Luxury Show Founders Split - Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal

Luxury Show Founders Split - Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal

Sydney will host two “luxury and experiential” shows in September 2013, with the cofounders and owners of this year’s inaugural Luxperience event in Sydney each going their own way (BEN breaking news). Luxperience is 50% owned by former Travelcorp founder Helen Logas and Rosemarie Sama, who headed up AIME for some years. Overnight Logas announced that she was the new ceo of Luxperience, while Sama “is no longer with the company”. And Sama has launched her own event, dubbed Luxe Events +

Travel Experiences (LETE) which is scheduled for 02-04 Sep at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal - the same dates and venue planned for Luxperience. It’s not clear where Luxperience will be held now, but according to Logas Virgin Australia has continued its major partner agreement and “dozens of exhibitors from around Asia Pacific and Australia have reconfirmed for 2013 and will be joined by product suppliers from additional destinations such as Europe, the Americas and Africa”.

Sama is pitching LETE as an evolution of Luxperience, saying “her event returns in 2013 with a new format and a new name”. She said feedback from this year showed huge demand, but that “a greater focus on experiential meetings and events was needed”.

Interestingly Sama resigned as a director of Luxperience Enterprises Pty Ltd on 01 Sep this year - before the show started - but according to ASIC records remains a 50% shareholder. Logas said Luxperience 2013 would include a Thought Leaders’ Forum dedicated to top end experiential travel, while Sama’s LETE will feature eight “fun and informative networking events”.

World Class Entertainment on the Bill at Sydney’s Event Showcase

Visitors at Sydney’s Event Showcase will come face to face with some of Australia’s hottest talent this year due to Exhibitions and Trade Fairs (ETF) naming Apples & Pears Entertainment the official entertainment partner of the show.

With ‘sourcing quality corporate entertainment’ named as one of the top three reasons people attend the show, this exciting new development represents a complete overhaul of the Showcase’s Entertainment program. It has been designed to go right to the heart of providing the ultimate solution for busy event organisers needing to source quality entertainment.

In a very exciting ‘first’ for the show, the revitalised entertainment program produced by Apples & Pears will be presenting daily surprise performances by major Australian talent. They will also showcase a wide range of professional performers complete with full stage production for maximum effect.   

Jodie Richmond, CEO and General Manager of ETF, said the new partnership is a fundamental change in the quality of entertainment presented at the Showcase.
“Our market research revealed that corporate entertainment is one of the most vital and memorable facets to event planning and management.

“Our partnership with Apples & Pears provides the answer to event businesses wanting to find and experience firsthand the best corporate entertainment available today. The new and improved Entertainment Showcase will provide an unparalleled level of access to an extremely diverse and high quality bill of corporate entertainment,” said Ms Richmond.
 
Apples & Pears combines the experience and musical knowledge gained from having run a successful independent record company, production studio and managing a talent roster of the finest names in entertainment to produce corporate entertainment successfully across Australia.

Over 10 years, Harris Meitanis, Managing Director of Apples & Pears Entertainment has produced entertainment for in excess of 1000 events.

“Artists of the highest calibre are no longer out of reach for corporate event planners through experienced agencies like Apples & Pears Entertainment.

“We are very excited and proud to cement our position as leaders in the events industry by becoming the official entertainment partner for Sydney’s Event Showcase for 2012.

“The program we’re producing will not only excite visitors with an entertainment experience never-before-seen on the tradeshow floor, but also provide them with a taste of quality performances they can have at their next event. Our aim is to completely blow the socks off all the visitors to the show. We are really looking forward to revealing to the industry the extent of what we can do,” said Mr Meitanis.

Performances by major Australian talent will be announced closer to the Showcase date.  Seats at the Entertainment Showcase will fill up quickly across the two days. Attendees are encouraged to visit the Show’s website or Facebook page to keep an eye on the release of acts, program line ups, and show times.

Sydney’s Event Showcase, 15 – 16 August 2012 is co-located with Australian Business Events Expo at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. 
Registration is free and strongly encouraged before the show dates to avoid queues at the door.

2011 Canberra Qantas Corporate Travel Show Post Event Report

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.”

Delegates Welcomed to ATE - Sydney Trade Shows

International buyers attending ATE11 are arriving in Sydney this week with many already on familiarisation tours of Sydney and regional NSW. Delegates are being greeted by welcome banners at Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, hotels and at the airport.

As co-host of the event, Tourism NSW has planned a full schedule of functions and activities over the nine days to showcase Sydney and regional NSW. The city’s credentials for hosting large-scale business events will be on display along with the State’s quality food and wine and dynamic tourism businesses and experiences. More information will be provided in the Insights ATE Special Edition that commences on Saturday.

Two new fact sheets have been added to the ATE11 special series on international market segments. Tourism NSW has analysed the baby boomer market from Eastern and Western Hemispheres including looking at opportunities to grow visitation from those groups. To see the fact sheets click here.

Sydney’s new Sydney Airport Citybus Express is offering $10 airport transfers for ATE delegates. The luxury coach service runs to and from Sydney Airport to city hotels. Click here for more information. ATE delegates wanting to know more about the Sydney Airport Citybus Express service can visit booth 247 in the NSW area at ATE.

(Source: Insights 30^th March 2011)

Are you coming to these Expos and Tradeshows in Sydney during February 2011???

Are you coming to these events in Sydney during February 2011???

2^nd to 4^th February           Australian International Furniture fair – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

2^nd to 4^th February           Decoration & Design – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

11^th to 13^th February        Australian Shoe Fair – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

12^th to 13^th February        Travel Expo – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

12^th to 13^th February        Sydney Pool Spa & Outdoor Living Expo – Rosehill Gardens

17^th to 20^th February        Life Instyle – Royal Hall of Industries

19^th to 22^nd February       Home & Giving Fair – Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney Olympic Park

19^th to 23^rd February       Reed Gift Fair – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

Attending a tradeshow or Expo?, Need ideal Sydney accommodation?