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Success stories - Sydney event and tourism awards
Sydney is consistently recognised as one of the world’s favourite cities for events. At Business Events Sydney (BESydney), we are proud that our city has won recognition and a number of national and international event industry and tourism industry awards.
In recent years, international visitors have voted Sydney:
- Number one for entertainment
- Favourite foreign city
- World’s top city
- Best international destination
- Best overseas city
- World’s best city
BESydney's most recent awards
2012: Meetings and Events Australia Industry Award for Metroplitan Destination Marketing Organisation of the Year (also won in 2011)
2012: Gold Award for Specialised Tourism Services at the NSW Tourism Awards
2012: Silver Award for Business Tourism at the NSW Tourism Awards
2012: Prevue’s inaugural Destination Visionary Award, which celebrates vision and innovation in the global meeting and incentive industry.
2012: Business Development Manager of the Year Award to Sinead Yeo, BESydney’s Regional Manager Asia, at the NSW State Division of the Meetings and Events Australia Industry Awards
2012: Meetings and Events Australia Industry Awards for Outstanding Contribution Award to Ian Stuart, BESydney’s Senior Consultan
Sydney’s most recent awards
2012: World's Best Festival and Major Events City, by the International Festival and Events Association (also won in 2010 and 2011)
2012: World's Favourite Overseas City, in the Conde Nast Traveller UK Readers’ Choice Awards
2012: Best Australasian City in Travel+Leisure World’s Best Awards readers’ survey for the 17th consecutive year
2012: Number One City in Australia, in the Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Awards
2010: Sydney ranked as the top city in Australia, number 2 in the Asia Pacific region and number 10 in the world for international business destinations by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)
2010: Sydney ranked the World's Top City at the US-based ‘Conde Nast Traveler’ magazine's annual readers choice awards for a record ninth year in a row
2007: Sydney awarded 'Favourite Foreign City' and runner up in the 'Favourite Destination Worldwide' category at the prestigious UK Telegraph Travel Awards
Find out why Sydney is the ideal destination for your business event, conference or incentive, read some of our recent conference and event bid success stories, or contact us to discuss your own event or conference bid.
