Trade Events

Where: Adelaide, Australia
Timing: 7 to 10 November 2023

Dreamtime is Tourism Australia’s signature biennial incentive showcase, designed to increase awareness of Australia as an outstanding incentive destination. The event provides the Australian business events industry the opportunity to connect with qualified incentive buyers from around the world, while showcasing Australia’s best incentive experiences and products.

Australian industry will have the opportunity to register to join the Dreamtime host city program when seller registrations open in early June 2023.

Participation includes:  

• One day business session program (Wednesday 8 November)
• Three networking events including the Dreamtime Welcome Event (Wednesday 8 November), Adelaide Breakfast and Dreamtime Dinner (Thursday 9 November). 

Costs:

• Industry Partner (one company, one delegate) $4,000 
• Convention Bureau (two delegates) $6,500

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Where: Frankfurt, Germany
Timing: 22-25 May 2023

IMEX Frankfurt is a key business events exhibition where international planners from the conference, convention and corporate events industries gather to do business. IMEX gives the Australian business events industry the opportunity to meet influential international buyers responsible for organising corporate meetings, incentive travel programs and association events.

2024 dates: 13-16 May 2024

Where: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA
Timing: 16-19 October 2023

IMEX America is the USA’s largest meetings industry trade show. It is a global exhibition event for incentive travel, meetings and events that attracts thousands of professionals from the USA and internationally. With more than 3,000 hosted buyers attending, IMEX America provides opportunities for business, networking and education.

Where: Shanghai, China & virtual
Timing: early 2024

The Business Events Australia Asia Showcase 2022 was a hybrid event designed to bring together key customers from the Greater China and South South East Asia markets to meet with Australia’s best incentive industry. The last Greater China Showcase was a three-day hybrid event, with Chinese buyers meeting face to face in China and engaging virtually with Australian sellers via one-on-one appointments.

Where: Virtual
Timing: TBC

The Business Events Australia Asia Showcase 2022 was a hybrid event designed to bring together key customers from the Greater China and South South East Asia markets to meet with Australia’s best incentive industry. The Showcase provided Australian industry with a virtual platform to develop and continue relationships with event planners from Singapore, Malaysia, India and Indonesia, along with providing insights into market trends for post COVID-19 events.

Where: Barcelona, Spain
Timing: 28-30 November 2023

IBTM World - the live show will take place from 29 November - 1 December 2022 and will incorporate one-to-one meetings between exhibitors and buyers, as well as a knowledge program, with a range of targeted education sessions. 

Where: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Timing: April 2023 - CANCELLED

IBTM Asia Pacific - the event incorporates one-to-one meetings between exhibitors and buyers, as well as a knowledge programme, with a range of targeted education sessions.