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Task Force plots event return
Tuesday | Jul 7 2020DRAFT guidelines released on the weekend by the Tourism Restart Taskforce envisage a return of small and large business events with up to 50% of normal capacity,
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AIME to go hybrid
Tuesday | Jul 7 2020NEXT year’s Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) will for the first time ever be conducted in a hybrid format, allowing attendees from across the globe to take part even if COVID-19 travel restrictions have not lifted by then (BEN breaking news).
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Large event guidelines released
Tuesday | Jun 30 2020THE government’s Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has issued details of requirements around requirements for the safe return of crowds to stadiums, arenas and large theatres.
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BEA plots domestic push
Tuesday | Jun 30 2020BUSINESS Events Australia (BEA) is currently developing a new marketing campaign to educate local audiences about the breadth of Australia’s business events offering.
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Associations Pain & Gain
Tuesday | Jun 30 2020THE COVID-19 pandemic will force permanent changes in the way associations run their events, with a significant shift to hybrid and online events, according to Belinda Moore from Strategic Membership Solutions.
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Extend JobKeeper – BECA
Tuesday | Jun 23 2020THE Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) has warned that if the Federal Government’s JobKeeper program is not extended the business events industry will face financial ruin.
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BECA collaborates with CINZ
Tuesday | Jun 16 2020THE Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) has joined forces with its Kiwi counterpart, Conventions & Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) to jointly work on issues mutually affecting the trans-Tasman business events market.
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ICC safe event plan
Tuesday | Jun 16 2020ICC Sydney has launched a new EventSafe Operating Framework, which will enable the venue to safely reopen and run events in a post-COVID-19 environment.
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MCB delegate site
Tuesday | Jun 16 2020THE Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has launched a new “Delegate Destination” website, aimed at helping planners and professional conference organisers to promote Melbourne and Victoria to delegates attending future meetings.
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Give us a date, urges EEAA
Tuesday | Jun 9 2020THE Australian business events industry is ready, willing and able to restart face-to-face events under COVID-19-safe guidelines, with a confirmed date for recommencement required from Federal and State Governments “as a matter of urgency,” according to the Exhibition and Event Association of Australia (EEAA).
