business events news

22nd August 2012

business events news
22nd August 2012
editor: Jill Varley
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DURING the 25th Anniversary
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Floriade, which kicks off on 15
September and runs until 14
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WITH
increasing
capacity from
Australia to
Santiago, Chile
and Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
South America
is becoming
one of the
hottest holiday
and MICE destinations for
Australian travellers.
There was plenty of evidence on
Monday evening when more than
200 travel agents and wholesalers
attended the South American
Showcase, at Sydneys Ivy
ballroom.
Jointly hosted by the tourism
offices of Chile, Argentina and
Colombia, as well as over 30
suppliers from the three
countries, the event included
presentations from the three
nations, workshop sessions and
an evening cocktail function at
which performers presented
traditional South American
dances.
Tonight the three-nation group
is in Melbourne, followed on
Thu by a final event in Brisbane.
As well as a vast range of
cultural, luxury and adventure
activities for visitors, Chile,
Argentina and Colombia are all
actively promoting opportunities
to the MICE market, offering not
only world-class venues and
activities for delegates but
extensive pre and post event
touring opportunities for
delegates and their partners.
With Columbia back on the
world tourism map and a
favourable WTO 2009 report, this
alluring extreme tourism
destination, once known for its
mafia connections and
paramilitary uprisings, now has
the catchy tourism catchphrase -
The only risk is wanting to stay.
Jorge Montero, executive
representative for Australia,
ProExport Colombia said, With
improved security and our
cievents opens in WA
REROUTING a 650-person
conference in three days, from
Fiji to Sydney, after a cyclone cut
off access and power to the
island, and with 80 delegates
already on pre-conference holiday,
was just another day in the life of
Flight Centres (FLT) expanding
cievents business, which opened
a Perth office this month.
The opening comes just weeks
after the company launched its
Stage & Screen corporate travel
brand in WA, with both
operations aiming to capitalise on
the growing demand for a
dedicated local offering.
The new office is cievents first
in Australia outside the east coast
capital cities and will target
clients across all business sectors.
Perth is growing and we see
great potential for cievents in this
market, just as we see great
potential for local destinations
like Margaret River, Broome and,
of course, Perth to host more
events, said cievents gm Natalie
Simmons.
In addition to the thriving local
business community, many of our
east coast clients are setting up
offices in Perth, which creates a
demand for our dedicated
conferencing and events services.
We also have the opportunity
to work closely with FLTs other
corporate travel brands, including
Corporate Traveller and FCm
Travel Solutions, to add additional
value to our growing client base
in Western Australia.
By the way, the cievents Fiji
relocation to Sydney drama was
achieved successfully and without
the loss of a single bag.
economy booming together with
our ICCA ranking of 34th in the
world, we are welcoming an
increasing amount of Australian
incentive groups.
Pictured from left are:
Jorge Montero, ProExport
Colombia; Carolina Valenzuela,
Turismo Chile and Mariano Vila,
Argentinas tourism promotion
agency, INPROTUR.
South America hots up for MICE
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Glorious
food
ITS always a
pleasure to
report on a
new eatery
that goes
beyond
the ordinary - where the food is
sublime, the service attentive and
ambience perfect for a themed
event.
afous (the perfume of life), a
Spanish, Moroccan tapas
restaurant at The Spit, on
Sydneys north side, is run by
Omar and his creative chef Lalo
who has worked with some of
Spains top chefs.
Come October, downstairs from
the main restaurant, a
waterfront, outside deck with a
capacity for 45 cocktail style, will
make a great place to dine on a
warm,
summers
evening.
As one
reviewer
enthused,
Give
your
taste
buds a
holiday
and pop
along to
afous.
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A BRITISH ship, the Lord
Sandwich, brought to
Narragansett Bay in the US, in
1778 and scuttled into the harbour
in 1878 by the British in an effort
to blockade the harbour against
the French fleet, has been
identified as the Endeavour, the
bark that Captain James Cook
sailed on for his first
circumnavigation of the globe.
ATLANTA Braves baseman
Chipper Jones, staying in New
Yorks Grand Hyatt Hotel, found
his TV & air-con wasnt working.
He tweeted to his 101,000
followers, saying If anyone was
thinkin about staying at the
Grand Hyatt in NY,dont!.
Minutes later, the hotel
maintenance worker was there
and promptly repaired both.
Ah, the power of social media!
First ACTE conference
THE inaugural ACTE Australasia
Education Conference (Association
of Corporate Travel Executives) is
to be held on 5-6 December at
the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney.
The 1 1/2 day educational event
will see the regions business
travel community review the past
year, preview the year ahead and
provide invaluable assistance to
those striving to achieve a
reliable, streamlined and cost
effective travel program.
This much anticipated event
has come at the request of our
ACTE members and many others
in the regions business travel
community, said Georgie Farmer,
board member representing
Australasia, ACTE and Global
Service Delivery manager MS
Travel, Microsoft Corporation.
ACTE will also host a similar
event in Rome 14-16 October for
education sessions and thought-
provoking general sessions
featuring world-renowned
presenters and networking
opportunities with the industrys
leading buyers and suppliers.
Fancy an upgrade?
NOW everyone can get a taste
of the good life with Qantas
taking things up another notch
for domestic travellers, refreshing
its 16 Boeing 767 aircraft with
new interiors that include leather
seat covers in Business, a new
look and feel in Economy and
individual in-flight entertainment
streamed direct to iPads in every
seat.
Qantas customers were the first
to experience the ground-
breaking wi-fi entertainment
technology in a trial of the
system earlier this year.
Qantas domestic ceo Lyell
Strambi said the airline was
looking at ways to evolve this
technology platform even further.
The first of 16 aircraft to be
refitted will enter into service in
October.
Adina Norwest open
HANDS on ceo Rachel Argaman
of Toga Hotels was working with
the Adina Apartment Hotel
Norwest team on Monday as they
welcomed guests on the first day
of operation.
The 106 apartment hotel,
located within Norwest Business
Park at Baulkham Hills, is a 45
minute drive from Sydneys CBD.
Argaman said: Its an honour to
introduce the Adina Apartment
Hotel brand to an area with high
corporate and leisure demand
and Toga Hotels has embraced
the ongoing growth of Norwest
Business Park.
The brand new hotel is
currently offering an opening
special of 20% off the best
available rate until 31 December,
with overnight accommodation in
a studio room from $129.
For more information visit -
www.adinahotels.com.au.
Nobu takes two
BURSWOOD took out two
awards at the prestigious 2012
Savour Australia Restaurant &
Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for
Excellence this week, with Nobu
Perth winning the best Asian
Restaurant, and Modo Mio
Cucina Italiana winning the
category of best Italian
Restaurant formal.
Peppers NZ expansion
PEPPERS Retreats, Resort and
Hotels has added a third New
Zealand property this year to its
portfolio with the introduction of
The Carrington Resort.
Located four hours north of
Auckland on the Karikari Peninsula,
the property which will be
rebadged to Peppers Carrington
Resort offers 10 lodge rooms and
14 three bedroom villas.
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Panda-ing to taste
AS a tourism drawcard, it
doesnt get cuddlier than Wildlife
Reserves Singapores (WRS)
announcement that two giant
pandas from China will be arriving
in Singapore on 6 September.
The giant pandas from Yaan
Bifengxia Panda Base will be
flown to Singapore on board a
Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing
747 freighter.
Named Kai Kai (QQ) and Jia Jia
(VV), they will be housed at the
Yangtze River zone of the
upcoming River Safari, along with
other endangered wildlife from
China such as the giant
salamander and the red panda.
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Handy goes East
TODD Handy has been
appointed general manager of
East Hotel, Canberras newest
four and a half star contemporary
design and lifestyle hotel.
A native of the USA, Handy,
studied Hotel and Restaurant
management in America before
heading to Australia where he
graduated from the Australian
International Hotel School with a
B.Sc in Business Administration
(Hotel Management) in
conjunction with Cornell
University.
Traders opens in Bris
THE first Traders Hotel operated
by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
in Australia has opened in
Brisbane.
The centrally located, 191 room
property, above the Brisbane
Transit Centre and next to Roma
Street Parklands, marks the hotel
groups third venture in Australia
following the recent acquisition
of the 563 room landmark
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney and its
current majority stake in Shangri-
La Hotel, The Marina in Cairns.
For special events, banquets or
meetings, Traders Hotel Brisbane
has seven meeting rooms which
have the ability to be converted
into a ballroom for up to 500 guests.
Commenting on the occasion,
Bruno Cristol, general manager of
Traders Hotel, Brisbane said,
Brisbane is a strategic feeder
destination to other major
Australian cities and we believe
Traders Be Ready philosophy is
an excellent fit for visitors to this
dynamic city.
Marketing the farm
Festive Fraser offer
CLEARLY, Christmas is on its way
as Fraser Suites, in the heart of
Sydney, is offering a Festive
Delegate Package from $78pp.
The package is available from 01
Dec until 31 Jan 2013, for 20-100
people.
The offer includes: room hire,
note pads and pens, iced water
and mints, morning and
afternoon tea and lunch.
To find out more information or
to make a booking email
[email protected].
IN a previous life, New Zealands
Millbrook Resort, in Queenstown,
was an expansive wheat farm.
Since then, its come a long way.
Now, with its own Conference
Centre, more than 175 hotel
rooms, world-class spa and a 27-
hole golf course, award winning
five-star resort has announced
the appointment of Melbourne
based MHF Marketing to provide
conference and incentive
representation services in
Australia.
Commenting on the
appointment, MHF Marketing
managing director, Mary Helen
Farrell said, We are delighted to
welcome Millbrook Resort to our
portfolio of international
conference and incentive clients.
Millbrook Resort has
successfully retained the feel of
the original wheat farm but has
incorporated luxury features
without compromising the
tranquility of the beautiful
landscape.
Pictured above from left are:
Jillian Miller, business
development manager (MICE)
and Mary-Helen Farrell.
Setting the standard
IN an effort to increase the
standard of the business tourism
industry in Malaysia and enable
Malaysian conference organisers
to be certified and compete
internationally, Malaysia
Convention & Exhibition Bureau
has introduced the Professional
Conference Organiser Partner
Program or PPP.
There are two tiers in the
program, explains Ho Yoke Ping,
general manager of sales and
marketing for MyCEB.
Firstly, partners of both tiers
are required to become members
of MyCEBs Industry Partner
Program.
Our tier one partners must be able
to offer the full PCO services for
international meetings with more
than five years experience in
managing international conferences
of 1,000 delegates and above.
Tier two partners need to have
at least three years experience
in managing international
conferences consisting of 500
delegates and more.
Tier one partners receive higher
value in education certification
support as well as opportunities
to be included in bid committees.
So far, three companies have
signed on as tier one PCOs.