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The Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) has re-elected Geoff Donaghy as Chairman for a further two-year
term.
BECA is
a leading industry body representing the interests of the business meeting, convention, events and exhibition
sectors in Australia.
Mr Donaghy is a senior Ogden IFC executive with CEO responsibility for Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, the
award-winning Cairns Convention Centre and the Darwin Convention Centre currently under construction as part of
the $1 billion Darwin waterfront redevelopment.
He is a Board Member of the Brussels-based International Association of Congress Centres and a Director of Ogden
IFC’s joint venture operation of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia.
Following his re-election, Mr Donaghy said that while Australia was well served with world-class convention and
tourism facilities and service standards, its market share of the global meetings business was under serious threat.
“Finalising negotiations we started with the Federal Government in 2006 on funding for international marketing
targeting this most lucrative of Australia’s visitor segments is BECA’s immediate priority,” Mr Donaghy said.
Total annual expenditure attributable to Australia’s business events industry is estimated to be more than $17.3 billion.
International conference delegates can spend up to six times more per day than leisure tourists.
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