Business Events News

10th April 2015
Editor: Jill Varley
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www.businesseventsnews.com.au
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Wow factor
WE CAN become
a bit blas in this
industry about
the array
of quality
banqueting
and conference spaces that are
available, yet be constantly on
the look out for something new
to inspire clients or a venue that
offers something out of the
ordinary.
I am sure there are many
readers who will be familiar
with what we see here as a new
discovery but Im betting there
are an equal number who havent
seen or even heard of Miramare
Gardens in Terrey Hills, 25
minutes from the Sydney CBD.
This expansive function centre,
whose stand at AIME 2015 won
best environmental award, caters
for events of all sizes and up to
986 people in its grand ballroom.
Theres a total of 10 versatile
function rooms, acres of
manicured gardens set with
bubbling fountains, clipped
hedges, magnolia trees and vast
lawns where corporate dinners
and Rolls Royce launches have
been held.
Adding to this is a wine cellar
for wine dinners, a clubby cigar
lounge, a staircase that sweeps
down to the function rooms and a
new on-site 51-room hotel.
Whats more, a christening
party for 250 plus guests is
bringing in a circus for the
occasion and should the weather
be adverse, it will be transferred
into the 1,250 sqm grand
ballroom with its floor to ceiling
glass overlooking the gardens.
Talk about impressive!
Jill
Business events on the radar
THE Association of Australian

Convention Bureaux (AACB) has
put the business events sector
on the radar of the Backbench
Tourism Committee.
Following a meeting at the
end of last month with Federal
Member for Bennelong John
Alexander (pictured left), AACB
executive director Andrew Hiebl
(pictured right) said as part of the
organisations strategic plan to
raise the profile of the business
events sector, he had met with
Alexander.
The Committees remit was to
look at opportunities to leverage
tourism, and previously, its focus
had been major performing arts
events, he said.
However Alexander could
immediately identify how
business events could fit into this
structure, Hiebl said, and how
the sector could be leveraged,
particularly around pre and post
touring.
The AACB had also met with the
staff from the Minister for Small
Business office this year to raise
awareness of the sector, he said.
The more people in government
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who knew about the importance

of the sector, the more support
there would be when decisions
were made affecting business
events, Hiebl said.
Brisbane conf nos up

LORD Mayor of Brisbane
Graham Quirk said two
conferences to be held this
month have exceeded their
attendance target.
The Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
World Congress 2015 and the
IEEE International Conference
on Acoustics, Speech and Signal
Processing 2015 were expected
to see more than 3,900 delegates
and exhibitors combined,
exceeding the target of 3,000,
which Quirk said was a brilliant
win for conference organisers,
who worked closely with the
Brisbane Convention Bureau to
boost the number of delegates.
The conferences were expected
to pump almost $12m into the
citys economy.
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Pictured is the hotels Penthouse
Suite.
Sunshine Coast
flights to boost biz
INCREASED direct flights
from Auckland to the Sunshine
Coast are expected to see the
regions conference and incentive
business grow, Sunshine Coast
Destination Limited (SCDL) ceo
Simon Ambrose has said.
Air New Zealand and Virgin
Australia have added a summer
season from 13 Dec to 28 Feb 16,
with 76 return flights over the
2015-16 season, up from 42 in
2014, SCDL said.
This would boost total seats
available by 81% on the route.
Ambrose said the increased
flights and longer leads times
would give the organisation
the potential to attract more
business events, from small
group incentives to larger scale
conferences.
SCDL is set to launch a
marketing campaign in New
Zealand this month, which it says
is its largest to date.
Hawaiis venues and

experiences on show
TOURISM Portfolio and DMC

partner Lizard IncentEvents took
four Australasian incentive and
events planners on a tour of
Hawaiis high-end experiences
available for Australasian groups.
The six day famil, which started
on 06 Mar, saw the group take
in Starwood Hotels and Resorts,
including the Westin Moana
Surfrider and the St Regis
Princeville Resort.
The four planners also took
part in a Mai Tai Bar cocktail
demonstration and a helicopter
tour around Kauai island
(pictured).
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crumbs!
NOW for something that
would certainly make travelling
between Europe and America
for conferences easier, if
somewhat sci fi - a proposed
road is part of an ambitious
project to create the worlds
longest superhighway, spanning
half the circumference of the
globe.
Stretching about 19,956 km
from the western edge of Russia
to the Bering Strait where the
country nudges Alaska, it would
link into existing road networks
in Europe and Asia.
Its a scheme that is seen as

a way of turning Russia into a
global transportation hub, so
revitalising the Russian economy
and attracting new tourism,
reports The Siberian Times.
Vladimir Fortov, the head
of the Russian Academy of
Science, put forward the
uncosted plan, which has been
dubbed the Trans-Eurasian Belt
Development.
The publication reported
that Fortov told president
Vladimir Putin the project, while
expensive, would solve many
problems in the development of
the vast region.
Australia currently has the
longest continuous road in the
world, with Highway One, which
runs around the entire country
and spans some 14,500 km.
Tourism Oz Cairns
briefing
REGISTRATIONS are open
for Tourism Australias half
day tourism industry briefing
in Cairns, which will give an
overview of the organisations
plans for 2015-16.
The free event on 23 Apr is set
to be held in the Hilton Hotel
and will include presentations
on Tourism Australias plans for
aquatic and coastal experiences.
CLICK HERE to register.
Their just desserts
SHOOTING the breeze on 27

Mar and enjoying an indulgent
high tea were a small group
of high-end business events
members in the Sidney Nolan
Wine Room at the Langham
Sydney.
There for some pampering
courtesy of the Sunlux Collection
and Dragonfly Africa, talk turned
to life, work and travel while
hands freed of their champagne
flutes and shoulders divested
of their cares were variously
massaged.
It was described by Unique
Tourism Collections Svetlana
Jovanovic as not a bad way to
wrap up a week.
They deserve it.
Pictured from left is Michael
Walker, Directions; Caroline Gair,
CiEvents; Renita Collins, Axis
Events; Marissa Fernandez, DMS;
Colette Baini, The Conference
Room; Svetlana Jovanovic, The
Unique Tourism Collection.
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Just rewards
WHEN property investment

company Ironfish took 95 of
its high performers on a Fiji
incentive, it was so it could
immerse them in true Fijian
culture.
Ironfish business manager Bree
Morris said the incentive with
Sigatoka River Safari aboard
custom-built safari jet boats
visited authentic Fijian villages.
One of the things that struck
our organisation was the friendly
and welcoming nature of the
Fijian people, particularly those
who go without many of the
things that we are lucky enough
to take for granted each and
every day.
The outcome led Ironfish to
donate A$2,500 to each of the
villages visited, Mavua and
Tubairata.
Welly wins World

Care Congress
WELLINGTONS TSB Bank
Arena and Conference Centre
will see more than 400 delegates
arrive in November next year
when it hosts the fourth World
Congress on Integrated Care.
The three day conference
was expected to bring in about
NZ$580,000 to the country.
Business Events Wellington,
General Practice NZ, Tourism NZ
and Positively Wellington Venues
collaborated on the bid, with
New Zealand up against China
and Qatar, a spokesperson for
Positively Wellington Venues said.
Ben on BEN
Each month Business Manager for
inPlace Recruitment, Ben Carnegie,
writes his observations from the
recruiters perspective to help job
hunters find the perfect job.
Ben has over 15 years working
in five star hotels and the MICE
industry and has worked on some of
Australias biggest events.
Culture Fit
CULTURE fit is often 90% of
the reason
why one
candidate
may be
selected for
a particular
role over
another.
Ensuring
that you
dont rock the boat by bringing
in a bad egg is something that
hiring managers take very
seriously. If your company is in a
position to keep a diverse work
force including age, sex and
nationality, finding new staff
members may be easier than for
businesses that are dominated
by a particular type.
As an employer, the benefits
you gain from having a diverse
work force can be immense,
as you have access to opinions
from all walks of life as opposed
to a narrow view of only a small
portion of your market.
Long term, your business will
do better and in my experience,
your employees tend to bond
better as there is an organic
level of respect and a learning
environment that leads to open
minded employee behaviour.
Publisher: Bruce Piper

Editor: Jill Varley [email protected]
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10th April 2015

Editor: Jill Varley

business events news

Business events on the radar

THE Association of Australian

Choc & wine tour

who knew about the importance

Brisbane conf nos up

jobs in travel online

business events news

Hawaiis venues and

TOURISM Portfolio and DMC

business events news

Just one click away from keeping up

10th April 2015

Its a scheme that is seen as

Their just desserts

SHOOTING the breeze on 27

Business Events News is Australias newest online publication dedicated to

WHEN property investment

Welly wins World

Publisher: Bruce Piper

business events news

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