Two of the finest global travel and tourism stakeholders, Tourism Australia and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have joined hand with a new three-year marketing agreement aimed at promoting business events travel to Australia.
The MoU will help leverage the robust connectivity that SIA offers to Australia with 111 weekly flights to seven points in Australia.
The announcement complements recent Tourism Australia initiatives in the business events sector, including the new business events brand campaign, There’s Nothing Like Australia for Business Events, which was recently rolled out in Greater China. The campaign features a new creative strategy that shows how Australia has everything you would expect from a business event destination, plus so much more.
As part of the agreement, the two entities will jointly deliver a range of marketing and promotional trade activities within Asia and the United Kingdom to promote Australia as the ideal destination for business events.
The activities will highlight Australia’s strengths as a world class business events destination, award winning venues, as well as its iconic and diverse landscapes, unique experiences and friendly people with fresh perspectives.Prior to the pandemic business events was a strong performing sector for Australia with 1.04 million arrivals, spending A$4.5 billion for the year ending December 31, 2019.
Tourism Australia’s Executive General Manager of Eastern Markets and Aviation, Andrew Hogg said, “Singapore Airlines is one of our longest standing airline partners and I am thrilled we are working together once again to promote why there’s nothing like Australia for business events. Business events are incredibly valuable to Australia’s visitor economy and strategic partnerships such as this, help to secure future business for Australia”.
According to SIA Senior Vice President – Marketing Planning, JoAnn Tan,“Australia has always been an attractive and popular destination for both leisure and corporate travellers, and Singapore Airlines remains firmly committed to keep Australia connected to the world. With our 111 weekly services between Singapore and seven points in Australia, coupled with our extensive passenger network, we are pleased to support efforts in promoting business events travel to Australia.”
Tourism Australia is also ramping up its business events distribution activity, providing qualified planners, agents and media with the opportunity to experience Australia first hand. This includes the recently announced Business Events Australia Asia Mega Famil Showcase, which will be held in April with host city partner BESydney and Tourism Australia’s incentive showcase Dreamtime, which will be held in Novemb
