4th May 2017
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business events news
MOORE PARK EVENT PROPOSAL
PLANS released by the
government-established trust
that manages Moore Park
(pictured right) has opened up
the possibility for the Show
Ring to be re-developed into an
active multi-purpose sports and
events venue.
In the Centennial Park and
Moore Park Trusts Moore Park
2040 plan, it touts its support
for an overhaul of planning
controls for the Entertainment
Quarter, which has limited the
use to only film, television and
production industries.
At a stakeholder meeting,
chief executive of Centennial
Parklands Kim Ellis said he
would love the Quarter to be
utilised for sport and events.
The Master Plan called for
the Show Ring to return to
its former historical use as an
exhibition, entertainment and
sports venue for multi-use.
Enhancing the Royal Hall of
Industries and Hordern Pavilion
is another proposal in the
plan, with the Trust wanting
to create the event space as
Sydneys best multi-purpose
entertainment venues.
The Pavilion would also have
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global events
VISIT Sunshine Coast (VSC)
has appointed Kylee Daniel
into a newly created role as
events marketing specialist.
Previously, Daniel worked
for clients including the
World Master Games
2017 and was the senior
increased seating capacity and
sponsorship manager for
an upgraded arrival forecourt.
ANZ New Zealand.
A new pop-up events and
CEO of VSC, Simon
festival precinct would also be
Latchford said he was
created at Kippax Lake.
confident Daniel would
There is also plans to build
bring fresh ideas and ensure
short term accommodation on
Sunshine Coast events reach
the site.
new global heights.
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RECORD MEA CROWD The signs your meeting is from

MORE than 600 industry The Star Event Centre won the past (Part 3)
members and guests attended best specialty event venue and THIS is the final article of a it is even worse. And yet this
Meetings & Events Australias entered the MEA Hall of Fame series where Im highlighting happens often. Thoughtless
(MEA) annual awards night at for winning the award for three the signs that the meeting feedback forms stacked
the ICC Sydney Ballroom on Tue, consecutive years. youre organising or attending with conventional, aimless
the last day of their successful Scene Change Adelaide is old-schooI and will never questions are a waste of time.
national conference. (Technical & Creative reach its maximum potential. Trying to collect feedback 2-3
A record number turned out Production less than 8 Technology & social media: weeks after the event is just
for the night which recognises employees), Business Events Theres so much to be said a bad decision. Collecting
excellence in the meetings and Geelong, (Regional Destination about these issues it will it onsite via pen and paper
events industry across Australia. Marketing Organisation), and be hard to fit it all in. As is tedious when it can be
such, this is my abbreviated done digitally or via an app.
Award winners included Adelaide Expo Hire (Exhibition
take: As far as the end result Again, careful thought and
the Melbourne Convention & Services) also entered the MEA planning must go into your
Exhibition centre for a meeting Hall of Fame for winning their is concerned, theres little
difference between not feedback strategy for it to have
venue with more than 500 awards for three straight years. value. And why not share the
implementing any new event
delegates and Associated The Opening of Student feedback with your attendees
tech at all into your events
Advertising & Promotions who Hub & Plaza/Launch of 50th than implementing new tech theyll appreciate youre
won association or government Anniversary Celebrations won or social media that has taking it seriously and would
meeting of the year. the special event of the year. no purpose and no benefit like to know what everyone
to you and your attendees. else is thinking.
These should not be vanity Post event follow up: The
purchases (it will make me/us event is over, attendees have
Evt Manager look good), they should not be been back at their desks for
copycat decisions (everyone several weeks and..thats
for AIFS 2018 else is doing it so we should)
nor should they be last-minute
it. Nothing. Crickets. Theres
no more news about the
A TENDER by the Australian afterthoughts. Choices should event other than perhaps
EVER wanted to pay guests be carefully considered and the clichd gala dinner
Government is asking for a
to turn up at an event? strategies planned from photos or a banal pic of the
provider of event manager
Well dont take ideas from the start. If you want your CEO or guest speaker on
services to manage the
a Chinese groom who was event to have an app, what stage printed in a monthly
2018 Australian Institute of
arrested on his wedding do you want it to do for you? newsletter accompanied by a
Family Studies conference. What benefits will it bring brief self-appreciating write
day after his wifes family
The event will be in Sep to attendees? If you want up trumpeting the events
realised that the 200 guests
2018, with submissions your event to have a hashtag success. As an attendee, you
he invited were paid actors.
closing on 15 May. (if indeed it even warrants receive no personal follow-
According to local media,
the wifes family became one at all), then promote it up, youre not sent an event
throughout the event lifecycle. report, a learning summary or
suspicious when guests from
the grooms side said they
were just friends, and the
The Star - new Forcing the use of new tech or
social media engagement onto
action plan. You are given no
encouragement to put into
attendees for no reason is motion any new ideas or plans.
grooms parents were no
where to be seen.
event menus simply annoying and foolish. You are left with your fading
thoughts and a notepad full of
Post event feedback: Not
Its not clear what law he THE Star Event Centre has collecting any feedback at all scribbles to act alone..or, as
broke, but he apparently paid launched 19 new menus for is bad enough. Collecting it many do, simply take no new
the actors $12 to attend. events at the Sydney venue. and then doing nothing with action at all.
Media speculate the Created by executive chef
If youd like to learn more about how to make your
grooms side were poor and Jason Alcock, the food combines events fresh, innovative and effective, please contact
didnt want to shame them fine-dining with visual elegance Max Turpin at Conference Focus on 02 9700 7740 or
in front of his wifes family. and experiential elements. visit the website at conferencefocus.com.au
CLICK HERE to view the menu.

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