Business Events Sydney, formerly known as Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau, markets

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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 is a not-for-profit membership based organization that provides assistance and advice on planning and holding events in

. They are also responsible for marketing

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as a business events destination to individuals and organizations to

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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

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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

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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. Sunday, 15 March 2020 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 (ROI) 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

Business Events Sydney is pleased to work collaboratively with our Major Partners and industry bodies. Major Partners:
Destination NSW
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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) was a statutory authority that owned and managed some of the Government of New South Wales most significant Sydney harbour foreshore assets, including Sydney's heritage and cultural precincts at The Ro ...

* City of

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* Accor Industry bodies: * Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) * Association of Australia Convention Bureaux (AACB) * Business Events Australia (BEA) * Business Events Council of Australia * Future Convention Cities Initiative (FCCI) * International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) *

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* Sydney Business Chamber * Sydney Olympic Park Authority * Sydney Opera House * Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF)

Sydney's ranking as a business event city

Some highlight events secured by BESydney in FY11/12 include: *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 (ISODP) 2013 – 400 delegates, worth an estimated $1.5 million

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.businesseventssydney.com.au Companies based in Sydney Event management companies of Australia Tourism in Sydney