Business Events Victoria (BEV) is pleased to launch its 2017 familiarisation program to showcase Victoria’s beautiful destinations and inspiring venues to event planners. BEV has been running specialised famils for qualified event planners to all parts of regional Victoria since 2014. “The hosted program is designed in partnership with local regional experts to be educational […]

With 2017 now well underway, the BEV calendar of activities for the year is certainly action packed. We have an extensive range of opportunities for BEV members to engage with event planners and we will continue to fly the flag for regional Victoria wherever possible. The year kicks off with the number one business events […]

Business Events Victoria (BEV) has been recognised as leaders in the state’s tourism industry, taking out silver in the Specialised Tourism Services category in the 2016 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards. BEV Chair Brendan Maher said the award recognised BEV’s commitment to promoting Victoria’s top business event venues and destinations. “This is a fantastic honour that […]

Ballarat is poised to shed its  ‘Old, Cold and Gold’ image to  emerge as ‘Irresistible Ballarat’, as a group of business event organisers discovered on a famil to Ballarat and surrounds on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November. The group was treated to a warm and sunny morning, in a living museum at Sovereign Hill, […]

Business Events Victoria is pleased to announce the appointment of its new board of management. At the organisation’s AGM, held on Tuesday 25 October, six positions were up for rotation with the following nominees being successful: Relly Bruce, RACV Cape Schanck Nicole Hill, Ramada Phillip Island Brendan Maher, Albury Entertainment Centre John Huber, Mt Buller […]

Things are definitely coming along with the RACV Cape Schanck redevelopment as this fantastic image taken from a drone shows. Construction is running to schedule, with a planned opening date of mid-2018. Two mock accommodation rooms are currently being built and they will be ready next month for photographs. 2017 will also see “hard hat” […]

Conferencing destinations and venues in Regional Victoria were on show in Sydney last Thursday at the Regional Victoria Showcase held at Doltone House Hyde Park. This second edition in Sydney showcased a bigger contingent with over 20 regional Victorian operators and representation from all over Victoria including Geelong, Phillip Island, the Murray, Yarra Valley, Great […]

Business Events Victoria launched the 10th edition of the Regional Victoria Planner’s Guide last night at an exclusive event held at the RACV City Club, Melbourne. Launched by the Hon. John Eren MP, the annual publication is the ‘go to’ guide for all things business events in regional Victoria. Featuring one of regional Victoria’s newest […]

Business Events Victoria is proud to mark its 20th anniversary in 2016 with an exclusive event on Thursday 28 July. Members and key stakeholders will come together that evening to celebrate the success of the organisation, milestones and achievements and look ahead to an exciting future. Chris Porter, Executive Officer of Business Events Victoria, says […]

Regional Victoria’s best business event destinations and venues were on display Thursday night at Business Events Victoria’s second annual Regional Showcase held at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. Showing healthy signs for the future of regional Victoria, the number of industry and event buyers attending the Showcase reached record numbers, up 21% from the previous […]

Regional Victoria’s best business event destinations and venues will be on show this week when over 170 event buyers from across the country, converge on Melbourne to attend Business Events Victoria’s (BEV) second annual Regional Victorian Showcase. Taking place on Thursday 26 May at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne, exhibitors from Geelong and the Bellarine, […]

Finding the perfect regional venue to host your next business event just got a whole lot easier, with Business Events Victoria launching its new website. Tourism Victoria’s 2020 strategy and many regional destination management plans highlight business events as an increasingly important avenue for regions to increase visitation and reduce seasonality. They contribute to increased […]

Food, wine, golf, archery and more wine were all on the program during Business Events Victoria’s (BEV) latest buyers famil to the spectacular Yarra Valley. A team of six event buyers (five from Melbourne and one from Sydney) was treated to a taste of what the Yarra Valley region has to offer business event organisers […]

Last week the Business Events Victoria team stepped out with a group of members to showcase regional Victoria at AIME – the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Exhibition, a two day event where meetings, events and incentives industry decision makers gather to plan business adventures across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Taking centre stage with […]

We know business events are of significant value to regional Victoria injecting an estimated $1.2billion into local economies annually. Business Events Victoria (BEV) has been operating since 1996 which means this year the organisation celebrates 20 years of service to the industry and they have a full calendar to recognise this milestone this year. BEV […]

Business Events Victoria (BEV) is one organisation that is far from slowing down as we lead into the silly season. On Thursday 3 December BEV held the inaugural member’s lunch with special guest, Minister for Tourism and Major Events, The Hon. John Eren MP.

Each year the red carpet is rolled out as the tourism industry gathers for the annual RACV Victorian Tourism Awards celebrating business development, achievement, excellence and innovation across the state.   Business owners and operators, tourism board members, staff and volunteers celebrate the night of nights dressed in their finest attire for the prestigious event. […]

On Wednesday the 11th of November we took to the skies with event organisers to showcase the border towns of Albury and Wodonga visiting multiple venues and attractions. Albury and Wodonga host over 100 major conferences and business events each year, being brilliantly located at the centre of the Melbourne-Sydney-Canberra tri-state catchment region with quick […]

Business Events Geelong’s new and innovative Planners Guide for Greater Geelong and The Bellarine was officially launched by Mayor Darryn Lyons on Wednesday 11th November. Over 200 event organisers attended this exclusive launch event held at Bond in Melbourne.

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