Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events are back in full swing across Australia and around the world with more news and updates filtering through every week.
This is the latest news in the MICE industry that we have wrapped up in one easy to read update.
Festival ready to wow the Capricorn Coast
Put your best dancing shoes on and pull out those paintbrushes – this years Village Festival is set to be one of the best yet – with ten action packed days of entertainment bring the Capricorn Coast on the Southern Great Barrier Reef to life. Kicking off with the Opening night it’s time to channel your inner flapper or roaring 1920’s gentleman for the CQUniversity Village Festival Speakeasy Prohibition Party. Thanks to our event partners McGrath Real Estate Capricorn Coast and Kingsway Property Development you’ll be back in the roaring 1920s, music playing, flappers dancing around and around, bubbly flowing. Yeppoon Town Hall will be transformed into a Roaring 20’s Speakeasy, featuring a delicious grazing entrée, alternate drop dinner and surprise sweet treats, PLUS live music by Amelia and Groove Traders. Listen to smooth, well-known, Jazz standards followed by a main course of crowd-favourite anthems while you dance the night away.
Book your tickets here: https://thevillagefestival.org.au/event/speakeasy-prohibition-party/.
Soaring demand for business events in New Zealand
New Zealand’s largest business events industry tradeshow MEETINGS 2022 in Christchurch last month broke records for attendance, and for the value of business it generated. An independent survey commissioned by Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) post-MEETINGS showed $107.5 million worth of business was provisionally secured during the two days – a 45.3 per cent increase on MEETINGS 2021.
After attending MEETINGS, 79 per cent of all buyers said they were booking business as a result of the event, while 21 per cent were still considering options, such as final destination choices. BEIA Chief Executive, Lisa Hopkins says the numbers reflect the skyrocketing popularity of Aotearoa New Zealand as a business events destination and show the huge demand for face-to-face meetings in inspirational settings.
Gold Coast Beer & Cider Festival
After being forced to postpone by last year’s pandemic, the inaugural Gold Coast Beer & Cider Festival will now take place on Saturday, 22 October 2022. The festival will be staged in the Broadwater Parklands between 11am and 5pm, with over 40 premium craft beer and cider producers and 5 distilleries expected to participate.
The festival is being organised by the Schwartz Family Company, which has operated the Canberra Craft Beer & Cider Festival for over a decade, and the Hunter Valley Wine & Beer Festival. Tickets will cost $20 per person for online pre-Festival bookings or $30 per person on the day, giving access to a wide range of premium local & interstate craft breweries, gourmet food vendors, live music, and other festival activities. Individual tastings will be from $2 per 100ml tasting. Bookings and further information can be found at https://www.gcbeerciderfestival.com.au/
