• Arrive throughout Monday 23 March. Please note that buyers on the TENT pre Red Centre famil will arrive on Sunday 22 March.
• Airport transfers have been arranged with Crowne Plaza Alice Springs Lasseters for Monday 23 March. Upon arrival at Alice Springs Airport, please collect your luggage and look for a Crowne Plaza staff member holding a sign that says 'ATEC'. They will transfer all arriving buyers to the hotel throughout the day.
• Depart following the conclusion of the B2B meetings / post event refreshments on Wednesday 25 March, as per your travel arrangements. Post event famils will commence that evening or the morning of Thursday 26 March (please refer to your famil itinerary for the details). 
• For buyers departing Alice Springs on Thursday 26 March, the hotel has a scheduled airport service that runs daily based on departure flight times and will transfer any buyers to the airport if required. Please see the times below that the shuttle will depart from the hotel.
• QF1955 - 8.30am
• QF1599 - 9.30am
• QF791 - 10.30am
• QF729 - 10.30am
• Accommodation has been booked for you based on your flight and/or famil arrangements.

• Tali
• Juicy Rump

• Hanuman
• Salt Bush

Central Australia Tourism Exchange (CATE) hosted by TCA (Buyers)

TCA invites ATEC's buyers to participate in the Central Australia Tourism Exchange (CATE), Central Australia's flagship tourism expo and trade event.

Buyers will meet one-on-one with approximately 15-20 local tourism products and operators for an afternoon of driving awareness, building industry relationships and connections, and generating real outcomes for the region.

Please note that these local operators are different to the ATEC sellers that you will meet with the following day during the B2B meetings.

Transfers (All delegates)

Welcome Networking Function hosted by ATEC & TCA (All delegates)

• Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
• Location: Alice Springs Convention Centre - MacDonnell Room A & B with F&B in the Ghan Foyer
• Address: 93 Barrett Dr, Alice Springs NT 0870
• There is no formal meeting schedule for this event - all buyers will meet with all sellers in a rotational format throughout the day
• There will be approximately 32 meetings for sellers and 30 meetings for buyers. Buyers will have a couple of spare meeting slots throughout the day
• Sellers will be seated, and buyers will rotate around the room to conduct the meetings
• Each meeting will proceed for approximately 9 minutes with a 1-minute change over.
• Please see the directories linked below which detail the seller table numbers. Buyers will choose their starting table on the day
• Buyer directory - CLICK HERE (list of primary buyers participating in the event) - note we will not have copies of these on the day. Print in advance if required.
• Seller directory - CLICK HERE (list of primary sellers participating in the event including assigned B2B table numbers) - note we will not have copies of these on the day. Print in advance if required.
• Dress code: Business casual
  
• Key contacts: If you are lost or running late, please call Jo Dettmann on 0404 023 273 or Alice Costello on 0416 756 586.
  

• 8.15am – Arrival and registration
• 8.35am - Sellers to be seated at their tables
• 8.40am - Buyers to be seated at their starting tables
• 8.45am – Welcome and meetings to commence
• 10:20am – Morning tea (25 mins)
• 12:05pm – Lunch (45 mins) 
• 2.10pm – Afternoon Tea (25 mins)
• 4.00pm – Meetings conclude followed by networking refreshments. Buyers on the post event Top End famil will depart for Darwin
• 5.00pm - Event officially concludes

Please click here to read the event cancellation terms and conditions.