{"id":18968,"date":"2014-09-23T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/australian-convention-bureaux-in-china\/"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T09:33:00","slug":"australian-convention-bureaux-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/09\/australian-convention-bureaux-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Convention Bureaux In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>The Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB), through its members including Business Events Cairns &#038; Great Barrier Reef, Business Events Sydney, Gold Coast Business Events and Northern Territory Convention Bureau, took part in CIBTM 17-19 September in Beijing, China.<\/span><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Business Events Australia at CIBTM\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Business-Events-Australia-at-CIBTM.jpg\" data-wp-imgselect=\"1\" height=\"319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Business-Events-Australia-at-CIBTM.jpg\" width=\"285\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>\u201cThe economic opportunity for international business events is a significant one,\u201d said Andrew Hiebl, Executive Director of AACB.\u00a0 \u201cCIBTM provides an opportunity for Australian convention bureaux to connect and build strong relationships with China and Asian business events clientele.\u00a0 Today, 30% of international business events delegates are from Asia and the growth prospects are greater than any other market.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>China\u2019s economy is fast growing and dynamic.\u00a0 CIBTM provides a wealth of opportunities allowing Business Events Australia and Australian convention bureaux to showcase and highlight the many high quality products and experiences found in Australia as a business events destination.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cTourism Australia is committed to the China market &#8211;\u00a0in fact we\u2019re increasing resources through recruitment into the local team, which will help to deliver our message more effectively and support enquiries for the Australian industry,\u201d said Penny Lion, General Manager of Business Events Australia.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOur relative proximity and excellent travel network makes Australia an attractive destination.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Australia\u2019s convention bureaux recognise their collective responsibility to promote Australia as a premier international business events destination.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cThe Cairns &#038; Great Barrier region continues to experience significant growth from the China market,\u201d said Rosie Douglas, Director of Business and Tourism Events for Business Events Cairns &#038; Great Barrier Reef.\u00a0 \u201cThe natural assets of the Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest, along with being Australia\u2019s closet gateway city to China, make the region very appealing to the business events market.\u00a0 Through our partnership with Tourism Australia we are able to leverage our marketing activities at CITBM very effectively.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Partnership between convention bureaux, Tourism Australia and industry supports the high yielding international business events sector that is integral to helping achieve Australia\u2019s Tourism 2020 targets.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB), through its members including Business Events Cairns &#038; Great Barrier Reef, Business Events Sydney, Gold Coast Business Events and Northern Territory Convention Bureau, took part in CIBTM 17-19 September in Beijing, China. \u201cThe economic opportunity for international business events is a significant one,\u201d said Andrew Hiebl, Executive Director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}