MICE News

Another big medical conference for Melbourne

: MICE News; Friday, 16 January 2009

Melbourne has won the right to host the World Diabetes Congress in 2013, which is expected to attract more than 12,500 international researchers, medical practitioners and government policy experts to Victoria, injecting more than $63.4m into the State economy.

STA Travel chief to step down

: MICE News; Friday, 16 January 2009

David Burns, managing director - Australia, New Zealand and Asia, STA Travel has announced his intention to resign from the company.

ADTA appoints MICE executive

: MICE News; Friday, 16 January 2009

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has appointed Ben Alcock as its trade / MICE promotion executive. He will be based in ADTA’s new Sydney office and joins the authority after four years as trade marketing executive for Virgin Atlantic Airways (Australia). Alcock also has held various positions with Trailfinders Australia.

Bali leads record Indonesia tourist arrivals

: MICE News; Friday, 16 January 2009

Indonesia has reported a record year for international tourist arrivals.

Television campaign to promote Britain

: MICE News; Friday, 16 January 2009

British Airways and VisitBritain have teamed up for the first time ever to promote the UK to Australian travellers via a jointly-funded television campaign launching this week.

ACS to star in movie expo

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) has joined Expertise Events and SMPTE as an aligned partner of the biannual SMPTE Conference and Exhibition held in Sydney.

GC tourism traffic better than expected

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

Australia’s Gold Coast has reported a better than expected summer holiday season despite the toughest global economic environment in many years.

Australian business travellers underfire

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

Australians business travellers have been accused of being the rudest of any other country while working in the UK and the US.

South-West regional airport still up in air

: MICE News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

Tourism officials and operators in Western Australia’s South-West region should know soon if they are going to get a new regional airport.

New exhibition manager for ACC

: MICE News; Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Alex Tietgen has been appointed exhibition manager for the Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC). Originally from Adelaide, she has worked on several high-profile events such as the London Wine Show, London Fashion Weekend and Fashion Weekend Manchester and was previously operations manager for the British International Motor Show.