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Press Release: June 2008

Additional accommodation, flights in time for QME

A With accommodation and flights during Mackay’s Queensland Mining and Engineering exhibition, being held from July 22-24, looking very tight, additional “cruise ship” and other local accommodation in the region, along with flights into the city have been announced.

Two cruise ship “hotels” have been arranged in Mackay during QME, providing luxury-standard accommodation for visitors, while additional capacity has become available in Airlie Beach, about 150 km from Mackay. Daily shuttle buses have been organised between Airlie Beach and QME.

As well as this additional accommodation, Qantas has announced the addition of a twice-daily 100-seat Fokker aircraft service between Brisbane and Mackay.

Soren Norgaard, Reed Exhibitions’ exhibition manager for QME 2008, said these developments would make accommodation and travel arrangements much easier for out-of-town visitors to the exhibition.

“Potential visitors to QME 2008 who had been concerned about the tight availability of accommodation in and around Mackay will find the situation has been significantly eased – although we would still urge those planning to travel to Mackay to get in touch with Mackay Tourism as soon as possible to secure rooms,” he said.

For more information on Mackay accommodation, please contact Veronica Malagueno, Special Projects Executive, Mackay Tourism on (07) 4944 5859, email info@mackayregion.com, website www.mackayregion.com.

Further information:
QME 2008 Exhibitors & Visitors: Reed Exhibitions, Soren Norgaard, ph (02) 9422 2563, email soren.norgaard@reedexhibitions.com.au, website www.qme.reedexhibitions.com.au.

MINING 2020 Delegates, Speakers & Sponsors: Reed Exhibitions, Agnes Wychodil, ph (02) 9422 2585, email agnes.wychodil@reedexhibitions.com.au, website www.mining2020.com.au.

Media: Spitfire Communications, Mark Cherrington, ph 0419 236 704, email mark.cherrington@spitfirecommunications.com.au.

ABOUT REED EXHIBITIONS – AUSTRALIA
Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading organiser of trade and consumer exhibitions and excels in creating high profile, highly targeted business and consumer exhibitions to establish and maintain business relations, and generate new business. From its offices based in Chatswood NSW, Reed Exhibitions runs over 20 events each year in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia covering a broad range of industry sectors. Globally, Reed Exhibitions runs over 460 events in 38 countries, bringing together over 90,000 suppliers and more than 5.5 million buyers. With 2,300 employees in 33 offices around the globe the company serves 52 industries worldwide. Its network of offices and promoters extends to 45 countries. Reed Exhibitions is a division of Reed Business Information Pty Ltd.

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