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More networking opportunities at AIME 09
AIME 2009 is extending its successful networking hours, introduced for the first time at AIME 2008.
AIME’s Welcome Reception, Dine Around Melbourne program, Club Night and networking hours provide additional opportunities for business discussions with up to 6,000 industry members in a more informal manner.
“Facilitating opportunities for delegates, Hosted Buyers and exhibitors to meet in a more relaxed and informal environment is an extremely important aspect of AIME. 79% of Hosted Buyers to AIME 08 said that networking was a high priority and 82% said they were satisfied that AIME met their objective,†said Acting Event Director, Elizabeth Sarian.
“For AIME 2008 we introduced a networking hour at the end of each day at the Globe Restaurant & Bar, within the exhibition. The initiative was well received by exhibitors, Hosted Buyers and visitors, who used the hour as an additional way of making new contacts and doing business.
“For AIME 09 we are extending the networking on Tuesday evening from 5pm to 7pm. This will allow more time for networking and lead into the ‘official event-free night’ and the Dine Around Melbourne program of restaurant discounts organised by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau,†Ms Sarian said.
The venue for the AIME 09 Welcome Reception is still ‘top secret’ at this stage and the Globe Restaurant & Bar will be sponsored by South African Tourism.
Melbourne’s Dine Around Program of discounts organised by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau and its members will again see several of Melbourne’s leading restaurants and bars offering special dinner and drink offers to AIME exhibitors and delegates on the evening of Tuesday 17 February.
Back by popular demand in 2009 is the AIME Club Night, mix@fusion, which will again be held at Crown Entertainment Complex’s Fusion Nightclub.
AIME 09 will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Australia, on 17 & 18 February.
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