8/20/2019 Business Events News for Thu 02 Jul 2015 - BCD revamps M&I, AIME, Mantra, Darwin, Luxperience, Gray's Say an… http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/business-events-news-for-thu-02-jul-2015-bcd-revamps-mi-aime-mantra-darwin 1/5 business events news 3rd July 2015 Editor: Jill Varley [email protected]www.businesseventsnews.com.au 1300 799 220 business events news Page 1 Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef invite you to discover tropical treasures for your next event at our annual roadshow, 21-24 July 2015. This cocktail event will provide you with the opportunity to meet with 18 business event suppliers from the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef region and discover all that our destination has to offer event planners. That’s not all! At each event one lucky guest will win a holiday for 2 to Cairns & Great Barrier Reef. BRISBANETuesday 21 July 2015 | 12:00 - 14:00 SYDNEY Wednesday 22 July 2015 | 17:30 - 19:30 MELBOURNEFriday 24 July 2015 | 12:00 - 14:00 RSVP by Friday 10 July B story YOU may not be aware but things are abuzz at the Shangri- La Hotel Sydney and it goes beyond their popular restaurants and conference spaces because its all happening on the hotel’s rooftop. Bees! Seven hives of them and what’s more 14 kg of honey have been produced for hotel guests to enjoy in the past year. And if you are wondering where are the owers and gardens for the bees to gather the nectar you only have to look to the surrounding residential rooftop gardens and the Botanic Gardens with its exotic collection of ora for the answer. Passionate about sustainability and being environmentally responsible, the hotel’s premier restaurant Altitude, headed up by chef de cuisine Nathan Grin sources local and organic produce where possible, laying on a spectacular menu on Tuesday for the Australian Society of Travel Writer’s lunch, which featured his signature dish – West Australian swordsh loin and a melt in the mouth Riverina lamb braised shoulder. Continuing on the sustainability theme, the Shangri-La has signicant amounts of electricity since 2011, after participating in the Green Building Fund Project. Take-away coee cups sold in the Lobby Lounge are 100% compostable, chicken is RSPCA Certied and executive sommelier, John Mackinnon, features locally sourced and organic wines on his award- winning menu. How b-utiful is that? Jill Today’s issue of BEN Business Events News today has 3 pages of news plus full pages from(click ) • Novotel Northbeach Wollongong special • Travel Industry Exhibion BCD combines groups, M&I BCD M&I and BCD Travel Groups have integrated their organisaons to create a new “global operang unit” which will be branded as BCD Meengs & Events. Sco Graf, who was formerly global president for BCD M&I, will head the combined organisaon which has over 700 employees and operaons in 40 countries. Graf (pictured) said that while BCD’s group travel and meengs units had already closely collaborated, the combinaon eliminates duplicaon in some areas that had been oered separately by each organisaon. “The new conguraon posions us beer for future growth and scalability,” he said. “The meengs and events business is booming around the world, and our shareholder is commied to seeking out investment opportunies in the meengs and events space. In operaon for almost 30 years, BCD M&I provided meeng and event management soluons across the globe, with support for single meeng and event opportunies, incenve travel and full Strategic Meengs Management Programs (SNMPs). Ancillary services provided included aendee management, onsite stang and reporng. BCD Travel Groups provided in-country services for meengs, incenves, events and group travel including management of air, rail, hotel and local ground transportaon, with a strong presence in Europe and Lan America. “The me was right to integrate these two operaonal groups,” Graf said, with the new combined brand posioning the business for further growth. Best Western Qatar BEST Western has debuted its rst ever hotel in Qatar, with the 227 room four-star Best Western Plus Doha becoming the ninth Best Western in the Middle East. It’s about 13km from Hamad nternaonal Airport. YMEA Xmas in July YOUTH MEA will host a “Christmas in July” event showcasing a range of unique and engaging suppliers. Taking place on Wed 22 Jul 2015 from 6pm at L’Aqua in Sydney, ckets cost $40 for AFMEA/ AIMM/AMM members. ACTE HKG regos up REGISTRATIONS for the upcoming Associaon of Corporate Travel Execuves (ACTE) global conference in Hong Kong next month are tracking 25% ahead of this me last year. Key topics of the educaon program include case studies on strategic meengs management, the impact of ‘sharing economy disruptors’ such as Uber and AirBnB on corporate travel, travel program compliance and the development of high- performance virtual teams. The conference is taking place at the Grand Hya Hong Kong from 26-27 Aug, with discounted ACTE block rates available for accommodaon - CLICK HERE.
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8/20/2019 Business Events News for Thu 02 Jul 2015 - BCD revamps M&I, AIME, Mantra, Darwin, Luxperience, Gray's Say an…
This cocktail event will provide you with the opportunity to meet with
18 business event suppliers from the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef region
and discover all that our destination has to offer event planners.
That’s not all! At each event one lucky guest will
win a holiday for 2 to Cairns & Great Barrier Reef.
BRISBANE Tuesday 21 July 2015 | 12:00 - 14:00
SYDNEY Wednesday 22 July 2015 | 17:30 - 19:30
MELBOURNE Friday 24 July 2015 | 12:00 - 14:00
RSVP by Friday 10 July
B storyYOU may not beaware but thingsare abuzz at theShangri-La HotelSydneyand it goesbeyond their popular restaurantsand conference spaces becauseits all happening on the hotel’srooftop.
Bees! Seven hives of them andwhat’s more 14 kg of honey have
been produced for hotel gueststo enjoy in the past year.
And if you are wondering whereare the owers and gardens forthe bees to gather the nectaryou only have to look to thesurrounding residential rooftopgardens and the Botanic Gardenswith its exotic collection of orafor the answer.
Passionate about sustainabilityand being environmentallyresponsible, the hotel’s premierrestaurant Altitude, headed up
by chef de cuisine Nathan Grinsources local and organic producewhere possible, laying on aspectacular menu on Tuesday forthe Australian Society of TravelWriter’s lunch, which featured hissignature dish – West Australianswordsh loin and a melt in themouth Riverina lamb braisedshoulder.
Continuing on the sustainabilitytheme, the Shangri-La hassignicant amounts of electricitysince 2011, after participating inthe Green Building Fund Project.
Take-away coee cups soldin the Lobby Lounge are100% compostable, chicken isRSPCA Certied and executivesommelier, John Mackinnon,features locally sourced andorganic wines on his award-winning menu.
How b-utiful is that? Jill
Today’s issue ofBEN
Business Events News today
has 3 pages of news plus full
pages from (click )
• Novotel Northbeach
Wollongong special
• Travel Industry Exhibion
BCD combines groups, M&IBCD M&I and BCD Travel
Groups have integrated their
organisaons to create a
new “global operang unit”
which will be branded as BCD
Meengs & Events.
Sco Graf, who was formerly
global president for BCD
M&I, will head the combined
organisaon which has over
700 employees and operaons
in 40 countries.
Graf (pictured) said that
while BCD’s group travel and
meengs units had already
closely collaborated, the
combinaon eliminates
duplicaon in some areas that
had been oered separately by
each organisaon.
“The new conguraon
posions us beer for future
growth and scalability,” he said.
“The meengs and events
business is booming around
the world, and our shareholderis commied to seeking out
investment opportunies in the
meengs and events space.
In operaon for almost 30 years,
BCD M&I provided meeng and
event management soluons
across the globe, with support
for single meeng and event
opportunies, incenve travel
and full Strategic Meengs
Management Programs (SNMPs).
Ancillary services provided
included aendee management,onsite stang and reporng.
BCD Travel Groups provided
in-country services for meengs,
incenves, events and group
travel including management of
air, rail, hotel and local ground
transportaon, with a strong
presence in Europe and Lan
America.
“The me was right to integrate
these two operaonal groups,”
Graf said, with the new combined
brand posioning the business for
further growth.
Best Western QatarBEST Western has debuted its
rst ever hotel in Qatar, with the
227 room four-star Best Western
Plus Doha becoming the ninth
Best Western in the Middle East.
It’s about 13km from Hamad
nternaonal Airport.
YMEA Xmas in JulyYOUTH MEA will host a
“Christmas in July” eventshowcasing a range of unique and
engaging suppliers.
Taking place on Wed 22 Jul 2015
from 6pm at L’Aqua in Sydney,
ckets cost $40 for AFMEA/
AIMM/AMM members.
ACTE HKG regos upREGISTRATIONS for the
upcoming Associaon of
Corporate Travel Execuves
(ACTE) global conference in HongKong next month are tracking
25% ahead of this me last year.
Key topics of the educaon
program include case studies on
strategic meengs management,
the impact of ‘sharing economy
disruptors’ such as Uber and
AirBnB on corporate travel,
travel program compliance
and the development of high-
performance virtual teams.
The conference is taking place
at the Grand Hya Hong Kongfrom 26-27 Aug, with discounted
Gray’s SayPeter Gray, an independentMovaon Consultant, presents a
regular Business Events News feature
on current issues in the Conference
and Incenve industries.
WAY TO GOMEA has recently announcedthat it is to run its own meetingsindustry trade show, ostensiblyto replace Inspire Ex which wascancelled earlier this year. Wereally do need another trade show
like a hole in the head! Hotels,perhaps airlines, maybe NTOswill be asked to support the showbut they don’t have bottomlesspockets and the number of tradeshows has escalated in recentyears. So why is MEA doing it? Itseems to me that MEA has manyother issues it needs to tacklebefore launching into the tradeshow arena. Or is this purelyanother revenue stream?
AIME this year was a disasterand both Reed and the Melbourne
Convention Bureau really onlyhave themselves to blame ifothers feel they can do a betterjob. AIME promised much atthe show but delivered not a lot.Most people I spoke to formedthe impression that the show thisyear was less about the meetingsand incentives industries andmore about making money forthe stakeholders. After all AIMEhas two masters and both Reedand the Melbourne ConventionBureau take their cut which, in
recent years, has also made itone of the most expensive tradeshows at which to exhibit.
I recently attended Meetings2015 in Auckland and, althoughI’ve said it many times before inthis column, Conventions andIncentives New Zealand (CINZ)certainly know how to run asuccessful trade show. Yes, it isonly promoting New Zealandproduct, but the organisation isawless. Hosted buyers are nottreated as a necessary evil and
they’re kept informed about theirtravel and hotel arrangements.Bag tags are provided so there’sno doubt about which hotelsthe buyers are staying at.Arrangements are not changed
at the last minute as was thecase at AIME this year with thecancellation of the welcomereception and the addition of a(very expensive) gala dinner withthe pretence that the location
had to be kept secret until the lastminute.
At Meetings free - yes free- coee, tea or whatever isconstantly available to refreshthe weary buyers (and exhibitors)who may walk many kilometreseach day. There are morning andafternoon breaks (with snacks)…and, wait for it, lunch is provided!I can’t remember the last timethere was even a lunch break letalone lunch provided at AIME.There’s a welcome reception and
a gala dinner and they are bothmeticulously planned and veryenjoyable. Above all buyers havea sense that the show is rst andforemost about what the showcan oer them, not about howmuch money the organisers aregoing to make.
Of course, trade shows have tomake a prot if they’re going tocontinue each year but Meetingshas been running for 19 years anddoesn’t look like stopping anyyear soon. AIME is bigger and
more diverse but it’s certainly notbetter and the organisers, whowere at Meetings again this year,would do well to take note of justhow it’s done.
Although I’m critical of AIMEit’s not because I take a pleasurein being so but because, as aMelbournian and a member oftwo very large industries I feel wedeserve better.
Peter Gray is
an independent
Incentive Consultantand Motivational
Strategist. He
can be contacted
on peter.gray@
motivatingpeople.net
Mantra takes Outrigger
MANTRA Group yesterday
ocially took over the
management of four Outrigger
Resorts in Queensland, with
the properes all rebranding
as Peppers and Mantra hotels
eecve from 01 Jul 2015.
The Outrigger Lile Hasngs
Street Resort & Spa Noosa is nowPeppers Noosa Resort & Villas;
Outrigger Surfers Paradise has
rebranded as Mantra on View
Hotel Surfers Paradise; Outrigger
Twin Towns has become Mantra
Twin Towns; and Boathouse
Apartments by Outrigger at Airlie
Beach is Mantra Boathouse
Apartments.
Mantra ceo Bob East said
the acquision was a natural
t for the group, adding more
than 1100 rooms in key leisure
desnaons.
“They are all exceponal
properes which I’m sure our
guests will enjoy,” he said.
The Mantra team are pictured
above at the formal handover
are, from le: Steve Becker, cfo;
Damian Clowes, vp corporateservices; ceo Bob East; Avery
Aoki, vp nance; and Michael
Lalli, director of acquisions.
Busy Darwin seasonTHE Darwin Convenon Centre,
NT Convenon Bureau and
Tourism Top End have combined
to introduce a new ‘Darwin
Welcomes Delegates’ program
as part of a busy upcoming
conference season for the NT
capital.
The program aims to showcase
Darwin’s local businesses as
“knowledgeable and friendly
hosts” with a special card
provided on arrival giving a range
of privileges and special oers
at shops, restaurants, hotels and
tourist aracons.
Between Jul and Nov the
Darwin Convenon Centre
will welcome more than 7,000
delegates at a series of meengs
covering a wide variety of sectors.These include the 27th
Aeromedical Society of
Australasia and Flight Nurses
Associaon conference as well
as the 7th Annual NT Resources
Week which incorporates the
Mining the Territory and South
East Asia Australia Oshore and
Onshore Conference.
A unique window into the NT
will be seen at the Fenestraon
Australia 2015 Conference in
Sep, followed by the AustralianSociety of Anaesthests Naonal
Scienc Conference, the 19th
Annual Chronic Diseases Network
Conference; and the 20th Medical
Educaon and Training Forum.
Hilton limited oferHILTON Worldwide Meengs
& Events is oering one of
three complimentary extras for
meengs or events conrmed
before 31 Aug 2015.
The oers include free wi for
all delegates; 1 in 10 go free;
or triple event HHonors loyalty
points - for more details see
hiltonworldwidemeengsapac.com.
Luxperience regosLUXPERIENCE has extended
registraons for both exhibitors
and buyers for its upcoming event
due to a “last minute rush”.
The new closing date for
registraons for the “by-invitaon
event” will be Fri 10 Jul.
Luxperience will take place
in Sydney 06-09 Sep, with
director of markeng Michelle
Papas saying there had been an
“eleventh hour dash to register.“We know it’s such a busy me
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Hats of to Four Points
EVENT managers, pcos and
planners were among the key
ndustry decision makers to get a
neak preview of the $200 million
edevelopment of Four Points
by Sheraton Sydney, Darling
Harbour.
Conducted by director of sales,
o Naumovski, the hardhat
our included a preview of the
4,800 square metre conference,
meeng and event space
urrently under development.General manager David Fraser
aid the visitors were impressed
by the size of the convenon
paces and surprised at how
quickly and seamlessly the
development, which commenced
n 2013 is progressing.
“With less than a year to go
unl the new conference space
will be open and be ready for use,
ocus groups like these are really
mportant to help ensure the new
acilies are rst-rate and theguest experience is truly unique,”
he said.
On track for compleon
next May, the new facilies
will oer a total of 23 exible
spaces, including two pillar-free
ballrooms with natural light
and views over Sydney’s Darling
Harbour. The northern ballroom
will have a capacity for 1,000
theatre-style and 1,100 in the
southern ballroom.
Also in the pipeline, the
new hotel tower is slated forcompleon in August 2016.
It will add 222 new guestrooms
to the hotel’s porolio, bringing
the total number of rooms to 905.
THERE’S been circus instructionat roughly half of Club Med’slocations since 1983.
Stepping it up a notch, theFrench based company havenow teamed-up with Quebec’sgroundbreaking circus artsentertainment company troupeCirque du Soleil to launch a newkind of playground at their PuntaCana location in the Dominican
Republic called ‘Creactive.’Its a concept that oers guests
the opportunity to learn more than25 acrobatic and artistic activitiesranging from ying trapeze,acrobatic bungee, tightrope,aerial silks and trampoline to maskpainting, make-up and jugglinglessons - all under the supervisionof Cirque du Soleil trained sta.
The goal of the Cirque sta is touncover and develop athletic andcreative abilities in an atmosphereof genuine fun, no matter what theparticipant’s age.
The possibilities are endless.Imagine? Hold your event at thisClub Med resort and you couldbecome procient enough toprovide the entertainment at yourown gala dinner!
And since Club Med villages arealways inclusive, there is no extracharge for you with your newfoundskills to run o and join this circus.
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