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Peter Jones

Peter Jones has been creating special events ever since he can remember and long before Peter Jones Special Events was established. This year celebrates 25 years of Peter deciding to start his own “party” business – and what a journey that has been. There are a lot less parties now but many more amazing and spectacular events, although that’s only part of the story. Peter has continually dedicated a great deal of time to representing and supporting the industry at many levels.

He recently stepped down as Chairman of the Victoria Events Industry Council (VEIC) and as a member of the Victoria Tourism Industry Council. Peter was also a board member of Destination Melbourne and past President of the Melbourne chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES). He regularly lectures at numerous event management courses, and only wishes there was a course around when he was studying.

Peter Jones responds to the formation of the ABEA Back in 2020 – 21 the events industry was in chaos, especially …

May 25, 2023

Over 4 billion people watched the Queen’s funeral, making the event the most watched broadcast in history; even more than Princess …

September 22, 2022

I was very fortunate to be involved with three events attended by Her Majesty the Queen and have vivid memories of …

September 13, 2022

I’m often asked what elements make a truly memorable event for everyone who attends – Is it a superstar performer, amazing …

February 14, 2022

“Australian Open is more important than any one player” – Rafael Nadal Couldn’t have said it any better myself. OK, it …

January 17, 2022

So, I needed a calculator to work it out but it’s a scary number. It has been 616 days since the …

November 24, 2021

Peter Jones looks at the associations issue. Before I start, I will declare my interests. I am a member of MEA, …

October 5, 2021

Peter Jones assesses the Victorian Roadmap Hope for the best but expect the worst. The proverb kind of sums up the …

September 20, 2021

So, NSW has a plan as to how events will look once we get to the magical vaccination rates. Lots of …

September 13, 2021

We can all remember waiting for each of the COVID restrictions to end and then we knew it was a four …

September 2, 2021

Peter Jones shares his reaction to the publication of the Victorian Events Industry Enquiry Peter Jones Well, we knew it was …

August 5, 2021

You were right Trevor; July 2021 does still look a lot like March 2020 and that’s still having an impact on …

July 7, 2021

You don’t expect page 7 of the Sunday Herald Sun ($) and the back page of the Sunday Age to be …

June 7, 2021

Someone has to come out and say this so it might as well be me. Time to say enough of the …

May 24, 2021

It’s now just on one year since Friday 13 March 2020 when not even the Village People could stop what was …

March 16, 2021

The Australian Open needs to happen as it is an event that encapsulates the tourism, hospitality and events industries here in Victoria which have been, and still are, severely depleted by the pandemic.

January 29, 2021

After 9 months of watching, learning, and quite frankly just existing in this COVID-19 world, I’m finally at the point where I can say ‘it is what it is,’ and I just have to accept what this means for us as a company, a city and an industry as a whole.

October 15, 2020

Peter Jones shares his thoughts on how corporate, fundraising or awards dinners might look under the current social distancing proposals. Your …

May 20, 2020
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