RSS - CIM Magazine http://www.cimmagazine.com/rss.html en CIM 2006 120 Hosted buyer programme now open for Convene expo http://www.cimmagazine.com/hosted-buyer-programme-now-open-for-convene-expo.html Australian delegates wishing to attend New Zealand business events expo Convene 2012 can now apply to be part of the hosted buyer programme. 
Convene 2012 is taking place at Auckland’s new Viaduct Events Centre on May 1, and successful hosted buyer applicants attending the exhibition will r

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:58:40 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/hosted-buyer-programme-now-open-for-convene-expo.html Default admin account New sports entertainment venue for Cairns to complement conference facilities http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-sports-entertainment-venue-for-cairns-to-complement-conference-facilities.html Construction has commenced on a $3 million state-of-the-art sports entertainment venue at the Pullman Reef Casino Hotel in Cairns.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:49:12 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-sports-entertainment-venue-for-cairns-to-complement-conference-facilities.html Default admin account Perth hotel undergoes upgrade http://www.cimmagazine.com/perth-hotel-undergoes-upgrade.html Hyatt Regency Perth has recently finished a $15 million refurbishment of its accommodation room, communal spaces and conference facilities, the most extensive upgrade in its 23-year history.   

The hotel, which boasts one of the largest event and conference facilities in Perth’s CBD, can cater for

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:13 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/perth-hotel-undergoes-upgrade.html Default admin account BCEC on Grey Street open for business http://www.cimmagazine.com/bcec-on-grey-street-open-for-business.html Twelve months to the day after the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) reopened for business after last January’s floods, the Centre’s highly anticipated BCEC on Grey Street extension was officially opened on Wednesday by Queensland’s Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and The A

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:51:31 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/bcec-on-grey-street-open-for-business.html Default admin account Large Korean contingent for AIME http://www.cimmagazine.com/large-korean-contingent-for-aime.html A large team of Korean business events industry specialists are scheduled to join the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) stand at this year’s Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) in Melbourne to promote “Korea Convention Year 2012”.  

Amongst those organisations joining the Kore

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:39:24 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/large-korean-contingent-for-aime.html Default admin account New routes to Europe from Australia http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-routes-to-europe-from-australia.html Indian airline Jet Airways is offering travellers from Australia new routes to Europe, with flights from Sydney to Brussels and Belgium, flying via Singapore and India's capital, New Delhi.

The route is available until March 23, 2012.

Jet Airways code shares on daily Qantas flights to Singapore, where passenge

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:31:21 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-routes-to-europe-from-australia.html Default admin account Sydney Airport and Destination NSW partner to boost tourism http://www.cimmagazine.com/sydney-airport-and-destination-nsw-partner-to-boost-tourism.html Sydney Airport and Destination NSW have announced they will join forces to boost tourism, attract new airlines and increase airline services to Sydney as part of a new visitor economy partnership agreement.

The agreement will see Sydney Airport and Destination NSW work together on joint initiatives to attract new airl

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:14:34 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/sydney-airport-and-destination-nsw-partner-to-boost-tourism.html Default admin account Asia’s newest long-haul budget airline, Scoot, has chosen Sydney http://www.cimmagazine.com/asias-newest-long-haul-budget-airline-scoot-has-chosen-sydney-for-its-first-international-route.html The announcement late last year was made by NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, who said that the move would inject around $150 million a year to the state economy.

Scoot will fly daily between Sydney and Singapore from mid-2012, adding 400 airline seats a day into NSW from Asia.

“This is a great win for

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:18:23 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/asias-newest-long-haul-budget-airline-scoot-has-chosen-sydney-for-its-first-international-route.html Default admin account Green centre aiming for 'gold' http://www.cimmagazine.com/green-centre-aiming-for-gold.html The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) has achieved EarthCheck Certification for the third year running and reaffirmed its green leadership status. 

The Centre is EarthCheck Certified Silver, making it one of the country’s greenest convention and meetings venues under the global environmental program.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:38:53 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/green-centre-aiming-for-gold.html Default admin account 'Exciting time' ahead for New Zealand http://www.cimmagazine.com/exciting-time-ahead-for-new-zealand.html Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) CEO Allan Trotter has told delegates at the recent Professional Conference Organisers (PCO) Association conference, held at the Langham Hotel in Auckland last month, that it is “a very exciting time for the New Zealand meetings industry”. 

Abandoning his n

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:18:57 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/exciting-time-ahead-for-new-zealand.html Default admin account Melbourne to host largest medical event in Australia's history http://www.cimmagazine.com/melbourne-to-host-largest-medical-event-in-australias-history.html Melbourne has secured the right to host the prestigious International AIDS Conference in 2014, the largest medical conference ever to be held in Australia.

Announcing the win Victorian Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher said the International AIDS Conference was one of the most significant and esteemed

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:07:58 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/melbourne-to-host-largest-medical-event-in-australias-history.html Default admin account New events generate $23.5 million for Victoria http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-event-generate-$23.5-million-for-victoria.html Victoria’s Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher has announced that Melbourne has won the right to hold eight major congresses, worth an estimated $23.5 million to the state economy. 

The one national and seven international business events are expected to attract approximately 7,150 delegates

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:28:00 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/new-event-generate-$23.5-million-for-victoria.html Default admin account Good forecast for Sydney in 2012 http://www.cimmagazine.com/good-forecast-for-sydney-in-2012.html Business Event Sydney (BESydney) has secured conferences, congress and incentive programs that will see over 211,200 delegate days spent in the harbour city in 2012.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:46:22 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/good-forecast-for-sydney-in-2012.html Default admin account Destination NSW sets up shop in India http://www.cimmagazine.com/destination-nsw-set-up-shop-in-india.html NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris, has announced that Destination NSW will open an office in India, in recognition of the importance of the market for the State’s tourism.

“Establishing an on-the-ground tourism presence in India will allow the NSW Government to further promote its on

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:48:21 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/destination-nsw-set-up-shop-in-india.html Default admin account ICCA Australia Business Workshop showcases the best of the Gold Coast http://www.cimmagazine.com/icca-australia-business-workshop-showcases-the-best-of-the-gold-coast.html Fourteen ICCA Australia members and their association conference clients descended on the Gold Coast recently for the ICCA Australia – Client/Supplier Business Workshop (pictured), a joint venture between the Gold Coast Convention Bureau (GCCB) and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC).

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:46:24 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/icca-australia-business-workshop-showcases-the-best-of-the-gold-coast.html Default admin account CIM Magazine joins international publishers to form industry ‘supersite’ http://www.cimmagazine.com/cim-magazine-joins-international-publishers-to-form-industry-supersite.html Ten leading meeting and business events industry publishers announced yesterday that they will collaborate alongside event and association partners to deliver the industry`s first online super-site.

International Meetings Review will provide a global news hub with up to 20 separate satellite editions showcasing cou

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:05:03 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/cim-magazine-joins-international-publishers-to-form-industry-supersite.html Default admin account Delta Goodrem opens new Hilton Surfers Paradise http://www.cimmagazine.com/delta-goodrem-opens-new-hilton-surfers-paradise.html Singer Delta Goodrem was the headline act at this week’s VIP opening of the $700 million Hilton Surfers Paradise, the Gold Coast’s newest luxury hotel.

ore than 250 VIP guests joined high profile industry figures such as Ashley Spencer, Vice President Operations Hilton Worldwide Australasia; Tourism Que

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:22:14 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/delta-goodrem-opens-new-hilton-surfers-paradise.html Default admin account Turtle power for Pullman http://www.cimmagazine.com/bumper-period-for-bcec.html As part of its new Tropical Breaks program for the conference and incentive market, the Pullman Reef Casino Hotel in Cairns has forged an alliance with the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre.

 

One of four breaks on offer, Pullman’s Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre concept provi

]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:12:13 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/bumper-period-for-bcec.html Default admin account IHG appoints sustainability expert http://www.cimmagazine.com/ihg-appoints-sustainability-expert.html InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has appointed a new director of sustainability to its Australasian operations, business operational efficiency and sustainability expert Victoria Rose.

]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:39:01 +1100 http://www.cimmagazine.com/ihg-appoints-sustainability-expert.html Default admin account Cannon departs AACB for Sarawak http://www.cimmagazine.com/cannon-departs-aacb-for-sarawak.html After eleven years at the helm of the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB), which looks after the national interests of Australia’s Convention Bureaux, Mike Cannon has announced he will be taking up a role in Borneo as CEO of the Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) from March.

“The offer ca

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