Business Events Sydney (BESydney) has launched its new event planning portal to support event organisers to access tools, resources and funding to host their business event in Sydney.

Designed in consultation with event hosts and agents, the free portal aims to support all stages of the event planning process including researching, pitching, planning, budgeting and marketing.

BESydney CEO Lyn Lewis-Smith says the portal provides insights on event considerations including delivering a socially impactful event or checklists for inclusivity and accessibility.

“We are continuing our digital transformation journey to provide efficiencies and tailoring our service to specific customer needs with our new event planning portal,” she says.

“We want to support conference, meeting and event owners pitch, win, plan and promote business events in Sydney.”

Designed to support smaller events which may not have an events team, the planning portal is personalised by event sector with resources and content tailored to requirements. 

It also provides access to the Sydney Meeting Fund which supports business events with offsets from $40 per person for events between 100-500 participants or delegates.