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Live Entertainment Industry Forum (LEIF) is delighted to share its draft COVID-Safe Guidelines
The Live Entertainment Industry Forum (LEIF) is delighted to share its draft COVID-Safe Guidelines and is inviting industry to provide feedback during a consultation period. Over the last few months, the VMA and many of our members have been activity...
LEIF Update: Committed to getting the show back on the road
For those VMA members not on the Live Entertainment Industry Forum newsletter list please see the latest update from LEIF Chair James Sutherland. The VMA continues to play our role in supporting this industry wide initiative to raise awareness of our industry's flight...
VMA Board Elects New President
The Venue Management Association (Asia and Pacific) Ltd (VMA) is delighted to announce the election of Leighton Wood as the next VMA President. Wood commenced his 3 year term as President following his election by the VMA Board this week. First elected to the VMA...
Board Announcement
The Venue Management Association, the peak body for venue industry professionals in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific region, is delighted to announce the results of the 2020 Board Election. We welcome 3 new Directors to the Board and congratulate 1 returning...
The COVIDSafe App and how it applies to Venues
The following information has been released by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as to the COVIDSafe App, the Privacy Act and how this effects venues. Information about the COVIDSafe App and the Privacy Act It is an offence to require an individual...
ASM GLOBAL RELEASES COMPLETE VENUESHIELD OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR THE REOPENING OF ITS ARENAS, STADIA, THEATERS AND CONVENTION CENTERS
ASM GLOBAL RELEASES COMPLETE VENUESHIELD OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR THE REOPENING OF ITS ARENAS, STADIA, THEATERS AND CONVENTION CENTERS Industry-leading protocols to provide trusted protection for the live experience as facilities across the globe begin to reopen and...
R.E.A.D.Y. – A ‘WHS RECOVERY TOOLKIT’
Paul McCarthy (Director of PBM Safety) – “Like every other business in our much loved industry, we too have been affected by the disruption caused by COVID-19. Whilst we have adapted to holding virtual meetings with our team and clients, working in isolation, we have...
Live Entertainment Industry Forum Launched
Members' Letter from VMA President Steve Harper Last night’s launch of the Live Entertainment Industry Forum (LEIF) signals an important step in the transition from crisis to recovery for the Australian venue management industry. As a collective of Australia’s biggest...
Global uncertainty drives increased need for cyber security protection
Cyber security threats are not a new phenomenon. Information technology systems have always needed protection from unauthorised access. However, today we face a new era in cyber-attacks that has emerged as a direct result of the increased use of the Internet of things...
Priava During The Covid-19 Lockdown
The current situation is a difficult time for all of us in the venue and events industry. Priava is standing strong with clients and the VMA organisation to get through the Covid-19 period together and build a better future. As such, Priava continues to support the...
VMA Supports COVIDSafe App
The Board of the Venue Management Association supports and encourages even more Australians to download and use the #COVIDSafe app. We believe that contact tracing will play a key role in the timely and safe return of patrons to our many venues across the nation –...
Power your next virtual event with Ungerboeck
With over 90% of events scheduled for 2020 being cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has suffered major economic loss and event professionals are increasingly turning to virtual tools to deliver their next event. Ungerboeck now offers...
VMA COVID-19 Crisis Response Sub Committee Chair Update
Since we advised you of the formation of the VMA COVID-19 Crisis Response Sub Committee, the Committee has met twice to discuss and determine actions and priorities of the VMA in assisting the VMA’s Members. Initially, five tasks have been prioritised and each...
VMA’S COVID-19 CRISIS RESPONSE COMMITTEE
VMA’S COVID-19 CRISIS RESPONSE COMMITTEE To ensure the VMA is best placed to support our members and industry, not just now but during what is anticipated to be a prolonged recovery period, the VMA Board have initiated a COVID-19 Crisis Response Committee to...
Introducing VMA Coffee Breaks / IAVM Happy Hours
In conjunction with our affiliation partner, the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), we have extended an invitation to all VMA members to join in their weekly sector coffee break / happy hours. Scheduled at 11AM AEST the weekly sessions provide...
VMA President’s Message To Members
Greetings to all VMA Members, I wanted to take this opportunity to personally reach out to each of you, our valued members, and those in our amazing industry during this challenging and unprecedented time. Our industry, in particular, has felt the full brunt...
VMA Joins Call for Government Support
The VMA, as part of the Live Industry Peak Body Alliance collective, supports the call that Governments Must Act to Prevent the Final Curtain for Live Performance Industry. In order for our industry to influence government decision making the VMA will continue to work...
Dean Hassall CVE announced as new International Instructor at the International Association of Venue Manager’s (IAVM) Venue Management School (VMS)
The VMA congratulates Dean Hassall CVE on his appointment as IAVM’s resident International Instructor for their annual Venue Management School hosted at Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa Bay Florida, USA. Hassall, a highly regarded VMA Venue Management School Instructor for...
VMA and UFI expand venue management education across Asia region
Following the third edition of the sold-out Venue Management School (VMS) China program, the Venue Management Association (VMA) and The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) announced these two industry-leading associations would jointly launch their...
Supplier Spotlight: Greater Focus on the Active Threat Environment
Rick Rescorla was the Security Director for Stanley Morgan, who occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Centre, New York. After witnessing the poor response effort to the 1993 terrorist attack, where a bomb blew-up in the building’s basement, Rescorla vowed that such a...