Australia’s EEAA calls for immediate extension of Business Events Grants Programme
The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA), has called on the government to extend the money available under the Business Events Grants Programme to the industry immediately.
EEAA added that it supported the Business Events Council of Australia’s (BECA’s) pre-budget submission which called for targeted support to add the rebuild of the Business Events industry.
Claudia Sagripanti (pictured), EEAA chief executive said her members needed the AUSTRADE Business Events Grants Programme to urgently re-open for new applications.
“In September 2020, AUSTRADE opened applications for exhibitors and potential exhibitors, with
AUD$50m Business Events Grants Programme extended by Australian government
The Australian exhibition industry has broadly welcomed the national government’s new package to support the Tourism sector “still doing it tough” in the wake of Covid-19.
In a statement released on 11 March, the prime minister Scott Morrison said the AUD$50m (US$38.9m) Business Events Grants Programme would be extended by three months to support Australian businesses to hold multi-day business events, covering up to 50% of costs incurred in participating business events during the 2021 calendar year. “This,” the prime minister said, “will help restart Australia’s business events sector.”
WA businesses urged to apply for federal funding to support local business events
The opening of applications for the Australian federal government’s AUD$50m Business Events Grants Programme has prompted the Western Australian business events leaders to encourage organisers and planners to apply for support.
Twenty Western Australian business events have made it onto the approved schedule of business events, which are eligible for the programme that is offering between AUD$10,000 and AUD$250,000 to offset the cost for delegates and exhibitors attending pre-approved business events.
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Perth chief executive Gareth Martin urged local exhibitors and delegates to apply for the funding, saying it would provide welcome relief to the business event sector.
Industry welcomes grants programme boost for Australia’s business events sector
The Business Events Council of Australia (BECA), 11 February, welcomed the new minister for trade, tourism and investment Dan Tehan’s confirmation of the Government s commitment to the event industry and, in particular, the rolling out of its Business Events Grants Programme. “We encourage all business events businesses, whether owners, delegates or exhibitors to engage with the programme to ensure we can get the maximum revenue flowing through the entire supply chain as soon as possible,” the BECA statement read.
BECA was responding to a government media release that noted one of Australia’s premier convention destinations, Gold Coast, was now open for business and that the Morrison Government was supporting local events through the A$50m (US$38.6m) programme.
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Business Events Council of Australia (BECA), 11 February, welcomed the new minister for trade, tourism and investment Dan Tehan’s confirmation of the Government’s commitment to the event industry and, in particular, the rolling out of its Business Events Grants Programme. “We encourage all business events businesses, whether owners, delegates or exhibitors to engage with the programme to ensure we can get the maximum revenue flowing through the entire supply chain as soon as possible,” the BECA statement read.
BECA was responding to a government media release that noted one of Australia’s premier convention destinations, Gold Coast, was now open for business and that the Morrison Government was supporting local events through the A$50m (US$38.6m) programme.