Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef in conjunction with the Palm Cove Business Events Group recently hosted a group of professional conference organisers from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

The group recently visited the Palm Cove and Kewarra Beach region to see for themselves just how much accommodation, venues and experiences are located within this compact area, many within walking distance.

The group of conference organisers enjoying rainforest dining in Palm Cove.

Highlights of the three day programmeincluded a ‘Walk and Talk with the Animals’ session at the Cairns Tropical Zoo, dinner under a tranquil rainforest canopy at the Novotel Palm Cove Resort, a cruise to the Great Barrier Reef with Quicksilver and a farewell dinner on the beach at Kewarra Beach Resort.

Special surprise elements included helicopter transfers back from the reef, pampering spa treatments, cocktail-making classes and a specialgift of indigenous artwork.

Covering a geographic area of more than 272,655 square kilometers in the north of Queensland, Tropical North Queensland is the only place on earth where two World Heritage-listed areas meet – the magnificent underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef and the lush Wet Tropics rainforest.

Business Events Cairns & Great Barrier Reef is the official convention bureau for the Tropical North Queensland region of Australia. It undertakes promotional activity to position the region as one of the world’s leading conference and incentive destinations and offers a wide range of complimentary services and impartial free advice for conference and incentive planners.