Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.
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Queenstown sits on the shores of Lake Wakatipu at the lower end of New Zealand’s South Island. It is a pristine area renowned for adventure sports and tourism. Tourism is the mainstay of the local visitor economy supported by an engaging events calendar. On the business events side the focus is on incentives, supported by facilities for meetings of up to 450 pax. In order to preserve the pristine nature …
July 27, 2023
VTIC welcomed the separate $150 million fund to support development of worker accommodation in regional Victoria, which has been an enormous hurdle to the recovery of the state. Finding and housing an adequate labour force in our regional areas has been a crucial missing link impeding growth potential for the sector. The $150 million tourism package also announced by Premier Daniel Andrews today is welcome investment in the industry, however …
July 19, 2023
Host city Sydney designed an itinerary that highlighted Sydney’s harbour for the Business Events Australia Asia Mega Famil Showcase this week as Business Events Sydney (BESydney) and its industry partners provided a first-hand update for 50 influential planners and media from Asia. Delegates from Greater China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore toured Sydney for three days kicking off with a special Aussie welcome at Taronga Zoo’s spectacular …
April 5, 2023
I’ve now attended around 25 welcome functions for AIME and like all events there are a few simple things that make the successful ones stand out. Arrival – a few visual clues for the guests that they have arrived, usually in the form of colourful signage and walk around entertainers. Entry into the venue – do not line up waitstaff with drinks at the entrance. It might look good …
February 25, 2023
Tourism Australia has announced Adelaide will be the host city for Dreamtime 2023, its signature incentive showcase designed to increase awareness of and interest in Australia as an outstanding business events destination. The Showcase will be the first Dreamtime held since 2019 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and will provide the Australian industry with the opportunity to reignite relationships with qualified buyers from Greater China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, …
February 11, 2023
To me tourism falls into three broad categories – 1 visiting natural attractions, 2 visiting man-made attractions and 3 events. Yes there are international and local visitors, business and leisure visitors – but essentially wherever they come from, and whether it is for business or leisure, visitors travel for one of those reasons. I would love to see a breakdown of where visitor dollars are spent because I would …
October 21, 2022
Tourism Australia’s latest research confirms the levels of confidence and comfort for event planning across Australia continues to grow. With 84 per cent of business decision makers now planning events within the next 6 to 12 months (up 13 percent from February 2022), the confidence of Australia’s domestic business events sector is the highest it has been since the pandemic began. Decision makers are showing a clear desire to …
July 28, 2022
The event industry is once again being affected by COVID as governments and unions call for working from home where possible, with the flow on effect on events of all sizes. As we know working from home is not practical for 80% of the time when it comes to events. Sure events can be planned from home but they cannot be delivered from home. The core premise of the …
July 22, 2022
Is now the right time to come together? Once upon a time, when the world was a very different place, when marketing budgets meant that if a company wanted to spend a million dollars on a gala dinner without being scrutinized for it and did, we could afford to be working in an industry with so many disparate parts. Donna Kessler This was a time when attending an exhibition …
July 18, 2022
Tourism Archives | Australasian Special Events
So the plug has been pulled on the Melbourne Commonwealth Games
There is a lot being said in the mainstream media about Dan Andrews pulling the plug on the Melbourne Comm Games that cover a number of aspects The budget – actual and estimated The monetary cost of cancelling The reputational cost of cancelling The loss of promised new facilities in regional areas The disappointment of the athletes Lots of political point scoring (maybe that could be included as a …