The first iteration for 2022 of the reinvented ‘BE Immersed’ educational programme was held last month by Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef.
The first group to experience the programme was made up of planners specialising in the corporate market, where their itinerary focused on the region’s new and upgraded hotels, rejuvenated meeting spaces, as well as a sneak preview of the Cairns Convention Centre expansion.
Cairns Convention Centre’s expansion will be ready in 2023, general manager Rosie Douglas shared with the group, and features a 410-seat plenary, three large meeting rooms, exhibition space, a 500-seat banquet room, and an outdoor terrace with views over Trinity Inlet.
Meanwhile, the second group of delegates – made up of planners specialising in the incentive market – embarked on a four-day itinerary which included experiencing Port Douglas and its Carnivale Longest Lunch event, and floating down the Little Mulgrave River on a river tubing tour.
Both groups also toured offsite venues such as working sugar cane farms, converted WWII naval oil storage tanks at Tanks Art Centre, Hemingways Brewery located in an historic wharf, and took in the marina views of Salt House.
The BE Immersed Educational Program will continue throughout 2022.
