Business tourism on the agenda in Melbourne this week
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Business tourism and the expected growth of business events in Australia and
the region will be the key focus for more than 6,000 people gathering this week in Melbourne for the Asia Pacific’s largest event.
AIME 2008, 16th Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo is being held at the
Melbourne Exhibition Centre, tomorrow and Wednesday.
Event Director, Rosemarie Sama, said despite economic uncertainty in some parts of the world and a decline in business confidence in Australia, many countries exhibiting in the event have taken larger stands.
“If there is any uncertainty in the economic future of the business events
industry we are not seeing it at AIME 2008. Countries such as Dubai, Canada,
Tahiti, Hawaii, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, Brunei, Macau and China
have taken larger spaces and Australia exhibitors representing Sydney,
Brisbane, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all expanded their
displays,” she said.
The event includes 850 exhibitors from 50 countries, a local audience of around 2,300 people plus 480 buyers of business events and incentives. AIME is organised by Reed Travel Exhibitions.
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