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Embed to showcase innovations at DEAL 2024 and mark International Women’s Day
Embed, the cloud-based, cashless solutions provider for the amusement, entertainment, and leisure industries returns to Dubai to showcase its breakthrough innovations at the...
Feb 24, 2024
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2024 Rottnest Channel Swim abandoned because of dangerous weather
Organisers of the 2024 South32 Rottnest Channel Swim were today forced to abandon the event part way through because of dangerous weather conditions. The Weather bureau advised...
Feb 23, 2024
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Ironman 70.3 scraps Tasmania race in 2025
The IRONMAN Oceania team have advised that IRONMAN 70.3 Tasmania will not be taking place in 2025, advising that they are “to review and look at options to make this race even...
Feb 23, 2024
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Adelaide Festival and Wilderlands call on community to help save vital habitat in The Coorong
Adelaide Festival and Wilderlands are asking South Australian audiences and communities to help reach the target of 5,000 square metres of protected critical habitat in the...
Feb 22, 2024
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The Array opens as Darwin’s first co-located digital games and esport centre
The Northern Territory has seen its first co-located digital games and esport development centre open in Darwin’s Victoria Hotel, The Array. Led by Dylan Bennet of Larrikin...
Feb 22, 2024
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Half-century milestone of Sunbury Music Festival to be acknowledged
50 years after its first electrifying run, Hume City Council is holding a commemorative event celebrating the Sunbury Pop Festival at one big show at The Nook on Saturday 13th...
Feb 22, 2024
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PPA Tour Australia launches to showcase Australia’s elite and amateur pickleball players
The Carvana PPA Tour - an elite pickleball tour - has announced a partnership with Pacific Pickleball to bring the gold standard of pro pickleball to Australia. The tour will be...
Feb 22, 2024
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Sports Toto Korea trials event gambling addiction prevention campaign at SPOEX 2024
Sports Toto Korea trial event gambling addiction prevention campaign at SPOEX 2024 Sports Toto Korea, the operator of the nation’s sports betting game Sportstoto, is using its...
Feb 22, 2024
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South Korea’s SPOEX returns with over 1,600 exhibition booths
Opening today in the South Korean capital, the Seoul International Sports & Leisure Industry Exhibition (SPOEX) represents the first time that one of Asia’s largest fitness,...
Feb 21, 2024
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ICC Sydney delivers carbon neutral 'RESPECT' experience
International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) celebrated its commitment to fostering respect for ‘People, Place and the Planet’, by delivering a carbon neutral spectacular...
Feb 21, 2024
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Shoalhaven's revitalised Artie Smith Oval caters for local sport clubs and entertainment events
The transformed Artie Smith Oval officially opened earlier this month and can now cater for the diverse interests of the Shoalhaven community, having been designed to not only...
Feb 21, 2024
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SPLASH! Expo set for Gold Coast return
Set to present groundbreaking solutions, cutting-edge technologies and disruptive ideas for all areas of the aquatic industry, the SPLASH! Expo 2024 will be Gold Coast...
Feb 21, 2024
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Australian Live Music Business Council Chair Stephen Wade steps down
“The ALMBC would not be as strong, and so highly regarded as it is without Stephen’s leadership." Stephen Wade has announced that he is stepping down as Chair of the Australian...
Feb 20, 2024
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Cristian Ferrarese named Managing Director at Technogym Australia
Australasian Leisure Management can report that Cristian Ferrarese has commenced in the role of Managing Director at Technogym Australia, replacing Claudio Bertozzi who, after...
Feb 20, 2024
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2024 AUSactive Active Health Summit spotlighted as a Melbourne event not to be missed
For all those in the exercise and active health sector, the 2024 AUSactive Active Health Summit to be held on Saturday 13th April at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition...
Feb 20, 2024
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Cvent returns to AIME 2024 as Official Event Tech Partner for Third Consecutive Year
With the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) currently underway at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 19th – 21st February 2024, Cvent has...
Feb 20, 2024
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Inaugural collaboration between BCEC and The Star Brisbane to attract new generation of events
Inaugural collaboration between BCEC and The Star Brisbane to attract new generation of events Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) and The Star Brisbane have...
Feb 20, 2024
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Hapana and Ezypay return as BFT annual conference sponsors
Body Fit Training (BFT) has announced that its Annual Conference is returning this March 2024, with Ezypay and Hapana returning as naming rights sponsors. The BFT Annual...
Feb 20, 2024
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Darwin Convention Centre to host 2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards
Darwin has been named as the host city for this year’s Qantas Australian Tourism Awards set to be held at the Darwin Convention Centre in Darwin’s Waterfront Precinct on 15th...
Feb 20, 2024
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Melbourne Convention Bureau releases its First Peoples Engagement Guide
The Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has launched its First Peoples Engagement Guide, a valuable resource aimed at assisting event planners in creating culturally enriching...
Feb 20, 2024
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ChristchurchNZ launches project to evaluate legacy impacts of business events
ChristchurchNZ has launched ‘The Conference Legacy Project’ - an innovative three-year project to evaluate the legacy impacts of business events on Christchurch and the broader...
Feb 20, 2024
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ICC Sydney report spotlights six trends shaping the evolution of events
The ‘RESPECT: Shaping Events for Success’ report released today by McCrindle and ICC Sydney International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) spotlights six trends shaping the...
Feb 20, 2024
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Alice Springs to stage National Indigenous Cricket Championships
Two major Indigenous cricket competitions, supported by NT Major Events, will be hosted in Alice Springs this week with more than 350 participants taking part in the Imparja Cup...
Feb 20, 2024
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ABEA signs MoU at AIME to propel diversity, sustainability and talent development sector
A memorandum of understanding has been signed today at the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) between the Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) and...
Feb 20, 2024
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