About meeting place

What is Meeting Place?

Meeting Place (MP) is ATEC’s an annual flagship event that typically takes place in a different showcase tourism destination within Australia each November. Now in its 50th year, MP is the second largest tourism trade event after Tourism Australia's Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) event. MP is made up of various event elements such as business-to-business meetings, conferencing sessions, networking functions, a gala dinner and much more! It also provides the opportunity for Australian based inbound tourism operators and distributors to experience the host destination's tourism offerings first-hand through pre and post-event familiarisations.

Who attends Meeting Place?

Attendees are ATEC members who represent the full expanse of the inbound tourism supply chain including product suppliers/sellers (attractions, hotels, transport operators, wineries, activity-based products etc.) and buyers including inbound tour operators (ITOs) and online travel agents (OTAs) who distribute Australian tourism product internationally either via international trade partners or directly as well as providing a support service for international visitors while travelling in Australia.

Meeting Place in 2022 (MP22)

In proud partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland and Tourism Tropical North Queensland, ATEC is delighted to be taking MP22 to Cairns & Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Now that the shackles of COVID-19 have been removed, MP22 will be the first multi-day, face-to-face business to business event delivered by ATEC since November 2019. This year ATEC will also celebrating its 50th anniversary, which will feature throughout the event. 

Click here to watch the MP19 wrap video!

Click here to view the official media release for MP22.