News: Events
Commonwealth Games to boost the Gold Coast tourism experience
The Queensland Government believes that Gold Coast tourism will go from strength to strength in the lead up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Speaking to more than 200...
Jun 5, 2015
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V8 Supercars to return to Asia with Malaysian race deal
Australian motor racing series V8 Supercars is set to return to the Asian market after signing a four-year heads of agreement to stage a championship round on the streets of the...
Jun 4, 2015
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Ungerboeck becomes inaugural EEAA Young Stars Program partner
The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) has announced Ungerboeck Software International as the inaugural Gold Partner of its Young Stars Program. After three...
Jun 4, 2015
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Dubai becomes the fourth most visited global city and gets top rank for business events
Dubai’s ongoing efforts to position itself as a premier leisure and business hub have resulted in growing visitor numbers to the city, as well as higher rankings on various...
Jun 4, 2015
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Sydney Festival to welcome Wesley Enoch as Director from 2017
The Sydney Festival has announced that Wesley Enoch is to take on the role of Festival Director for a three-year tenure period from 2017 to 2019. Enoch will take the reins from...
Jun 4, 2015
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NZAEP launches development bursaries for Eventing the Future 2015
The New Zealand Association of Event Professionals (NZAEP) and New Zealand Major Events are inviting entries for Professional Development Bursaries that fund the registration to...
Jun 4, 2015
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IMG acquires Taste Festivals operator Brand Events Australia
Brand Events Australia (BEA), which produces some of Australia's most successful food festivals, including Taste in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, as well as the Margaret River...
Jun 4, 2015
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Brisbane aims to become a New World City
Brisbane has its sights set on becoming the ‘New World City’ with a new plan to help drive the Queensland capital’s economic growth over the next seven years. More than 100...
Jun 4, 2015
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Australian Open serves up big benefits for Victoria
An evaluation of the 2014 Australian Open shows that the event provided record economic benefits to Victoria as nearly 120,000 visitors flocked from interstate and beyond. A...
Jun 3, 2015
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Tasmanian Government tops up funding for business events funding
The Tasmanian Government has pledged an additional $400,000 over four years to increase the island’s share of the business events market. Welcoming the funding, Business Events...
Jun 2, 2015
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Therese Walsh made a Dame in Queen's Birthday Honours
Sports administrator Therese Walsh has received a high honour for her work in organising two of the biggest sporting events hosted by New Zealand. Walsh, 43, who was the Chief...
Jun 2, 2015
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YMCA Swimathon wins South Australian award
The YMCA Swimathon has received the 2015 Parks and Leisure Australia Award of Excellence in the event category in South Australia and the Northern Territory. This tops off an...
Jun 2, 2015
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125 exhibitors and 10,000 visitors expected at Singapore Sport and Fitness expo
Making final preparations for the Sports & Fitness Asia 2015 expo, organisers VisionXpertize have announced that the event has attracted more than 125 exhibitors from 10...
Jun 2, 2015
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Canberra Convention Centre to get $5.4 million refurbishment
The Canberra Convention Bureau (CCB) has welcomed the Australian Capital Territory Government’s budget decision to provide $5.4 million for the refurbishment of the National...
Jun 2, 2015
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Robyn Archer to Facilitate 2015 Performing Arts Exchange
The Australian Performing Arts Centres Association has announced singer, writer, artistic director and public arts advocate Robyn Archer is to facilitate the first day of the...
Jun 1, 2015
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FIFA Under 20 World Cup kicks off
The FIFA Under 20 World Cup kicked off at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium on Saturday (30th May) - heralding the most important football tournament ever held in New Zealand....
May 31, 2015
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Etihad Stadium looks to host Australia’s first college bowl
Etihad Stadium can confirm it is negotiating to host a genuine US College Football Bowl game in Melbourne late next year. Etihad Stadium Chief Executive Paul Sergeant and...
May 31, 2015
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Hutt Valley artists and events supported by Creative Communities
Young people in the Hutt Valley are set to benefit from a series of opportunities ranging from a project teaching traditional Maori carving in Wainuiomata to a film-making...
May 31, 2015
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Etihad Stadium darts competition to return in 2016
Etihad Stadium is to again host a darts competition that was marred by fan disturbances when it was first held earlier this year. In staging the 2016 Darts Invitational...
May 29, 2015
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Royal Commission hears that Cleanevent paid union to drive down workers' pay
The Federal Government's Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption has heard that a Victorian trade union official cut a deal that saw cleaning firm Cleanevent...
May 29, 2015
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Sunshine Coast to benefit from increased funding for five major events
The Sunshine Coast has been the major beneficiary of new funding allotments by the Queensland Government for growing regional events tourism in the State. Five Sunshine Coast...
May 29, 2015
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24 hour challenge raises $600,000 for children in 24 hour care
32 treadmills supplied by The Fitness Generation were kept in continuous motion for 24 hours from on 22nd and 23rd May raising $605,000 for children in 24 hour care at Very...
May 28, 2015
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The Star Event Centre celebrated as Australia’s best specialty event venue
The Star Event Centre has this week been recognised as the national winner in the category of Specialty Event Venue at the Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) awards. The...
May 28, 2015
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Corruption arrests rock FIFA in advance of Presidential election
FIFA has been rocked by the arrest of nine of its executives on suspicion of corruption following a raid by Swiss authorities at a luxury hotel on Lake Zurich. The arrests...
May 27, 2015
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