Business Events Sydney
Business Events Sydney, formerly known as Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau, markets Sydney and New South Wales as a destination for Australian and international business meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions. On average, Business Events Sydney secures 70 international events and welcomes 60,000 delegates per year.
| Business Events Sydney Facts Full title: Business Events Sydney Head office: Sydney, NSW, Australia Founded: Established in 1969. In September 2008, renamed organisation to 'Business Events Sydney' Industry: Events Tourism Staff: 40 Offices: Australia, Asia, North America, Europe/UK Board members: 11 Website: https://www.businesseventssydney.com.au/ |
Business Events Sydney is a not-for-profit membership based organisation that provides assistance and advice on planning and holding events in Sydney. They are also responsible for marketing Sydney and New South Wales as a business events destination to individuals and organisations to Australia and the world.
They help to bid on, win and hold conferences, major events, conventions, business meetings and congresses in Sydney.
At the state level, they operate AccessNSW, a service for planning events, conferences and incentives throughout New South Wales.
History
Business Events Sydney is a 40-year partnership between the Government of New South Wales and the tourism industry. Before 1 September 2008, Business Events Sydney was known as the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau.Funding
Business Events Sydney is a not–for-profit organisation and is jointly supported by the NSW Government and the membership base.Green Sydney
Business Events Sydney promotes Sydney as an environmentally friendly city, due to the actions of citizens, businesses and local movements.Business Events Sydney supports the Green Meetings Industry Council's 2020 agenda for what should comprise a ‘green meeting’. These are conferences, events, incentives and meetings that:
- Have zero net environmental effect
- Fully integrate environmental responsibility into return-on-investment analysis
- Are accepted and standard industry practice
- Achieve economic and strategic business goals
- Minimise or eliminate environmental impacts, and
- Positively contribute to the environment and host communities
Business Events Sydney Major Partners and industry bodies
Major Partners:
- Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
- City of Sydney
- Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour
- Accor
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Association of Australia Convention Bureaux
- Business Events Australia
- Business Events Council of Australia
- Future Convention Cities Initiative
- International Congress and Convention Association
- Qantas
- Sydney Airport
- Sydney Business Chamber
- Sydney Olympic Park Authority
- Sydney Opera House
- Tourism and Transport Forum
Sydney's ranking as a business event city
In 2011/12 financial year, Sydney:
- won a record 103 event bids with an economic impact of $225.6 million
- 33 of these events were Asian business with an estimated economic impact of $91 million which will see 18,641 corporate incentive and meeting clients travel to Australia
- Perfect China Leadership Seminar 2013 – 3,500 delegates, worth an estimated economic impact of $20.9 million
- IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 – 3,000 delegates, worth an estimated $23.6 million
- 12th Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement 2013 – 400 delegates, worth an estimated $1.5 million