Industry Acronyms & Definition
| AACB Inc |
Association of Australian Convention Bureaux |
AACVB |
Asian Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaux |
ABEE |
Australian Business Events Expo |
ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACC |
Adelaide Convention Centre |
ACTA |
Adelaide Convention & Tourism Authority |
AHA |
Australian Hotel Association |
AIA |
Australian Incentive Association |
AIME |
AsiaPacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (Melbourne) |
ASCC |
Alice Springs Convention Centre |
AST |
Alice Springs Tourism |
ATC |
Australian Tourist Commission |
BE |
Business Events |
BEA |
Business Events Australia |
BECA |
Business Events Council of Australia |
BCEC |
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| BESydney |
Business Events Sydney |
| BM |
Brisbane Marketing |
BTR |
Bureau of Tourism Research |
CCB |
Canberra Convention Bureau |
CCC |
Cairns Convention Centre |
CFE |
Centre for Excellence (NZ) |
CINZ |
Conferences & Incentives New Zealand |
CRCB |
Cairns & Region Convention Bureau |
CVB |
Convention and Visitors Bureau |
DMC |
Destination Management Company |
EEAA |
Exhibition & Event Association of Australia |
EIBTM |
European Incentive Business Travel & Meetings |
GCCEC |
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre |
GCT |
Gold Coast Tourism |
HKTB |
Hong Kong Tourism Board |
IACVB |
International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaux |
IAPCO |
International Association of Professional Congress Organisers |
ICCA |
International Congress and Conference Association |
IMEX |
The Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel & Meetings & Events |
ISES |
International Special Events Society |
IT&CMA |
Incentive Travel and Conventions Meeting Asia |
IT&ME |
Incentive Travel & Meetings Expo |
ITO |
Inbound Tour Operator |
MEA |
Meetings & Events Australia |
MCEC |
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre |
MCVB |
Melbourne Convention & Visitors Bureau |
MIAA |
Meetings Industry Association of Australia (trading as MEA) |
MPI |
Meeting Planners International |
NCC |
National Convention Centre, Canberra |
NTCB |
Northern Territory Convention Bureau |
NVCB |
Newcastle Visitor & Convention Bureau |
PCB |
Perth Convention Bureau |
PCEC |
Perth Convention Exhibition Centre |
PCO |
Professional Conference Organiser |
PRIME |
Pacific Rim Incentives and Meetings Expo |
RSVP |
RSVP Trade Show Sydney & Melbourne |
| RTO |
Registered Training Organisation |
SAT |
South Australian Tourism Commission |
SCCB |
Sunshine Coast Convention Bureau |
SCEC |
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre |
SHFA |
Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority |
SITE |
Society of Incentive & Travel Executives |
SOPA |
Sydney Olympic Park Authority |
TA |
Tourism Australia |
TCB / TASCB |
Tasmanian Convention Bureau |
TNQ |
Tourism North Queensland |
TSVCB |
Townsville Convention Bureau |
TW |
Tourism Whitsundays Conventions Bureau |
