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ABEA appoints new Council Chairs and Membership Manager

Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) has appointed three new Council Chairs and a new Member Manager. The three Council Chairs include: Tasmanian Council Chair (Alfred Merse, Conference Sales Manager at Federal Group); Northern Territory Chair (Jessie Rayson, General Manager of Fusion Exhibitions); and Venues Chair (Sarah Goldfinch, General Manager at Adelaide Convention Centre). Hayley Beveridge has been appointed as the new Member Manager.

3 million+ visits in Macau for August 2024

Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released its latest number of visitor arrivals in August 2024, with a new monthly record of 3,651,731, a year-on-year increase of 13%, and also an increase of 0.8% from the same month in 2019 (pre-COVID level). Same day visitors grew 23%, while overnight visitors was up 2.7%. The average length of stay dropped 0.1 day year-on-year, down to 1.1 days; however, the figure of overnight visitors increased by 0.1 days, to 2.3 days.

45,000 visitors at electronica India 2024

Messe Muenchen India concluded its electronica India, productronica India and SEMICON India 2024, with a total of 830 exhibiting companies from 29 countries and regions, drawing 45,532 trade visitors and facilitating over 2,000 buyers-seller meetings. Running from 11th to 13th September 2024, at India Expo Mart Limited (IEML) in Greater Noida, the event is a leading event in Southeast Asia’s electronics industry.