Business Events Sydney
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Business Events Sydney, formerly known as Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau, markets Sydney
and New South Wales
as a destination for Australian and international business meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions.
Business Events Sydney is a not-for-profit membership based organisation that provides assistance and advice on planning and holding events in Sydney
. They are also responsible for marketing Sydney and New South Wales as a business events destination to individuals and organisations to Australia
and the world.
They help to bid on, win and hold conferences, major events, conventions
, business meetings and congresses in Sydney.
At the state level, they operate AccessNSW, a service for planning events, conferences and incentives throughout New South Wales.
and the tourism industry. Before 1 September 2008, Business Events Sydney was known as the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Business Events Sydney is a not–for-profit organisation and is jointly supported by the NSW State government, the business events sector and the membership base.
Business Events Sydney supports the Green Meetings
Industry Council’s 2020 agenda for what should comprise a ‘green meeting’. These are conferences, events, incentives and meetings that:
As at May 2008, the report ranked Sydney as the 24th most visited congress city in the world and the top Australian destination for business events, having hosted 64 meetings in 2008.
Paris and Vienna were named equal first in the global rankings, followed by Barcelona and Singapore, hosting 139, 136 and 118 events in 2008, respectively.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
as a destination for Australian and international business meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions.
| Business Events Sydney Facts Full title: Business Events Sydney Head office: Sydney, NSW, Australia Founded: Established in 1969 (then called the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau, SCVB). In September 2008, renamed organisation to 'Business Events Sydney' Industry: Events Tourism Staff: 40 Offices: Australia, Asia, North America, Europe/UK Board members: 11 |
Business Events Sydney is a not-for-profit membership based organisation that provides assistance and advice on planning and holding events in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. They are also responsible for marketing Sydney and New South Wales as a business events destination to individuals and organisations to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the world.
They help to bid on, win and hold conferences, major events, conventions
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
, business meetings and congresses in Sydney.
At the state level, they operate AccessNSW, a service for planning events, conferences and incentives throughout New South Wales.
History
Business Events Sydney is a 40-year partnership between the Government of New South WalesGovernment of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
and the tourism industry. Before 1 September 2008, Business Events Sydney was known as the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Funding
Business Events Sydney is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.Business Events Sydney is a not–for-profit organisation and is jointly supported by the NSW State government, the business events sector and the membership base.
Board
Board members are:- Mr Col Hughes (Chairman) – World Aviation Systems
- Mr Peter Ivany AM - Ivany Investments Group
- Mr Paul Hutton – Hilton Sydney
- Mr Bryan Holliday – ICMS Australasia Pty Ltd
- Mr Geoff Parmenter – Events New South Wales
- Hon. Patricia Forsythe – Sydney Chamber of Commerce
- Prof Mary O'Kane – Chief Scientist and Scientific Engineer, Industry & Investment NSW
- Hon. Robert Hill – Lecturer
- Mr Garth Simmons - Accor Asia Pacific
Special advisors
- Mr Ton Van Amerongen – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Ms Lyndel Gray – Tourism New South Wales
Business Events Sydney Ambassadors
The Business Events Sydney Ambassador Program brings together prominent Sydney people from a range of fields to promote the city to the rest of the world.Sydney Ambassadors
- Professor Sylvester Abanteriba - International Industry Experience and Research Program
- Ms Johanna Adriaanse – University of Technology
- Professor Mark Baker – Macquarie UniversityMacquarie UniversityMacquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
- Dr Noel Barton AM – Sunoba Pty Ltd
- Dr Graeme Batley – CSIRO
- Mr Bill Bowtell – Lowy Institute for International Policy
- Professor John Boyages – Breast Cancer specialist and Author Breast Cancer: Taking Control
- Professor Michael Boyer AM – Sydney Cancer Centre
- Professor Ian Caterson AM – Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise
- Professor Jeremy Chapman OAM – Westmead HospitalWestmead HospitalWestmead Hospital is a major 975 bed tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, opened on 10 November 1978 by the then Premier, Neville Wran, and guest of honour was former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam...
- Mr Sean Clancy – Bid leader
- Clinical Professor Alan Cooper OAM - Royal North Shore Hospital
- Professor David Cooper AO – University of NSW
- Mr John Daly – University of Technology Sydney
- Dr Elizabeth Farrell AM – Monash Medical Centre
- Mr John Fletcher – University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyThe University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
- Professor Ian Fraser AO - University of Sydney
- Dr Elliot Gilbert - Small Angle Scattering
- Clinical Associate Professor Ivan Goldbery AM - University of Sydney
- Professor Roy Green BA LLB (Adelaide) PhD (Cambridge) – University of Technology Sydney
- Mr Paul Harcombe – Land and Property Management Authority, NSW
- Mr Mark Hollands – Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association
- Dr Caroline Hong – Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
- Professor Levon Khachigian – University of New South WalesUniversity of New South WalesThe University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
- Dr William Lynch – St George Medical Centre
- Mr Luc Maene – International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
- Professor Peter Matiz AM - Concord Hospital
- Associate Professor Frank Martin AM – The Children’s Hospital, Westmead
- Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO – Australian Labour Law Association
- Mr Ian McDonnell – University of Technology
- Mr Rod McGeoch AM – Bid Leader, Sydney Olympics, 2000
- Associate Professor Ross Menzies - University of Sydney
- Professor Paul Munroe - University of New South Wales
- Mr Rod J Palmer AM – Lions International Convention
- Mr Peter Pecotic - Turningpoint Solutions
- Monica Persson - Audiology Australia
- Professor Deo Prasad – University of NSW
- Professor Simon Ringer - University of Sydney
- Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla - University of New South Wales
- Dr David Schell - Westmead Children's Hospital
- Professor Peter Schofield - Neuroscience Research Australia
- Professor Susan Scott - Australian National University
- Dr Diane Sheehan - Australian Veterinary Association
- Judy Stenmark - International Osteoporosis Foundation
- Sarah Stewart – China Alumni Association
- Mr Panos Tzivanidis – Events & Sibos at SWIFT
- Associate Professor Richard Walsh – Anaesthetist
- Dr Ian Watson – Orthodontist
- Mr Ben Watts - World Wool and Sheep Congress
- Dr Gilbert White - International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- Associate Professor Richard Widmer – The Children’s Hospital, Westmead
- Mr Christopher Zhang – PTC Express Travel
Business Events Sydney Stakeholders
Business Events Sydney has more than 200 stakeholders across:- Accommodation
- Venues
- Conference and Event Organisers
- Attractions and Restaurants
- Business Events Services
Staff
Business Events Sydney comprises over 40 staff who work in eight different departments:- Executive team: Responsible for the overall strategy, administration and internal events of Business Events Sydney.
- Finance and Market Research team: Responsible for finance, human resources, database management, IT and market research at Business Events Sydney.
- Marketing team: Responsible for branding, communications, website management and media and relationship building and promoting Business Events Sydney stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Relationships team: Responsible for identifying and communicating commercial synergies between our organisation and the 230 Stakeholders who fund Business Events Sydney.
- Sales team: The Sales team includes both the Business Development and Bid Management teams, responsible for identifying potential events and helping to bring them to Sydney and New South Wales.
- AccessNSW team: Responsible for helping businesses and organisations to plan their events, give advice and find venues to meet the client’s needs.
- International team-members: Supports Business Events Sydney from key international hubs in AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Green Sydney
Business Events Sydney promotes Sydney as an environmentally friendly city, due to the actions of citizens, businesses and local movements.Business Events Sydney supports the Green Meetings
Green Conventions
__notoc__Green conventions or green meetings are conventions which are conducted in ways which minimize the environmental burdens imposed by such activities...
Industry Council’s 2020 agenda for what should comprise a ‘green meeting’. These are conferences, events, incentives and meetings that:
- Have zero net environmental effect
- Fully integrate environmental responsibility into return-on-investment (ROI) analysis
- Are accepted and standard industry practice
- Achieve economic and strategic business goals
- Minimise or eliminate environmental impacts, and
- Positively contribute to the environment and host communities
Business Events Sydney Major Partners and industry bodies
Business Events Sydney has the following business events organisations, Sydney event companies and peak industry bodies as major partners:- Events New South WalesEvents NSWEvents NSW is a New South Wales state government organisation set up to attract sporting and cultural events to New South Wales, Australia.Events NSW is a partner of Business Events Sydney....
- Tourism New South Wales (TNSW)
- Business Events Australia (BEA)
- Association of Australia Convention Bureaux (AACB)
- Business Events Council of Australia
- Department of State and Regional Development
- The Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) helps businesses start and expand in NSW, and supports the State’s tourism industry to improve competitiveness and promote growth.
- Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC)
- City of SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
- Conventions Australia
- QantasQantasQantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...
- Sydney AirportSydney AirportSydney Airport may refer to:* Sydney Airport, also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport, in Sydney, Australia* Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, in Nova Scotia, Canada...
- Sydney Chamber of CommerceSydney Chamber of CommerceThe Sydney Business Chamber was established in 1825 as the Sydney Chamber of Commerce and is the second oldest business entity in New South Wales...
- Sydney Convention and Exhibition CentreSydney Convention and Exhibition CentreThe Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, is located in Sydney's Darling Harbour near the Central Business District. The building is adjacent to Cockle Bay, Tumbalong Park and the Harbourside shopping centre....
- The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour
- Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF)
- Sydney Harbour Foreshore AuthoritySydney Harbour Foreshore AuthorityThe Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority is a statutory authority set up by the Government of New South Wales in order to maintain the Port Jackson foreshore area. It maintains 4 km² of waterfront real estate in the foreshore area including Darling Harbour and The Rocks...
Sydney's ranking as a business event city
According to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Sydney is Australia's top city for business events.As at May 2008, the report ranked Sydney as the 24th most visited congress city in the world and the top Australian destination for business events, having hosted 64 meetings in 2008.
Paris and Vienna were named equal first in the global rankings, followed by Barcelona and Singapore, hosting 139, 136 and 118 events in 2008, respectively.
External links
- Business Events Sydney Official website.
- AccessNSW Official website