News
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Holiday Inn Express for Brisbane
Monday | Mar 6 2017HOLIDAY Inn Express Brisbane Central is set to open in Apr as the second of 15 hotels being developed in Australia and New Zealand by InterContinental Hotels Group and Pro-invest.
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Techmix to join with CeBIT at ICC Sydney
Monday | Mar 6 2017TECHMIX will co-locate with CeBIT Australia for the first time on 24 May.
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Hemingway’s Brewery Cairns
Monday | Mar 6 2017A NEW business events venue, Hemingway’s Brewery, is set to
open on the Cairns waterfront in 2018.
The 1,400m2 brew pub, restaurant and dedicated event venue
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Bangkok ibis opens
Monday | Mar 6 2017THE new ibis Bangkok IMPACT has opened alongside the city’s IMPACT Arena, Exhibition and Convention Centre, catering to demand for budget accommodation in the area.
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Famil brings leads
Monday | Mar 6 2017A famil to Hayman Island and Sydney late last year has already generated two international leads, according to Business Events Australia (BEA).
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Event Techs Unite
Monday | Mar 6 2017CLOUD-BASED conference software company etouches has purchased tech developer Loopd, allowing the pair to combine their products for the events industry.
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PCOA Returns to Gold Coast
Monday | Mar 6 2017THE Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA) will return to the Gold Coast this year for its 2017 Conference and Exhibition.
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Events Calendar 06 March 17
Monday | Mar 6 20177 MAR DMS Connect; Park Hyatt Melbourne; for details see: www.destinationmarketing. com.au 8-12 MAR ITB 2017;…
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GENerating Change 02 Mar 17: The signs your meeting is from the past (Part 1)
Thursday | Mar 2 2017TO PUT my thoughts on this
subject into perspective,
they relate in particular
to an annual corporate or
B2B meeting for up to 150
pax. What are the signs this
type of event is from the
past and will never reach its
maximum potential in terms
of engagement, inspiration,
impact and ROI?
Registration: To start with,
to register, an email is sent to
you asking for your personal
details and particulars which
you are required to provide via
return email. No basic online
registration site has been set
up. Very old school which
also opens the door to emails
going astray and data entry
mistakes being made.
No co-creation of topics
or content: No attendee is
asked for their thoughts or
input on topics or content.
Topics and related content
for the entire meeting are
decided upon and formulated
by senior management only.
Furthermore, before you
arrive at the event, no agenda
is distributed – so you turn
up having no idea about
the focus of the meeting or
topics of discussion. And if
you do receive an agenda and
meeting program…
Same old program: The
program (schedule) is identical
to last’s years meeting…which,
in turn, was identical to the
meeting before that. Indeed,
the template for the program
might go as far back as 2009.
Now there’s freshness for
you!…and something that’s
bound to generate pre-event
inspiration and excitement.
Choice of venue: The choice
of venue has no relevance
whatsoever to the meeting
theme or topics. It was most
likely chosen and booked
even before a theme for the
meeting was decided. And it
was most likely chosen based
on cost first, location second
and nothing else. Of course,
the location had to suit senior
management! Worst of all, it’s
the same venue as last year.
Venue set-up: The set-up of
the main meeting space is the
same as it’s always been. Bar a
new entry holding slide and a
different colour, nothing’s new.
The meeting is being held in
a stock-standard, darkened,
four-walled room with the
chairs and tables set as they
always are – in either theatre,
classroom or cabaret style.
Your attendees enter, see the
set-up and sigh. How long do
we have to endure this?
More next time in
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Crumbs! 02 Mar 17
Thursday | Mar 2 2017IF you thought there was already a little too much stupid in the world, prepare yourself for the confronting theories of Swedish speaker Professor Mats Alvesson.
