Qualification Criteria

Hosted Buyer Qualification Criteria in 2011

If it is your role to organise special events, meetings, conferences, exhibitions or incentive travel in Australia then you could be eligible to attend the Australian Business Events Expo (ABEE) as a Hosted Buyer. 

Hosted Buyers will be drawn from the following sectors:

Association Buyers
Executive staff within an Association company who organise, or have a final decision in congresses, conventions or meetings.

Government/ Corporate Buyers
Executives within government or a corporate company who are responsible for organising meetings, conferences, events and incentive travel programs. Participants should have responsibility for, or direct influence over, decisions regarding destinations, venues and suppliers.

Agency Buyers
Executive staff within conference and event organisers, incentive houses, destination management companies and other agencies directly involved in national/ international meetings, incentive programs or hospitality.

The 2011 ABEE Hosted Buyer Program is open to buyers from Australia and New Zealand.  In order to qualify as a hosted buyer, every application will be reviewed against the ABEE Hosted Buyer qualification criteria as outlined below:

• The number and size of meetings, conferences, exhibitions and incentive travel etc organised annually.
• Your responsibility and purchasing authority within the organisation
• Future business potential for confirming business events with the exhibitors of ABEE.

Qualification guidelines include:

• The applicant must be directly employed by the buyer company.
• The applicant must currently be organising meetings, conferences, exhibitions and/or incentive travel in Australia and have the potential of confirming these business events with an exhibitor of ABEE.
• The applicant should be responsible for, or have direct influence over, financial decision, venue selection, supplier selection and/or destination selection for the events they are organising.
• Applicants will be asked to provide general information on 2 events they were responsible for organising.
• Applicants will be asked to provide general information on 2 future events to be planned by their organisation that they consider potential business for the exhibitors at ABEE
• The applicant must agree to the terms & conditions of the ABEE Hosted Buyer Program and provide a signed liability release form by the required due date.
• Individuals from the same company must demonstrate separate business potential in order for more than one colleague to qualify.

We ask that the information you provide within the application be a true representation of the business you are responsible for.

In the interest of delivering a high quality Hosted Buyer Program, every application will be reviewed against the ABEE Hosted Buyer qualification criteria.  If you feel you do not meet the qualification criteria, you are able to register as a trade visitor to attend the show.

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