Regional Australia receives competitive boost for events
A relaxation of eligibility criteria in the Business Events Bid Fund Program is expected to improve the bidding prospects for more of Australia’s regional centres.
20 August, 2019Posts Tagged: tourism-australia
Brisbane lands major Chinese bio-tech incentive group
The Queensland capital will welcome top achievers from two major Chinese biotechnology firms in a major incentive coup for the second half of 2019.
30 July, 2019
How Cairns beat the US to secure major science congress
Cairns Convention Centre’s Janet Hamilton reveals how the bid was won.
9 July, 2019
Bid Fund Program: One year on
We check in with Penny Lion to find out how the program performed in its first year.
4 June, 2019
Tourism Australia boss steps down
John O’Sullivan will leave the organisation to take on a new CEO role.
7 May, 2019
Tourism Australia CMO Lisa Ronson moves on
After four years, Ronson is leaving to pursue a career at another major organisation.
9 January, 2019
New Dundee ad to lure US visitors to Australia
The ‘original’ Hemsworth brother stars in the new ad, which aims to attract more US travellers.
18 October, 2018
TA inks deal with China Southern to boost business events
Tourism Australia and China Southern Airlines have signed a first-ever deal to develop business events.
17 September, 2018
Business events fund is Government’s ‘biggest commitment to date’, says Arinex
The launch of a first ever multi-million dollar fund to attract business events to Australia is the Government’s biggest commitment to the industry to date, says Arinex CEO, Tamara Kavalec.
20 March, 2018
$12m fund will be a “game changer”, says Tourism Australia’s Penny Lion
Executive General Manager Events Tourism Australia Penny Lion has told Spice News that the Government’s newly announced $12m business events fund will be a game changer for the events industry and could help secure international events right up until 2030.
15 March, 2018
Business events fund will reverse decline in Australia’s global ranking, says AACB
Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) CEO Andrew Hiebl believes the Federal Government’s $12m Bid Fund Program for the business events industry will help reverse Australia’s recent decline in global ranking and market share.
15 March, 2018
Government launches first ever multi-million dollar fund to attract business events
The Turnbull Coalition Government has unveiled plans to launch Australia’s first ever federal government-funded business events bid fund in an attempt to attract more conferences, exhibitions and meetings to the country.
14 March, 2018
Fun idea: Tourism Australia Dundee campaign
Tourism Australia launched a new Crocodile Dundee-inspired campaign at yesterday’s Super Bowl in the US.
6 February, 2018
Story time to follow Dreamtime in Brisbane
Tourism Australia managing director John O’Sullivan told Dreamtime 2017 delegates that Brisbane ‘has a great story to tell’.
7 December, 2017
Luxperience reveals speaker line-up for Thought Leaders Forum
The line-up, presented by Tim Rosso, includes extreme sports athletes, pro Instagrammers and Tourism Australia. Find out more here.
14 September, 2017
Great Barrier Reef wins bid to host 2019 Amway China Leadership Seminar
The beauty of the Great Barrier Reef will lure up to 8000 delegates to Cairns in 2019.
29 August, 2017
AACB to reward lucky convention bureau staff with cash grant
Got an idea that could potentially benefit your bureau? You might just get a cash grant for it! Find out how here.
31 May, 2017
Tourism Australia China market update
In 2016, 1.2 million Chinese tourists visited Australia. Read on to find out what this means for the Australian event industry.
14 February, 2017
How to attract more international delegates
Spice caught with Penny Lion from Tourism Australia’s events division to talk about how to successfully attract international delegates.
20 September, 2016
Check out Tourism Australia’s latest campaign
Tourism Australia has launched its latest campaign that highlights Australia’s world-class aquatic and coastal experiences.
27 January, 2016
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