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Four Seasons refurb A MULTI-million dollartransformation of the FourSeasons Hotel Sydney food andbeverage operation and publicspaces is due to begin in July withan anticipated opening date inearly November.

Expected to turn heads on itscompletion, the upgrade includesa new bar, destination restaurant,four additional meeting suites, arefreshed Executive Club and new

Business Centre.Construction is already

underway on the bar, whichreplaces the previous Holmesconference room and is expectedto open in early September.

In place of the existing bar, anew destination restaurant willbe located on the lobby level.

In addition, the hotel isexpanding its meeting andconferencing capability, addingfour new residential-style

meeting suites on the secondfloor where Kables currentlyexists.

Designed by highly-awardedinterior designers, Sydney-basedMichael McCann of DreamtimeAustralia, the suites areanticipated to come on line inearly 2013.

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney gm,Vincent Hoogewijs, commented,The hotel is making a significantinvestment to offer guests a

greatly-enhanced experience withsome trendy new outlets to eat,drink, meet and entertain in.

The icing on the cake is thatthe hotel intends to work withone of Australias rising staryoung chefs who will be thecreative force behind the bar andrestaurants cuisine, so youll justhave to watch this space!Hoogewijs added.

Inspire | Indulge | IntrigueSILVERSEA CRUISES CORPORATE & INCENTIVE PRESENTATION AND COCKTAIL EVENINGKaren Christensen, General Manager, Director of Sales & Marketing, cordially invites you to aCorporate & Incentive Presentation and Cocktail Evening on Wednesday 18 July, 6pm to 8pmat the Museum of Sydney, Bridge St, Sydney NSW 2000. Please register your interest by calling1300 306 872 (press 3, press 1) or email [email protected]

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Ben and Geoff will have thehance to take three friends eacho a selected sitting of the

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EFT Appointments EXHIBITIONS& Trade Fairs(ETF), organisers of the AustralianBusiness Events Expo andSydneys Event Showcase tradeshows, have announced theappointment of RowanMarchingo to the position of show director for both of theflagship events in 2012, andMarion Leddy as national sales &marketing manager for ETF.

Dont miss out!REGISTRATIONS are closing

soon for the MEA 2012 ExecutiveCertificate in Sydney.

A three day Events & MeetingProgram and one Sales andMarketing Program at UNSW,Sydney CBD Campus between 27to 30 June.

Back homeagainFLYING by theseat of myproverbialpants forthe pastfew weeks,youll forgive me if I haveoverlooked one of your missives,press releases or emails.

We all know how emails canbuild up and its not always aquick answer that sends them ontheir way.

For BEN its been back to backfamils and industry trade showsthat started with the beautifulSunshine Coast and the NoosaFood & Wine Festival, then ontothe mystery and allure of Jordanin the Middle East, for their firstever tourism conference (watchthis space as there will be morenews out of the HashemiteKingdom) and lastly, but by nomeans finally, MEETINGS 2012 inAuckland.

For now, I look forward tocatching up with many of you atlocal industry events and at someof the planned reunions - Jill.

SUSTAINABILITYinbusiness travel andMICE became a focus of German NationalTourism Board (GNTB)particularly at theGermany Travel Mart2012, in May where aboost has been seen inovernight travellersfrom Australia to

Germany.Germany reportshosting two thirds of the worlds flagshiptrade fairs with morethan 6,000 quality eventvenues; they also leadthe way for green meetingswith 56% of Europes cities whohave above average commitmentto sustainability.

Germany increases its Aussie visitors

Alongside companies from theenvironmental sector, eventorganisers from other industries from the financial sector to theauto industry are placing morevalue on green meetings, not only

as a means of enhancing theirimage but also because theybring commercial success.

It represents an importantcompetitive advantage for theGerman conference and eventssector, said Matthias Schultze,md of the GCB.

As Germany continues itsefforts to go green, theirovernight visitors have alsoincreased to a total of 71,635,267from January to March of this

year.Of those, 12,287,336 werefrom overseas and 92,133 werefrom Australia.

This represents a 10.4%increase overall and a 2.3%increase of Australians from thesame period as last year,highlighting the moderate butincreasing popularity of Germanyas a travel destination, he said.
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PCB delivers onmarketing activities THE Perth Convention Bureaureport that as a result of theirmarketing activities in recentyears and the undertaking of collaborative projects, they havebeen rewarded with an increasein funding in the recent WesternAustralian State Budget.As a result, the next financial

year is expected to deliver 146conventions and incentive groupsand a $104.9 million delegatespend to the state capital.

In the meantime, this financialyear is wrapping up on a highfollowing the recentannouncement of the 2012worthy Aspire Program Awardwinners.

Then, in the same week of theRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) congress, thePerth Convention Bureau secureda further two x 350 plus delegatesurgical conferences for Perth,confirming the continued successof its marketing strategy.

The first of any conventionbureau in Australia to establish apartnership with this pre-eminentAustralasian medical association,RACS has been a welcomeaddition to the program.It is a strategic alliance that

reflects PCBs long term strategyof securing high-yield medicalconferences, aligning, they saywith WAs internationalreputation as a world leadingmedical research centre.

SILVERSEACruises are hosting aPresentation & Cocktail Eveningon Wednesday 18 July at theMuseum of Sydney from 6pmuntil 8pm, and you are invited toattend - see page 1 .

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ITs a bit of a downer but thereis a space conundrum that hasthe French searching for asubterranean solution.

Paris authorities are mullingover a plan to extend the iconicEiffel Tower.

Not upwards because it wouldspoil the French capitalsgeometry, but downwards!

Officials say its not possible tobuild at ground level as youhave to respect the line of sightbetween the Ecole Militaire andthe Trocadero, two landmarkswith which the tower is aligned.

The solution might be a two-storey underground extensionwhich would house ticketbooths, a museum, a childrensarea and other visitor amenities.

IF you confirm yourmembership to The IncentiveAssociation prior to 30 Junethrough their web site you will bein the running to win a number of enticing early bird rewards suchas a bottle of champagnedonated by Shangri-La Hotels andResorts or a JAG watch (ladies orgents) to the value of $199 fromFrampton Concepts.In addition, the first 20 members

will receive a special Maui Jim VIP

voucher compliments of Maui JimSunglasses.

The benefits of joining theIncentive Association are manyand varied and some are listedbelow:

The IA represents the entireincentive community, including allwhose contribution is required toplan, implement and supply allthe components of an incentivecampaign.

It offers advice and expertise

Join up, join up!

on the best use of both cash andnon-cash reward programmes

It will establish a securebusiness network to enablemembers to obtain help andadvice from each other, discusstopics of interest and generallyimprove communicationthroughout the industry.

It will provide assistance withlegal agreements, contracts andother essential documentation.

The IA will produce regularwebinars on a variety of industrytopics in which members canparticipate; it will createopportunities to hear speakersfrom business, government, otherincentive practitioners, suppliers& clients.

Membership fees are the samefor practitioners and suppliersand corporate membershippackages are available for both.

Full details can be found on theIncentive Association web site -incentiveassociation.com .

For more information contact:Peter Gray, general secretary, TheIncentive Association by email at [email protected] .
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ATE returns to Sydney ITS the largest internationaltravel trade show of its kind inthe southern hemisphere andnext year the Australian TourismExchange (ATE), returns onceagain to Sydney.

Destination NSW ceo, SandraChipchase, said she was proudand excited that ATE will bereturning to Sydney for thesecond time in three years, from26 April to 02 May 2013.

We are delighted to host theevent in Sydney again next year

and the Destination NSW teamhas already started preparationsfor the event to ensureinternational buyers and theworlds leading travel trade mediacan discover new and excitingexperiences in Sydney and NSW.

The Destination NSW standhosting over 40 tourism operatorsat this years event in Perth hasgenerated significant interestfrom buyers and Im pleased toreport that Sydney and the State

of NSW remains as a must-do andhighlight destination experiencefor travellers from keyinternational markets.

ATE will be working hard tomake the Sydney event in 2013the best yet, casting a globalspotlight on Sydney and NSW yetagain, Chipchase said.

SCEC closes end of 2013 THEREs many a slip betweenthe cup and the lip and the brainand the keyboard, so thesentence in yesterdays BEN -Motor Show finds home - thatthe SCEC would close at the endof the year, should have read atthe endof nextyear.

As ithasbeen

pointed out, there is quite a bit of confusion in the industry aroundthe closure topic.

However, it is definitelybusiness as usual for the Centreand 2013 promises to be quite abusy year.

Grays SayPeter Gray, managing partner of Motivating People presents aregular Business Events Newsfeature on current issues in theMICE industry.

MEETINGS TAKES AIME

I was a hosted buyer atMeetings 2012 last week.

Its a great show, wellorganised and with nopretensions to be something itsnot.

In my opinion its the best C&Itrade show in the southernhemisphere.

Its purpose, first andforemost, is to showcase NewZealand product for themeetings industry, as its namesuggests.

There are no seminars of anydescription and the number of exhibitors doesnt exceed adelegates ability to visit themall in two days.

Why cant Reed manage thatwith AIME, or if not why notextend it to another day?

Yes, its a smaller show thanAIME and the talented teamthat puts it all together hasbeen doing so for a while but

nevertheless it makes ReedExhibitions look very amateurishif AIME this year was the best itcould do.

Air tickets were delivered wellahead of travel dates - even tothe far flung outposts of Asia -hotel accommodation wasconfirmed and third partyinvitations issued with plenty of time to spare.

I saw a couple of ReedInternational spies lookinglongingly (or was that myimagination?) at the ease withwhicheverythingdovetailedtogether.

MaybeCINZ shouldsuggest toMCVB thatits time forchange.

To contact Peter Gray email [email protected].

Apollo hosts WallabiesA MULTI-million dollarextension and refurbishmentproject to the Quality HotelApollo International, inCharlestown, was completed justin time for staff to welcome somevery special guests.

With the paint barely dry, lastnight it was a full house when theWallabies hosted Scotland atNewcastles Hunter Stadium.

The timing in completing our

project just before the Test matchis incredible and we are veryexcited to showcase our new andimproved facilities to everyonecoming in for the game,said David Ingleton, gm QualityHotel Apollo International.

A new stand-out feature of ourrooms is the inclusion of privatebalconies overlooking acres of lush native bush reserve.

Sweet bird of youth THE Byronat Byron hasa newconferenceand eventsmanager,SashaEburne.

Describedby gm, JohnParche as young and dynamic,he went on to say, despite her

young age she is highlyexperienced and very switchedon with the conference andevents market.

A perfect foil for this young anddynamic resort.

My role is both to secureevents and to manage them,Eburne said.

There is a lot of competitionbetween Coffs Harbour and theGold and Sunshine Coasts butThe Byron at Byron has earned an

excellent reputation for offeringsomething unique.

The attention to detail; andpersonal service offered here isequal to the best hotels in theworld, yet at a fraction of theprice, she said.
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