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.
Type and hit ENTER
MEA
The 2023 MEA conference saw the welcome return of the MEA Awards with the qualifying period covering both 2021 and 2022. Read the full list of winners here ASE took the opportunity to capture reaction from a few of the winners on the night. Enjoy… The ICC Sydney had two wins Toni McAllister accepted the award for Virtual Event of the Year for Pathology Update 2021: Re-cracking the code …
June 18, 2023
Australia’s longest operating and largest events industry association, Meetings & Events Australia (MEA), has acknowledged and celebrated excellence and achievements in the industry during 2021 & 2022. Held at The Star Gold Coast and hosted by Master of Ceremonies Luke Hannan, the 2021-2022 MEA National Awards presentation ceremony was the perfect bookend to MEA’s highly successful annual conference, Evolve 2023. More than 200 guests witnessed 35 Awards be presented …
June 9, 2023
The amalgamation has been announced of AACB, EEAA and the ACCG into the Australian Business Events Association. The current peak body, BECA, described Business Events as generally made up of meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions. This new organisation is essentially made up of representatives of convention bureaux, convention and exhibition centres and expo organisers. PCOs and Incentive associations have not joined them. The key association representing PCOs is the …
May 10, 2023
Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) acknowledges the creation of the Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) as a new body in the greater Australian events industry. MEA recognises that ABEA will seek to replace the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) and the Exhibition & Events Association of Australasia Ltd (EEAA) as individual entities, as well as the Australian Convention Centres Group (ACCG). For many years MEA has collaborated with …
May 8, 2023
MEA’s mentor program is back to once again connect event professionals across the country in its tried and proven capacity for fostering skill and expertise sharing, and enhancing career progression prospects. This time it’s being done with the support of long-time MEA friend, EventsAir, who will sponsor the program in 2023. Successful applicant mentees will be purposely matched based on their unique objectives with an industry expert who’ll provide …
March 6, 2023
First up… Congratulations to two event industry figures named in the Australia Day honours list Anthony BASTIC AM – For significant service to the special events industry and Gregory Kenneth BOWMAN OAM – For service to the tourism and hospitality industry. A united voice for Business Events? At the height of COVID lockdowns the entire event industry (not just business events) struggled to get a voice to government. One of …
February 3, 2023
This time last year we were all approaching 2022 with uncertainty. Could COVID still derail the event industry? Are lockdowns truly over? Will events bounce back? Should we put on more staff? Yes, lockdowns were over and events did bounce back. But finding staff then became an ongoing issue. And yes COVID was (and is) still a disruptor. I, like many others succumbed and was out of action for …
January 20, 2023
Evolve 2023 will make its return to the Gold Coast, across Wednesday 7 – Thursday 8 June 2023 with the support of Destination Gold Coast.
January 18, 2023
For over 30 years, Meetings & Events Australia (MEA)’s Awards Program has celebrated the best of the best across the latitude of the greater Australian events industry. MEA is delighted to announce the launch of its 2021-2022 Awards Program, which has an extended qualifying period of 24-months (to the regular 12-months) to ensure outstanding work of individuals and businesses in the delivery of events during both 2021 and 2022 …
December 2, 2022
MEA Archives | Page 2 of 5 | Australasian Special Events
Update 19th May
Welcome to this week’s update MEA Awards program The MEA awards program appears to be struggling to make a comeback after COVID. NSW is always the strongest state in the MEA awards program but this week’s presentation saw an underwhelming list of winners with many of the 37 award categories not contested. I’ve heard that the Victorian awards was similarly underrepresented. Let’s hope the membership bounces back to support …