Newly appointed Chair, The Hon. Bruce Baird AM, announced BESydney’s impressive financial year reporting a strong 93 international business events with an estimated A$228.3 million in direct expenditure secured for the state of New South Wales (NSW).
According to TDRI, U-Tapao, the Bangkok area's third international airport, with a planned investment of 200 billion baht (USD5.7 billion), is the "Cornerstone of EEC" and is attracting global players thanks to its location advantage.
Newly appointed Chair, The Hon. Bruce Baird AM, announced BESydney’s impressive financial year reporting a strong 93 international business events with an estimated A$228.3 million in direct expenditure secured for the state of New South Wales (NSW).
According to TDRI, U-Tapao, the Bangkok area's third international airport, with a planned investment of 200 billion baht (USD5.7 billion), is the "Cornerstone of EEC" and is attracting global players thanks to its location advantage.
Total exhibition space sold at Asian trade fairs exceeds 20 million m2 for the first time, increases by 5.5% in 2016. Total Venue Capacity in Asia/Pacific to exceed 8.1 million m2 by years end (+5%).
To grow Australia’s regional and international influence, policy settings that will attract international organisation and intergovernmental agency headquarters to Australia will also result in their conventions being hosted in country.
In 2016, conventions that took place in the city as a result of the Hangzhou MICE Special Offer Year Campaign brought in excess of 30 million yuan (approx. US$4.3 million), an excellent result given that the city's government only spent one fifteenth of that amount in promotional costs to generate that revenue.
The analysis found one in four business events attracted to Australia by the AACB’s members are in the health sector, while one in five business events attracted to Australia are in the professional, scientific and technical services sector.