10/13/2011 2:34:15 PM
Topic:
Exhibitions under fire for sexist promotions
hoohaa
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if the eeaa actually did their job and taught people how to exhibit you wouldn't need to have these sexist promo girls
Instead the eeaa is set up to help the members only- not exhibitors or the industry as a whole
Look through the eeaa website you will not find a single help file on how to exhibit
edited by hoohaa on 10/13/2011
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9/23/2011 12:30:53 PM
Topic:
Is carbon a black mark on business events?
hoohaa
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Els post wrote:
The purpose of carbon tax is to try and change peoples behaviour and that is a responsible thing ;
Are you a moron?
do you honestly think it is designed to help when in 20 years time it might and I repeat might lower the temperature by 1 degree
it's money for the government period
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7/15/2011 5:53:08 PM
Topic:
Is carbon a black mark on business events?
Els post
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PS: countries that already have a carbon tax are: New Zealand; Finland; The Netherlands; Sweden; India; Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland, Costa Rica, Quebec, Boulder, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Italy, and on it goes ; + France and Taiwan is eminent, South Africa, UK. Those committed to introducing are: China, Japan, South Korea, 13 US States, 4 Canadian provinces. Why Mr Shaw do you feel Australia should be exempt: Do you have major shares with our energy giants?
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7/15/2011 5:24:00 PM
Topic:
Is carbon a black mark on business events?
Els post
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I disagree with Ray Shaw - it will increase slightly the price of energy compared to everything else - that is a given - though it will force us to relook at how we use energy and look at alternative supplies. I find it amusing that on one hand the hospitality industry pats itself on the back including hotels when they decide to go 'green' then on the other hand says carbon tax will be detrimental overall to our industry. I don't think it will make any difference to meetings being held here in Australia or offshore ; that remark is simply untrue. The purpose of carbon tax is to try and change peoples behaviour and that is a responsible thing ; for not only now but for future generations and our ever increasing fragile environment. If people start to think of alternative ways of spending then this will only generate new business ventures/industries within Australia and have flow on effect onto our economy as a large ; not only the hospitality industry. It is short sighted to think otherwise. As Ross Gittins said ' the carbon tax is neither as good as Gillard claims nor as bad as Abbott claims. It is a fact of life and it is here to stay ; just look around the world where it already exists ; I don't see the meetings industry leaving those countries because of it -
bfoster wrote:
MCI’s managing director Ray Shaw believes the Federal Government’s new carbon tax will increase the cost of holding business events in Australia.
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7/15/2011 2:26:06 PM
Topic:
Is carbon a black mark on business events?
bfoster
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In an email to micenet magazine, Mr Shaw stated his case:
I am going to start with the conclusion and hopefully start you thinking. This is one of the first articles specifically relating to business events and I hope it creates debate and comment… email me ray@im.com.au
§ The carbon tax will, from July 2012, increase the cost of holding business events in Australia – be they conferences, incentives, special events, training, awards, whatever.
§ Why? Almost all business events inputs will increase in cost due to flow on effects of the tax and there will be no compensation package to offset them.
§ The only relevant questions are by how much and what it will mean to the industry?
So what about the carbon tax and business events (part of the tourism industry)?
§ Bond University Adjunct Professor Damien Lockie said the tourism sector was “the industry set to pay the highest price for the new tax”.
§ The Tourism and Transport Forum states that taxes and charges on tourism is the 4th largest impediment to business events growth (behind exchange rates, weather/disasters and rooms/infrastructure). 80% of tourism executives interviewed believe a carbon tax will negatively impact on business, business events and in particular our international competitiveness.
§ Fact: Australia is already one of the highest cost business event destinations in the world. It will soon have even higher costs perhaps leading to more people flying off shore (international airfares are exempt carbon tax – domestic are not) or worse still less people coming here for international meetings. At a recent Business Events Australia Industry Advisory Panel the remark was made that “Only Australians can afford to meet in Australia any more”.
§ Business events are recovering from the GFC but indications are they are teetering on the edge of a slippery slope – again! Our strong Aussie dollar has made it less attractive for international delegates (great export earners) to come. Where once they would put up with the long haul they are beginning to opt for destinations closer to home - usually the very much cheaper booming Asian MICE destinations where you can run a business event for perhaps up to 66% less cost than Australia (make that 66% plus X% after the carbon tax).
§ We have a two speed economy – the resources side is booming (although that may slow and/or die if resource exporters become uncompetitive with other countries sans the carbon tax). The remainder of the economy (retail, tourism, housing, food/beverage, transport) appears to be either in stasis or in need of a damned good defibrillator.
§ Tourism is on its knees driven down by natural disaster, reduced consumer spending and better value off shore.
§ Business events are being impacted by the constant blows to business confidence and viability. Yes they are traditionally more resilient than tourism so lets not panic yet.
Let’s analyse some of the business events inputs (figures reasonably sourced from the internet so I won’t take responsibility for their accuracy).
§ Domestic airfares will rise allegedly by $3.50 per sector – that’s say $14 for a return Brisbane/Melbourne ticket.
§ International airfares won’t increase so we are offering more incentive to take that business event off shore.
§ Accommodation: Damien Lockie said “major players… would have to hike up room rates…” Err – hike does not sound good and rumours are that it will also be the catalyst for catch up to recover forgone increases and to recover flow on effects on wages, rates, taxes, rubbish and more.
§ Taxi: Petrol is exempt for private users and “tradies” – otherwise it is predicted that it will increase by about 6 cents a litre (4-5%).
§ Transport: We will see increases in cost of train and coach tickets. Heavy transport will be impacted - Australia Post courier/freight prices went up on 11 July by up to 10%.
§ Convention venues: A mid sized venue operator said it was a catalyst for “catch up” increases they have had to absorb since the GFC so expect “well above CPI”. A dedicated centre operator felt the increases would be in the order of 1-2% above CPI.
§ Australian made Food and Beverage will increase due to higher grower costs, processing, transport, distribution, refrigeration, fertilizer, machinery and wages costs. The Food and Grocery Council predicted a worst case scenario of 3-5% increase in Australian produced food costs and a Sydney restaurateur stated that this and other carbon tax related costs would force plate prices up by around 10%. Ironically imports won’t be as affected (if the dollar remains high).
§ Rubbish removal: These are big polluters so expect to see significant increases for conferences and exhibitions which can be large producers of same.
§ Printing and promotional items: The industry supplies brochures, handbooks and promotional items. It is a heavy user of power and the tax will mean much higher manufacturing costs via rising energy costs, raw material costs (paper is a major carbon producer), freight, wages and transport. Modelling released by AAP shows that the price of books, newspapers and magazines will rise by 0.3%. It may drive printing and promotional materials to Asia and impact Australian printing business that have done it tough for a while.
§ Internet costs: Several information and telecommunications companies are heavy polluters. The carbon tax will increase the cost of running data centres. It may force Australian data centres off shore where cloud storage will be much cheaper.
§ Entertainment/AV/Staging: Equipment, especially lighting uses lots of electricity and entertainers use transport for equipment. Costs up.
§ Rates/Services: Many local governments are predicting a 2% increase in rates and services over CPI which will push venue costs up.
§ Energy costs: Will be the main driver for price increases that affect us all. “Koshie” predicts small business will pay up to 10% more for electricity and that the average household will see approximately a $10 per week increase due to the tax (and some will be compensated) so where does that leave major infrastructure like hotels, convention centres, tourist attractions and sporting venues which won’t be compensated?
§ Business confidence, share market and money prices. Australian business confidence is low. We need to factor in that it is harder to get sponsors and exhibitors, it is harder to convince corporates to spend on events, it is likely that delegate numbers will drop due to funding issues in academia, medicine (hospitals) and science. In all it is about confidence and restoring that the heady days pre GFC. We also need to factor in the current decimation of the local share market wiping billions of dollars off our companies. We need to factor in the increased costs and the inflationary impact if our dollar goes south and much more.
Conclusion:
There will be a raft of small increases on almost all business events inputs. Each of these impacts will add up here and there. What will the cumulative impact be and can it be passed on to business event consumers?
The tax starts in July 2012 and I suspect it will be a year or two before we see the real impact. As a guestimate (and I am happy to be corrected) it seems that typical conference budget will see combined business input rises of around 3% or $30 per person (based on a typical $1000 registration fee) on top of any CPI increases in that period. This is on top of whatever personal cost increases that a delegate/guest experiences.
It does not sound much but if the worst case scenario occurs – that it acts as a catalyst to catch up for all the other rises the industry has absorbed as a result of the GFC then we could easily see that figure double or treble that. And yes it will need to be passed on to the client who won’t be compensated in any way.
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7/15/2011 2:22:42 PM
Topic:
Is carbon a black mark on business events?
bfoster
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MCI’s managing director Ray Shaw believes the Federal Government’s new carbon tax will increase the cost of holding business events in Australia.
edited by bfoster on 15/07/2011
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6/26/2011 11:37:20 PM
Topic:
Touring around Queensland
explorer_oz123
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earna225 wrote:
We checked out that site and it has some good listings for Burleigh Accommodation. Did you find what you like? We did a trip there last year and found Burleigh Heads much nicer than further up the coast.
Thanks for your reply. We are up there next week so I hope the weather holds. A few days ago it was really warm. There seems to be accommodation specials each week on the home page of http://www.burleightourism.com.au/
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6/23/2011 8:26:48 AM
Topic:
Touring around Queensland
earna225
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We checked out that site and it has some good listings for Burleigh Accommodation. Did you find what you like? We did a trip there last year and found Burleigh Heads much nicer than further up the coast.
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6/19/2011 4:43:51 AM
Topic:
Touring around Queensland
explorer_oz123
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I’m planning a trip to Burleigh Heads in Queensland, and Ibumped into this website that has a fair bit of information about the area,accommodation and things to do:Burleigh Heads Accommodation | Burleigh Tourism - Home , but if anyone knows anything else about this area and could give me some tips, it’d be great!Cheers!
edited by explorer_oz123 on 12/11/2011
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3/15/2011 9:30:09 PM
Topic:
Was the AIME event like last year
hoohaa
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Nope they did not learn
How boring, good for about 1 minute and it is not flashmob
seriously what is wrong with organisers nowadays have you run out of good ideas?
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2/25/2011 1:52:06 PM
Topic:
Was the AIME event like last year
hoohaa
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Last year I believed they had graffiti and break dancers to showcase Australia (um what the) at one of the social events (or was is the opening event)
how was it this year? did they learn from the mistakes of the past, or did they continue doing things that have nothing to do with Australia?
what was the feedback from our international guests? and feedback from locals
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12/20/2010 3:42:13 PM
Topic:
Oprah fever a boom for business events
hoohaa
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paulette wrote:
The cost to Australian public is average $2 per person (20,000,000 x $2 = $4,000,000) and the net worth of publicity is upwards of $45,000,000.......................done well TA.
Great we can get that 45 million back we wasted on the soccer
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12/10/2010 4:10:13 PM
Topic:
Oprah fever a boom for business events
paulette
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bfoster wrote:
Have you been caught up in Oprah fever? Did you secure a “golden ticket” to her show next week? Will the event be all that Tourism Australia is hoping for, and will it bring in much-needed tourists, including business event tourists? Tell us the impact you think Oprah’s Australian tour will have.
Yes, we do have tickets to the show, and we firmly believe this is the best thing that has happened to Australia's USA profile since the Olympic games. The cost to Australian public is average $2 per person (20,000,000 x $2 = $4,000,000) and the net worth of publicity is upwards of $45,000,000.......................done well TA.
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12/9/2010 10:23:53 AM
Topic:
Oprah fever a boom for business events
bfoster
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Have you been caught up in Oprah fever? Did you secure a “golden ticket” to her show next week? Will the event be all that Tourism Australia is hoping for, and will it bring in much-needed tourists, including business event tourists? Tell us the impact you think Oprah’s Australian tour will have.
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12/6/2010 4:40:54 PM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
hoohaa
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russias video- see the difference
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12/5/2010 2:43:03 AM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
hoohaa
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phillip noyce was the director I believe - what the heck is this guy doing marketing and selling Ausralia
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/live/newsid=1343803/index.html
Check out the video - you may wish to skip half way to the fake kangaroo bit which is crap (they obviously didn't spend any of that money on the demo real the fake kangaroo was terrible and cheap)
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edited by hoohaa on 6/12/2010
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12/3/2010 4:50:06 PM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
abuchairam
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Australia - a sore loser
Others in the world too have contributed to sports. AUSTRALIA had your fair share - Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Tennis, Cricket.
Can the rest of the world also participate and improve their "sports" culture.
AUSTRALIA should HELP others - improve their sports culture.
THANK YOU
ACR
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12/3/2010 3:59:06 PM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
CyberED
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Try these simple tests :
1. Walk into a pub and mention "football" and see who doesn't assume you are talking about league, union, AFL or VFL.
2. Try to change the channel on the TV in a pub, club, etc to a soccer match and see if you can make it out alive.
Bottom line: Australia is not a soccer mad nation and the rest of the world knows it.
BTW: sufficient money, bigger bribes, clever politics, time-zone differences, revenue impact are also issues but not the main one. Lets save our money and stop chasing rainbows. Somebodies pocketed $45m at our expense.
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12/3/2010 3:56:19 PM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
bfoster
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Yes, $45 million isn't a drop in the ocean. I would've done it for $10m... The so-called "tyranny of distance" may have been a factor as well which is something that I know those who try to secure major international meetings for Australia come across quite regularly. Not sure how you overcome that issue, however.
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12/3/2010 3:25:22 PM
Topic:
Australia losing World Cup a sign of the times
JShaw
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I believe England only received 1 vote as well! I don't think we can just assume it was the almighty $$ (or lack thereof) that was the problem. To be honest i saw snippets of the promotional DVD submitted by Australia and I wasn't overly impressed - a bit too cutesy for my liking. Also I think Qatar was quite strategic in their offering - to dismantle the fully airconditioned stadiums built for FIFA and send them off to developing nations. At a time when many organisations are putting high value on CSR this was quite a canny tactic and I'm sure earned them extra votes. In short, perhaps Australia underestimated their competition and didn't put enough research into what was going to 'float the voters' boat'. I will be interested to hear more about it though and feedback from others! (Interesting too, to note, that Australia spent $45 million on the bid).
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