Metro Hotels recently took part as an exhibitor at the 2011 Canberra Qantas Corporate Travel Show which attracted 864 guests (135 Travel Agents, 263 Travel Coordinators and 466 Frequent Flyers).
Sydney hotels generate a great deal of business from Canberra and the ACT from both the government and corporate sector.
Guests where invited by Qantas and a snapshot of the companies that attended this year's show are listed below:
The Travel Agents session included guests representing over 36 agencies and
groups including ACT World Travel, AIIU Travel, Britain & Europe World
Travel, Capital Travel Manuka, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Civic Travel
Service, Corporate Traveller, Cruiseabout Manuka, Escape Travel Garema, FCm
Travel Solutions, Flight Centre - Belconnen, Capital, Dickson, Mawson,
Queanbeyan, Tuggeranong, Weston & Woden, Harvey World Travel - Belconnen,
Canberra, Weston & Woden, HRG Canberra Team, Jamison Travel Gungahlin,
Jetset Southlands, Maria Slater Travel, Mecca Travel Co Pty Ltd, QBT
Canberra, Queanbeuyan City Travel & Cruise, Reis & James Travel Associates,
STA Belconnen, Travel Makers, Travelscene Canberra City & Manuka.
The Travel Coordinators Morning Tea included guests representing over 85
companies, associations and government departments including ACT Chief
Ministers Department, ACT Executive, ActewAGL - Distribution, ACT Tourism,
Acumenta Pty Ltd, ADFA, Department of Defence, Airservices Australia,
Attorney Generals Department, AusAID, Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Australian Crime Commission,
Australian Federal Police, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Australian
Medical Council, Australian National University, Australian Sports
Commission, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, British High Commission,
Canadian High Commission, CARE Australia, Centrelink, College of Asia &
Pacific, ComSuper, CrimTrac, CSIRO, Defence Housing Australia, Defence
Materiel Organisation, Dept Environment, Sustainability, Water, Population,
Dept of Broadband, Communications, Dept of Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency, Dept of Defence, Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services &
Indigenous Affairs, Dept of Health, Dept of Human Services, Dept of
Infrastructure & Transport, Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science &
Research, Dept of Premier & Cabinet, Dept of the Prime Minister & Cabinet,
Dept of Veterans' Affairs, Dept of the Treasury, Earlybird Conferencing &
Events, Embassy of Belgium, Embassy of Japan, Embassy of Norway, Embassy of
Peru, Embassy of Romania, Embassy of Sweden, Embassy of Switzerland, Embassy
of the Russian Federation, Family Court of Australia, Financial Strategy &
Business Performance, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Haddow Pipeline
Operations Services, High Commission of Canada, Indigenous Business
Australia, International Organization for Migration, International Visits
Team, IP Australia, Murray Darling Basin Authority, National Farmers'
Federation, National Health & Medical Research Council, National Library of
Australia, National Museum of Australia, NATSEM, New Zealand High
Commission, Office of National Assessments, Office of Parliamentary Counsel,
Pakistan High Commission, PHIAC, Procurement & Contract Management Branch,
Royal Danish Embassy, SABRE Pacific, SEWPAC, Sofema Australia, Supportlink,
Tetlow Tigwell Watch Lawyers, The Indigenous Marathon Project, UCELI/UCC,
Universities Australia & University of Canberra.
According to Metro Hotel’s Business Development Manager, Richard Amour, “trade shows are an excellent opportunity to make new business relationships and also to touch base with existing customers.”
