CLUBS + HOTELS AUSTRALIA 2012 is Fast Approaching

Now managed by one of Australia's leading exhibition and conference organisers, Australian Exhibitions & Conferences, between 19 & 20 June Clubs & Hotels Australia will open its doors to the hospitality and gaming industry.

Over 2 days, visitors will have the unique opportunity to find out all they need to know to satisfy their interests in clubs and hotels from amusement systems to ATM equipment, decor and furnishings to venue design and decoration, plus much more.

With an exhibitor list that continues to grow, the Expo will offer an extensive range of the latest in technology, services and products for anyone involved in hospitality and gaming.

An industry specific series of seminars and workshops have been scheduled that are short, sharp and business focused, aimed at keeping visitors up to date with the industry. Clubs + Hotels Australia is also very excited to announce that Aristocrat has just signed on as lead exhibitor of the event.

Showcasing their 2012 games portfolio including, A Legends Returns, bringing back some classic games with a modern twist, as well as participating in the gaming venue seminar program, the "2012 expo comes at an ideal time for the gaming industry, with the new gaming operational regime coming on line in Victoria in August 2012." says Aristocrat Victorian Sales Manager, Matt McCarroll.

Closely timed with Clubs + Hotels Australia, this highly competitive regulation change and regime will mean that interest in gaming machines and systems, operational management and monitoring systems, venue design and fit out, will all be at its height.

Other exciting exhibitors on show include dedicated training provider for the food, tourism and hospitality industries, William Angliss Institute, along with licensed manufacturer of electronic gaming machines, Complete Gaming Solutions, and returning exhibitor, JBN Sound Ceiling.

Register to visit now and secure your chance to see the industry's biggest players on show at Clubs and Hotels Australia 2012. To read more about the exciting features, seminar program, newly signed exhibitors or to register online, visit www.clubsandhotels.com.au today.

(Source: Accommnews.com.au)

CLUBS HOTELS AUSTRALIA 2012 is Fast Approaching

Conference Gets Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for 2012 & 2013

The national tourism industry annual conference, Tourism & Events Excellence, has secured the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the venue for 2012 and 2013.

Tourism industry leaders are reminded to save 16 and 17 July for this year's event.

Staged for the first time in Melbourne in 2011, the TEE conference was a critical forum for the tourism and events industry, featuring an impressive line-up of speakers who presented ways of overcoming challenges despite the tough times. Securing the venue for the next two events is testimony to the success of the TEE national conference.

"The industry continues to confront serious challenges, with the global economic uncertainty, Aussies choosing to holiday overseas and labour shortages. The conference last year put the industry's issues on the political agenda and also generated creative ideas that were very energising for the delegates," says Tony Charters, co-convenor of the event.

"Tourism and events will continue to feel the intense pressure they have had to weather in recent years, making this conference a critical focal point for the year.

"As a leading tourism destination in Australia, Melbourne is the obvious place to base this conference. The MCG and its hospitality partner Epicure is a fine example of everything Melbourne is doing well," says Mr Charters.

"Epicure at the MCG is delighted to be part of the team hosting this prestigious event and we look forward to building on the success of last year," says James Gilham.

Conference Gets Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for 2012 & 2013

Melbourne's Napoleon and Mesopotamia Winter Exhibitions

An icon of French history and the wonders of an ancient civilisation come together in Melbourne this winter providing a fascinating insight into two extraordinary eras of innovation, invention and discovery.

Don't miss Melbourne's Winter Masterpieces exhibition - Napoleon: Revolution to Empire at National Gallery Victoria International (NGVI) and The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia at Melbourne Museum.

As the accommodation sponsors of Melbourne's Winter Masterpieces program, Accor hotels in Melbourne are offering great accommodation and exhibition ticket packages priced from just $169 which includes overnight accommodation, breakfast for two and two tickets to see either exhibitions.

In an Australian first for the Melbourne Museum, The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia will open on 4 May and showcase extraordinary artefacts from one of the world's great ancient civilisations. With a focus on three of the of the great Middle East centres of Sumer, Assyria and Babylon, the exhibition brings together their rich history through objects and multimedia displays.

From 2 June, the NGVI brings together more than 200 works and treasures from late 18th and early 19th Century France, telling the story of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine, two of the worlds most powerful and influential historical figures. 

As part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces program, Napoleon: Revolution to Empire presents French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s, bringing to Australia for the first time paintings, drawings, engravings, sculpture, furniture, militaria, textiles, porcelain, gold and silver, fashion and jewellery.

(Source: Travmedia.com)

Looking for Group Accommodation for this event?

Contact Richard Amour (Business Development Manager) at Metro Hotels

Ph: +61 2 9288 0108
Email: ramour@metrohg.com

George Michael Returns With Orchestral Tour - Melbourne

All that faith has finally paid off... George Michael fans, the wait is over! It has just been announced that the Wham! star will be arriving in Australia for his Symphonica: The Orchestral Tour.

Last year, to our great disappointment, the Australian leg of the tour was postponed due to a hectic bout of pneumonia that halted the singer. But alas, November will see the popstar’s return down under.

The anticipated shows will see Michael perform past songs, standards from the 1999 release Songs From Last Century and also new material from his forthcoming album White Light which is expected to come out at the end of the year.

Pre-sale tickets are available from this Saturday (May 5) at GEORGEMICHAEL.COM

See below for concert dates:

Melbourne

Wednesday November 21 - Rod Laver Arena

George Michael Returns With Orchestral Tour

World’s Leading Magnetic Resonance Specialists to Convene in Melbourne

More than 5000 clinicians and scientists from over 50 countries around the world specialising in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will convene in Melbourne for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine’s (ISMRM) 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Saturday.

The ISMRM is a world‐wide multidisciplinary society dedicated to the development and application of all aspects of magnetic resonance to medicine and related fields.

The 2012 Annual Meeting will build on the established position as the premier event in its field, providing challenging state‐of‐the‐art programs for both clinical and basic scientists.

“The 2012 ISMRM meeting in Melbourne will see highlights of the most important interactions between physicists, engineers, and physicians that have translated scientific discoveries to patient care,” said Roberta A. Kravitz, ISMRM Executive Director.

This year, under the Program Direction of James G. Pipe, Ph.D., of Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, the ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition will offer a diversified seven-day educational and scientific program. 

A key highlight of the program will be a lecture presented by Dr. Paul Bottomley who was the first physician to perform a localised Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) in a human heart and brain and has authored over 170 peer-reviewed papers.

Karen Bolinger, Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB), which won the Meeting for Melbourne, said she, along with her colleagues at the MCEC, were looking forward to welcoming delegates to the city.

“Melbourne has so much to offer delegates visiting for a business event and we certainly hope those attending the ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition will take full advantage of their spare time to explore the city’s intricate laneways and dining hotspots.

“Holding an event of this calibre in Melbourne reaffirms the city’s reputation as a centre of excellence for research and development in the medical, science, business and financial industries.”

World’s Leading Magnetic Resonance Specialists to Convene in Melbourne

Olympians and Champions Sail into Melbourne for World Cup

Melbourne has won the rights to host the International Sailing Federation Sailing World Cup until 2016, Tourism and Major Events Minister Louise Asher and Sport and Recreation Minister Hugh Delahunty announced.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup is a six round international event for Olympic boat classes that feature the best athletes in the sport, racing head to head.

From this year, ISAF will run six world cup races, one in the Americas, one in Africa or the Middle East, one in Asia, two in Europe and one in Oceania. Melbourne has won the rights to host the Oceania leg until 2016.

"Securing the ISAF Sailing World Cup for Melbourne will deliver economic benefits of up to $7.2 million to Victoria over the duration of the agreement and reinforce Melbourne's status as one of the leading sporting cities in the world," Ms Asher said.

The Oceania leg of the 2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup is the first leg of the Cup and will be held at the Sandringham Yacht Club in December this year.

For more information read the full media release here.

New One Direction Shows Melt Ticketek

THE announcement of new 2013 shows for British boy band One Direction has sent ticketing website Ticketek into meltdown. Again. 
 
The band's second tour from September 11 to 29 next year, including concerts in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Adelaide and Perth, was announced at the end of their last tour on the eve of their departure from Australia on April 18.


Ticketek announced on Twitter today that One Direction would now do two extra shows on the tour, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne, and tickets would be available from 5.30pm (AEST).
Fans took to the site and to Twitter, with some saying they'd had success, others saying the site froze and others appealing to people not buying tickets to get off the site.



This is not the first time the ticketing website has gone into overload. Ticketek was unable to complete purchases recently for those buying tickets for concerts for Prince in April and Radiohead earlier this year.

Not that it's stopping the One Direction fans. They're now calling for extra shows to be scheduled in Brisbane. 

New One Direction Shows Melt Ticketek