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Showtime goes online
Tuesday | May 5 2020SHOWTIME Events has taken what it normally does best within venues into cyberspace instead, with the company quickly investing in a new approach to taking events online when COVID-19 disrupted the world.
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TA revamps ADVANCE program
Tuesday | Apr 28 2020TOURISM Australia’s Business Events Australia division has opened applications for an updated “Advance Program” for 2020/21, with new requirements aiming to increase industry access to the scheme.
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BECA unveils recovery plan
Tuesday | Apr 21 2020THE Business Events Council of Australia has created a “Response & Recovery Framework” to sustain the sector through the next 12 months, with the document submitted to the Government for initial consideration.
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GCCEC cooks for the community
Tuesday | Apr 21 2020THE Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) isn’t resting on its laurels during the COVID-19 enforced downtime.
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Global Meetings Industry Day
Tuesday | Apr 14 2020EVENT professionals from across the globe will gather in cyberspace today and tomorrow, with a virtual celebration of Global Meetings Industry Day.
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AACB hails EMDG boost
Tuesday | Apr 7 2020THE injection last week of almost $50 million in additional funding for the Export Market Development Grant Scheme has been welcomed by the Association of Australian Conference Bureaux (AACB), with CEO Andrew Hiebl describing the move as a “shot in the arm” for the sector.
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CINZ BE reconnected
Tuesday | Apr 7 2020CONFERENCES and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) has taken proactive steps to look beyond the coronavirus lockdown by launching a new event set to take place late this year.
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TA plots business events revamp
Tuesday | Mar 31 2020TOURISM Australia (TA) is taking the breathing space afforded by the COVID-19 downturn to look at a possible revamp of its marketing of business events.
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$2.5 billion monthly event hit
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020THE massive shutdown of the Australian business events sector due to COVID-19 is taking $2.5 billion out of the national economy each month, according to new figures released by the Business Events Council of Australia (BECA).
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Dealing with the now and preparing for the future
Tuesday | Mar 24 2020ICC Sydney CEO Geoff Donaghy provided this update on the industry’s response to the coronavirus.
