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Representatives of Sydney’s business events industry have joined with the Committee for Sydney and Business Sydney as the Sydney Business Events Coalition to call on the NSW Government to pave a pathway for the return of business events now.

Sydney’s business events industry is calling for a NSW Government plan to safely restart its operations for fully vaccinated people and warns inaction threatens the survival of jobs across the city and regions. Representatives of Sydney’s business events industry have joined with the Committee for Sydney and Business Sydney as the Sydney Business Events Coalition to call on the NSW Government to…

Exactly one year ago today, we were advised that Australia had moved up to 12th place in the world for hosting international association conventions through the ICCA Statistics Report on country rankings.

Exactly one year ago today, we were advised that Australia had moved up to 12th place in the world for hosting international association conventions through the ICCA Statistics Report on country rankings. Without a clear pathway to the reopening of our international borders, business events as a catalyst to driving travel, innovation, trade, and the growth of industries cannot occur. If we are…

Health sector key to business events recovery. AACB CEO, Andrew Hiebl, expressed the key role that the health sector will play in the recovery of Australia’s business events industry at STR Insider, a pre AHICE event in Adelaide this week.

Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) CEO, Andrew Hiebl, expressed the key role that the health sector will play in the recovery of Australia’s business events industry at STR Insider, a pre AHICE event in Adelaide this week. Key insights from the AACB’s Forward Calendar of Business Events report highlight that ‘Health Care and Social Assistance’ represent one in three business…

Why the event industry is stuffed and what to do about it. It’s not just COVID. The industry is tearing itself apart as well. What is killing our industry is uncertainty.

It’s not just COVID.  The industry is tearing itself apart as well. In scenes reminiscent of the shutdown of the 2020 Melbourne Grand Prix, last night television news bulletins were once again showing fans being turned away at the gate, this time Bluesfest. What is killing our industry is uncertainty.  Following this week what organiser would take a risk on planning a festival or event this…

Uncertainty still threatens Business Events recovery post JobKeeper

As JobKeeper ended on 28 March, the latest insights published by the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) highlight the difficult situation that the business events industry finds itself without the support of Government. While state, territory and local government-backed convention bureaux continue to strategically bid for and win new business events for their respective…

AACB has signed a mutually-beneficial market intelligence partnership with global accommodation insights experts STR. As part of this arrangement, STR will produce case studies and reports highlighting the impact of business events on the accommodation sector for the destination, and AACB will

Convention bureaux are attracting a larger number of highly-engaged international business events to Australia, providing more opportunities to Australian small businesses, on top of those traditionally seen in tourism, according to the latest industry analysis. The analysis is contained in the