18 September 2025
EXPERIENCE GOLD COAST EXHIBITS AT AUSAE ACE 2025
Last week Brooke Porter from our Business Events team recently attended AuSAE ACE 2025 as an exhibitor, proudly showcasing our offerings alongside some of our incredible partners. Held at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, ACE 2025 brought together hundreds of association professionals from across Australasia. Brooke was on the exhibition floor, connecting with attendees, sharing what makes our destination a stand out, and strengthening relationships with key association decision-makers.
T20 CRICKET INDIA CORPORATE FAMIL OPPORTUNITY
Experience Gold Coast Business Events has secured a famil with Business Events Australia (BEA) with support from SOTC India. Attendees for this famil are hosted corporate buyers from India who will also be attending the T20 Cricket.
The visit will provide an opportunity for attendees to engage with experiences firsthand and to network with industry, offering a valuable platform to showcase their product directly to qualified buyers. It’s also a great opportunity to highlight new product and reinforce Australia is open for business to buyers with strong potential.
GROUP INFORMATION
Group size: up to 12 pax (including 8 buyers, 1 airline, 1 BEA rep + 1 EGC rep)
Market: India
Type: Corporate
Dates (TBC): Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 November 2025
You should have now received an expression of interest email for our Business Events partners. If you would like to be involved, please let us know at businessevents@expereincegoldcoast.com
AIME 2026
Experience Gold Coast (EGC) will be exhibiting at Asia Pacific Incentive and Meetings Event (AIME) from 9 - 11 February 2026. AIME is Asia Pacific’s largest and longest running business events exhibition connecting a global community of business event professionals with industry suppliers.
Thank you to those partners that have submitted their expressions of interest. We will be in contact with further details. Please note that space is limited and completing an EOI does not guarantee participation. Priority will be given on a first-in basis as well as partnership level.
2026 MEETING PLANNERS GUIDE
We’re updating the Meeting Planners Guide for 2026! The guide is designed to promote the Gold Coast as a leading destination for business events and helps conference and event planners organise their events. Your listing information comes directly from your EGCnet profile, so please review your profile and make any necessary updates. An email has been shared for step-by-step instructions on how to update your listing.TRADE ACTIVITY CALENDAR FOR FY26
- IMEX America Las Vegas: 7-9 October
- Gold Coast Connect Melbourne: 29 October
- Gold Coast Connect Sydney: 30 October
- T20 BE BEA India Corporate Famil Gold Coast: November 2025
- International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Congress Porto: 9-12 November
- Australia Next Melbourne: 1-3 December
- ABEA Conference 2025 Melbourne: 4-5 December
- Australia Next Post Famil Gold Coast: 4-7 December
- Professional Conference Organisers Associations (PCOA) Conference: Christchurch 7-9 December
PARTNER PRODUCT UPDATES
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
Monthly product updates are designed exclusively for our incredible partners to connect and update our team. May it be a sneak peek or an insider’s look at upcoming developments, team movements, new products, in market and trade event insights or special surprises (we love surprises) – we want to hear from you.
The next monthly product update kicks off per the below details:
Date: Monday 13th October
Time: 30 – 45 mins per update
Where: Experience Gold Coast office in Broadbeach or online via Teams
How: Email the team at businessevents@experiencegoldcoast.com to allocate a time.
UNIQUELY GOLD COAST
CLIENT NEWSLETTER
We’re excited to share that we have a refreshed edition of our client newsletter Uniquely Gold Coast — a quarterly connection to all things Gold Coast. From local supplier updates and inspiring city stories to thought leadership and insightful case studies, our newsletter is designed to keep clients informed and engaged.
If you have any new products, services, or case studies you'd like us to feature, please send them our way — we’d love to include them in an upcoming issue.
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER EVENTS IN DESTINATION
Master Electricians Conference 2025: 17-20 September
National Farmers’ Federation National Conference: 24-25 September
ACCPA National Conference 2025: 30 September – 2 October
Frontline Leaders Conference & AMA Awards 2025: 1-3 October
FUJIKIZAI 80th Anniversary 2025: 6-10 October
ClubsNSW Conference & AGM 2025: 8-11 October
Pharmaceutical Conference: 9-11 October
Nationwide Travel Group: 17-18 October
NIBA 2025: 19-22 October
HR Horizons Conference 2025: 21-23 October
PETAA Annual Leading with Literacy Conference 2025: 23-24 October
Anytime Fitness 2025: 23-26 October
Here to Stay 2025: 23-23 October
Climate and Health Alliance Summit 2025: 26-28 October
National Medical Meeting: 27-31 October
Australian International Movie Convention 2025: 29-31 October
2025 National Vet Conference: 30-31 October
QUICK SNIPPETS
EXPERT GUIDE TO GOLD COAST BUSINESS EVENTS
The Experience Gold Coast Meeting Planners Guide provides you with an overview of the region, including information on venues, accommodation, attractions and the specialist services available to help you plan your event.
VIEW THE 04 SEP 2025 BUSINESS EVENTS UPDATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.