Yeah. We know. Everytime we hit the madness of December-January we drop off the virtual radar.

Recently a 'Tips for Event Success' was contributed to the September MICE Biz supplement of the South China Morning Post - the premier English language newspaper of Hong Kong. And before we forget - a big shout out of thanks to FACTOR168 fan Pru at Sinclair Communications for the editorial opportunity. Your fab!

Events, like personal relationships, need five key elements to ensure that they are a memorable, meaningful and enjoyable experience – they are balance, focus, magic, practice, and respect. With that in mind – here are our five key fundamentals to ensure event success.

As a finalist at the 2010 Australian Event Awards - we are delighted to congratulate David Atkins Enterprises for deservedly taking out the Best Export category with not one but two world class public events - the Winter Olympics and Shanghai Expo. In addition - David Atkins was also awarded with a lifetime achievement gong for his extensive work within the events and entertainment fields over the past few decades. Well done.

Working within Asia and Australia, we’ve become well aware of the strategic and tactical differences in western and eastern event styles from an event company perspective, but what about from the corporate client perspective? We were curious to discover what desirable vendor attributes and event experiences an Asian-based client commissioning events globally valued most. With that I took the opportunity to sit down in Hong Kong recently for a coffee and a chat with a long standing friend and business associate – Bert Li from Amway.