Melbourne Convention Bureau CEO Julia Swanson says the city's major-events calendar — including the Australian Open, Formula 1 Grand Prix and the first NFL regular-season game in Australia — is increasingly being leveraged to win business events, incentive groups and international collaboration, anchored by the two-week Melbourne Global Exchange programme (31 August to 11 September 2026).
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This week's Journal ran deep dives on more than forty confirmed New Zealand business events, and almost all of them land in November 2026. The pattern underneath is a November convergence on Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, with single venues like NZICC and Te Pae turning over back-to-back congresses within days.
The Invercargill and Southland venues with a room seating 150 or more guests for a banquet or gala dinner, ranked by capacity.
The Whangārei and Northland venues with a room seating 550 or more delegates theatre-style, ranked by capacity.
Taranaki's largest conference rooms — seating 450 or more delegates theatre-style — ranked by capacity.