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About Business Events Sydney
Business Events Sydney (BESydney) is Australia’s leading business events marketing organisation.
We were established in 1969 (then called the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau, or SCVB).
In September 2008, we renamed our organisation 'Business Events Sydney' to better reflect our goals and core operations which include:
Identifying international and national conferences, congresses, events, meetings and incentives.
Working beside organisations and business tourism leaders to attract those events to Sydney and NSW.
Providing information and assistance to meeting planners, incentive planners, travel agents, business visitors and the international media.
Helping increase Sydney’s high-yield business tourism market.
Business Events Sydney members
Business Events Sydney is a not-for-profit organisation with more than 200 members, including hotels, venues, restaurants, attractions, professional conference organisers (PCOs) and a range of specialists in the NSW events industry.
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Business Events Sydney chairman and executive team
The Chairman of the Board is Col Hughes, and BESydney’s Chief Executive Officer is Jon Hutchison, AM. Our major operational departments are Research, Business Development, Bid Management, AccessNSW, Stakeholder Relationships, Administration, Marketing and Finance.
Business Events Sydney Board Members
- Mr Col Hughes (Chairman)
- Mr Todd Coates
- The Hon. Patricia Forsythe
- The Hon. Robert Hill
- Mr Bryan Holliday
- Mr Paul Hutton
- Professor Mary O'Kane
- Mr Geoff Parmenter
Special advisors
- Ms Lyndel Gray
- Mr Ton Van Amerongen
Business Events Sydney worldwide staff
At BESydney, we employ a team of around 30 staff-members who operate from a head office in Sydney and an Asian office in Hong Kong. We also employ representatives in London and Montreal to supply the European and North American markets.
Meet the Business Events Sydney team
Contact the Business Events Sydney team
BESydney’s Australian Business Number (ABN) is 42 002 630 364.
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