National Executive and Council

•National Executive

Tina Croker

Mike Williams

Annabel Davis

Peter May

Suzie Jones (Qld)

Steve Mackenzie (NSW)

•National CouncilRuth Lillian

Lynne Schinella

Lisa Patroni (Vic)

Michael Siebert (SA)

Alison Petrie (WA)

John Richards (Tas)

Craig Fairweather (NT)

John Teres (ACT)

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and RECOGNITION

ACCREDITATION

Accredited Meetings Manager (AMM)

Accredited In-House Meetings Manager (AIMM)

Accredited Meetings Management Company (AMMC)

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

SA

•Alison Causby SAPMEA - Young Industry Professional

VIC

•Jennifer Davis - Student - Swinburne Institute of TAFE

•Lili Khanbashi from MCVB - Young Industry Professional

ACT

•Briohny Frost - Student - Canberra Institute of Technology

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

NSW

•Felicia Jahja - Young Industry Professional - Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

•Emma Hillier – Student - Brookvale TAFE, now employed with Exhibition Hire Services

QLD

•Erin Millar - Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove - MIAA Qld Industry Development Scholarship

Contributing to RESEARCH

•National Business Events Study

•Meeting & Event Trend Analysis

Southern Cross University – School of Tourism & Hospitality Management

META Report July 2002 – June 2003

• Data Collection– Meetings Managers through Amlink

Technologies software

• Data Analysis by Southern Cross University

– Vivienne McCabe (Chief Researcher) and

– Margaret Rolfe (Statistician)

• Data Characteristics– 80 Events

– 25,464 Delegates

– $33 million - Total Conference & Exhibition Income

Southern Cross University – School of Tourism & Hospitality Management

Some Findings

• 27% of events - ‘Medical Sciences’

• 50% of conferences accompanied by exhibition

• May and September most popular months – 30% of all events

• 318 Delegates, 13 Accompanying Persons attended conference (average)

• Queensland attracted highest average delegate income per conference

Southern Cross University – School of Tourism & Hospitality Management

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Southern Cross University – School of Tourism & Hospitality Management

• 2 days - Average length of time for conference

• 21% conferences use only one hotel, with 34% using 2-4 hotels

• Over 2/3 delegates conference registration paid by credit card

• 46% delegates register up to one month prior to event

Southern Cross University – School of Tourism & Hospitality Management

Registration Patterns

Orders taken at the conference – ½ price

•White Paper

•Taxation treatment of incentive conferences

•Business Events Council of Australia

•National Tourism Alliance

Government Relations