Event Management Services for Dreamtime 2019

⁠⁠⁠Business Events Australia is the business unit within Tourism Australia responsible for promoting the country for association conferences, incentives, meetings and exhibitions.

Business Events Australia promotes Australia as a business events destination through its global trade and marketing communications programs and has representation in Sydney and the key markets of Greater China, New Zealand, North America and the United Kingdom/Europe.
For further information, please visit: www.australia.com/businessevents.

Background information on Dreamtime
* Dreamtime is Tourism Australia’s signature incentive showcase for Australia. It provides a business, educational and social environment for Australian sellers (the Australian business events industry) to meet with qualified international buyers of corporate meeting and incentive programs (agents). In addition, Dreamtime also hosts international business events media, with the intent of delivering editorial coverage of Australia’s business events products, destinations, and experiences.

Through the Dreamtime program, international incentive agents will experience first-hand the professionalism, creativity, innovation and event delivery capabilities of Australia’s incentive destinations, operators, suppliers and event management companies. Dreamtime is held every two years and historically attracts more than 100 international incentive buyers and 20 media.

Dreamtime positions Australia as the ultimate incentive destination.

The objectives of Dreamtime 2019 are to:
a) Bring qualified incentive agents, (known as ‘buyers’) from key markets of UK/Europe, USA/Canada, South East Asia (Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia), Greater China (Hong Kong and China), Japan and New Zealand to meet with Australian business events product (sellers) and to experience first-hand the outstanding incentive products/services on offer
b) Increase awareness and preference for Australia as an incentive destination
c) Demonstrate event delivery capabilities to international buyers and media
d) Deliver publicity and editorial content about Australia; and
e) Generate incentive business for Australia

Scope of Requirements
* The specific elements of Dreamtime 2019 that should be addressed are highlighted in the table at clause 9.2.5 of the attached RFT. The RFT responses should address these two event components (Dreamtime Business Session and Dreamtime Dinner) directly. Other components will be managed by Tourism Australia and its event partners such as Perth Convention Bureau (Perth Convention Bureau = PCB): however, should its involvement be required, this will be discussed once the service provider is appointed.

The Dreamtime Business Session must deliver a creative solution to maximising the opportunity for networking and conducting business meetings between Australian industry, sellers and buyers.

The Dreamtime Dinner must showcase the highest levels of innovation, creativity, event delivery and service, in order to deliver the key message – There’s Nothing Like Australia for Business Events.

Tourism Australia requires the following services including all operations and logistics in delivery of the outlined events specific to:
* Creative concepts
* Events Management services, including onsite management
* Budgeting and cost management
* Risk management
* Added value