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High DDR til new rooms availTHE Carlson Wagonlit Travel(CWT) Meengs and Events

Forecast has said day delegate

rates (DDR) in Sydney were

expected to stay high unl a new

wave of hotel rooms becomes

available over the next two years.

A supplement to the Global

Travel Price Outlook, which was

based in part on a stascal

model and an online survey

from February to March of 624

travel managers, the Forecastsaid Asia Pacic organisaons

were parcularly focused on

the negoaon stage of event

planning, following the DDR for

ve star hotels climbing above

$100, and rates in Sydney hing

$130 due to the Convenon and

Exhibion Centres closure and

hotel space being at a premium.

This was causing a ow on eect

across Australia, it said.

CWT Meengs and Events

Australia and NZ director WayneCastle said he agreed with the

observaon.

With reduced space due to the

closure, many events had had to

nd other venues, he said.

As a result, we are nding that

venues do not need to discount

in order to secure business,

therefore, costs will connue to

remain high.

Business Events Sydney said in

its teams experience, DDRs had

remained fairly stable and wereconsistent with those oered

prior to the Darling Harbour

redevelopment.

It said 2014 had been a bumper

year in Sydney for events, and, as

with any global city, there would

be peaks and troughs in terms of

venue availability and rates in the

year.

CLICK HERE for the Forecast and

HEREfor the methodology.

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WCC gets green light

THE Wellington City Council

has given the green light to the

Wellington Convenon Centre,

forecast to bring in up to NZ$25m

in new spending annually.

Set to open in 2017, the Centrewould be able to host up to 1,200

conference delegates, CINZ ceo

Sue Sullivan said.

Posively Wellington Tourism

ceo David Perks said central

government had recognised the

value of internaonal business

events and was direcng

resources into securing more.

The Convenon Centre

opens up a whole new range of

potenal business.

The Business Events Wellingtonteam has already been speaking

with potenal users about the

proposal, which has been met

with signicant interest.

It had the potenal to handle

more than 57,000 extra delegate

days, with the year end to June

2013 seeing 161,292 days, the

organisaon said.

Three pages todayBEN has two pages of

editorial plus a full page from

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BloominlovelyONE venue,a millionbloominideas; thatswhat isavailable to the event organiserat Singapores spectacularGardens by the Bay lookingto knock the socks o theirdelegates or incentive winners.

Here you can choose from eventvenues that include Flower FieldHall with its special programmedlighting and capacity for 700seated, The Meadow, Singaporeslargest outdoor space with acapacity for 30,000 people,where Jennifer Lopez performedrecently and Silver Leaf, under acanopy of silver-hued Supertrees- a setting for private andexclusive events.

ThetoweringSupertree

Grove, theverticalgardens ofwhich arehome tomore than150,000plants, areeven morespectacular when viewed duringthe free, nightly audio and visuallight shows.

The Gardens, which feature thebest of horticulture, sustainability

and architectural design incooled conservatories, has,together with the three towered,architectural phenomenon ofMarina Bay Sands and the citysunceasing development, madethis nation one of the richest,cleanest, safest and mostecient in the world.Jill

One&Only to manageWolgan Valley

ONE&ONLY Resorts will

manage Wolgan Valley Resort and

Spa, Emirates has conrmed (BEN

Breaking News yesterday).

It is the second Australian resort

for the Kerzner Internaonal

Holdings Limited subsidiary,

which it is set to manage from

early next year.

An exact date, and a gm

appointment, would be

announced soon, a spokespersonsaid.

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business events news7th November 2014

EVER considered spending half amillion dollars on a promotionalactivity for your event which onlydoes half the job its supposedto? No? Allow us to introducePlymouth University.

The organisation has apparentlyspent almost 300,000(AUD$555,000) on a giant videoscreen which cant use be used toshow video.

The screen measures 30by 15 feet, set to be used topromote events, activities andachievements, the Telegraphhasreported.

However, only still imageswould be allowed, since the sitewas visible from two major roadsand so, could distract drivers, thepublication reported.

Apparently the Universityisnt exactly shy when it comesto spending, given that theTelegraph also reported it shelled

out almost 100,000 for sevenchairs to be used in graduationceremonies.

For that amount, wed expect awhole of resort buy out, not justseven delegates chairs!

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The critical need to produce

valuable eventsI MENTIONED in last monthsarticle (if you missed it, you

can read it here), that I recently

read the summary of a survey

conducted in the UK of corporate

event delegates. The ndings

were somewhat shocking. Heres

a quick snapshot:

82% of corporate event

delegates fail to fully engage

with event content

Only 18% of delegates viewedevents as an opportunity to

learn (only 18%)!

21% of delegates revealed

that attending a conference

was nothing more than an

excuse to escape the oce

And 42% admitted to writing

shopping lists instead of taking

notes during events!

Given this, is it truly any wonder

why most CEOs and CFOs secretly

view meetings and events as

entirely discretionary, place littlevalue on them and, as a result, are

the rst thing that get chopped

when a companys prots are

under pressure or theres a blip in

the economy? Of course not. And

you cant blame them.

The large and increasing

challenge faced by many

professional meeting and event

organisers is delivering value and

benets to clients beyond mere

logistical execution..beyond

registration and logisticalmanagement. Our traditional

role in these areas has become

increasingly commoditised. The

internet has disrupted venue

nders, everyone has become

an event expert and even a

newcomer to the industry can

provide registration services using

widely available new cloud-based

registration tools. So whats

to become of the traditional

professional event planner or

PCO?

To survive in the future, my rm

belief is that you must be able to

consult with clients to optimise

the value of their events to

help them design and produce

more eective events that

deliver better business outcomesand increased ROI. In years to

come, I believe this will be a core

requirement of all professional

event management companies.

The ndings from the survey

above would only go to reinforce

what many senior managers

already think (whether quietly

or openly stated)that most

meetings and conferences deliver

little value and are a cost centre to

their organisations.

This is a consequence of manyfactors which Ive mentioned

in previous articles. And yet

there are many ways to improve

eventsduring the planning

stage, throughout the event itself

and post-event. If youre not

learning how to do this now, youll

end up wishing you did.

GENerating ChangeDirector of Conference Focus, Max Turpinis sharing his insights on a range of topicswith a regular column in BEN.

Topics will include new generation eventsand making events eective and valuable.

If youd like

to learn more

about how

to make your

events fresh,

innovative

and eective,

please

contact Max

Turpin at Conference Focus

on 02 9700 7740 or visit the

website at

conferencefocus.com.au.

Sell TNQ starts todaySELL TNQ has started, set

to showcase tropical North

Queensland to the business

events industry, Business Events

Cairns and Great Barrier Reef

said.

Running unl 12 Nov, the event

would take 31 Australian and NZ

meeng and incenve buyers,

media from Australia and Kong

Kong, and a Tourism Australia

representave, on a famil of the

region, including workshops at

Cairns Convenon Centre and

lunch at the Shangri-La Hotel,

director Rosie Douglas said.

Eighteen would stay for post-

touring, she said.

New ICCA headTHE Internaonal Congress and

Convenon Associaon (ICCA)

has elected its new president,

Nina Freysen-Pretorius.

The Conference Company ceo

Freysen-Pretorius was the rst

CCA president from Africa, the

organisaon said.

She beat out Australias own

Gold Coast Tourism Corporaon

eo Marn Winter, who was

a candidate along with Halic

Congress Center gm Handan

Boyce.

Double Bay opens

THE InterConnental Sydney

Double Bay opened yesterday,

ahead of schedule (PD 03 Nov).

Refurbished by Royal Hotels

Australia, the 140 room hotel hasseen its grand ballroom restored.

The room could host up to

495 cocktail-style, IHG said, and

there were six further spaces for

smaller events and conferences.

Gm Frederic Brohez said the

company had worked hard to stay

true to the hotels history while

starng a new chapter.

BENrecently took a sneak peek

of the Double Bay (BEN15 Sep).

Picturedfrom le is Brohez,

Woollahra Mayor Toni Zeltzer andRoyal Hotels md Peter Wilding.

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