helping to bolster the Australian city’s reputation as a science hub.

Nobel laureate Prof Barry Marshall

February 22, 2023Nobel laureate Marshall makes case for physical meetingsA Nobel laureate will chair the organising committee of a scientific meeting in Perth

Gday again! Australias business event leaders on reopening

February 21, 2022Gday again! Australias business event leaders on reopeningInternational flights have been arriving in Australia for the first time since March 2020when the country closed its borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Business events leaders from Australia’s three biggest cities give their verdict on what this will mean for meetings….

AIME Knowledge Programme will ensure audience gives a crap

February 9, 2022AIME Knowledge Programme will ensure audience gives a crapAttendees of the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) will hear from a charitable toilet paper co-founder and a growth hacker as part of the event’s 2022 Knowledge Programme.

Perth targets delegate spend to build economic recovery

November 18, 2021Perth targets delegate spend to build economic recoveryPerth’s convention bureau has secured 67 national and international business events as the city in Western Australia looks to delegate spend to aid its recovery efforts.

Melbourne Evolve Conference

August 18, 2021Australia’s Evolve Conference postponed until 2022Meetings and Events Australia (MEA) has postponed Evolve, its flagship conference for event professionals, until 2022.

Penny Lion leaves Tourism Australia

June 29, 2021Lion departs as Tourism Australia focuses on local recoveryTourism Australia has announced the departure of its executive general manager Penny Lion in a wider reshuffle that will see the agency focus it recovery efforts on the domestic market.

Joey Cnsunyo

April 18, 2021Australia puts another $3million into conference subvention potBusiness Events Australia, the national convention bureau, has put another AUD3million into the subvention pot to support bids for new international events.

Designing the future: International Conference on Thinking returns to Melbourne

April 13, 2021Designing the future: International Conference on Thinking returns to MelbourneAn international conference of thought-leaders will return to Melbourne this year.Show More