Business Events Meets Parliament, AACB Conference Registration Open, 2017 DMAI Prize Winner...and more
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Business Events Meets Parliament
Image: Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism & Investment, Dr Stephanie Fahey, CEO of Austrade, BECA Board and Members.
Last week, leaders of the business events industry and members of BECA descended on Canberra to meet with Federal Parliamentarians and senior departmental officials as part of the Business Events Meets Parliament program that took place at Parliament House.
The event commenced the evening prior with a board dinner with special guest, the Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment.
This was followed by the hallmark event, a bipartisan Friends of Tourism luncheon where industry leaders pitched the value of business events to Australia and described the competitiveness of the industry.
The program concluded with a roundtable with key representatives from Federal Government departments and agencies...<read more>
AACB Conference Registration Now Open!
Registration for the 28th AACB Staff Conference is now open! This year's event is happening from 6-8 September 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania, and the theme is 'Distinction: Your difference is your strength'.
2017 DMAI Prize Winner
Video: Adriana Perabo, DMAI Prize video submission
AACB congratulates Adriana Perabo, Business Development Manager at the Canberra Convention Bureau on winning the 2017 DMAI Prize, sponsored by Destination Marketing Association International and Qantas.
Adriana has won the opportunity to attend the DMAI Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada from 11-14 July 2017...<read more>
AACB Supports Global Exhibitions Day
Image: Annika Hofsink, AACB Marketing & Communications Executive and Andrew Hiebl, AACB CEO.
The AACB expressed its support for Global Exhibitions Day on 7 June.
AACB’s latest market intelligence indicates that a total of 146 international business events with an exhibition component were secured on the Forward Calendar (at January 2017) by its members. At which time, convention bureaux were working with an additional 69 confirmed international business events to determine their exhibition needs...<read more>
ABS: International Arrivals for Conferences Up 4.6%
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Year-on-year comparison of visitors arriving to attend a convention/conference for the 12 months to April 2017 shows an overall increase of 4.6%. There were a total of 16,700 arrivals in April 2017 whose main purpose of coming to Australia was a convention/conference. This translates to a 12.6% decrease from the April 2016 (19,100). ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Apr 2017
Upcoming Events
Unconventional Northern Territory Showcase, Darwin
10 - 13 August 2017
IMEX America, Las Vegas
10 - 12 October 2017
Regional Victoria Showcase, Sydney
17 August 2017
AACB Staff Conference,
Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
6 - 8 September 2017
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