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December 14, 2010 – Safety issues are just one of the major considerations in planning international business meeting and conference by business events specialist. It is followed by making sure of the destination’s appeal, flight availability, cost and accessibility of the airport wherein special systems are used for hassle-free processing.

Through its Preferred Aussie Specialist Program (PAS) which was presented to MICE group, processing of travel visas to Australia is now effectual and easy to do for business owners. It was introduced a few years ago by Tourism Australia.
PAS agents as denotes in its name are local travel agents. MICE group are composed of members who do the booking of flights and travels via Australian visa online. They are also the group of people who are expert in travel visas Australia’s requirements. MICE are being trained thoroughly first before finally assigned on the floor. As of June of this year, 527 were fully qualified for the Aussie Specialist Program out of 1, 257 agents around the world who were registered.

This programme has been a great success specifically in India as stated by Maggie White, Tourism Australia’s General Manager of Southeast Asia and gulf Countries. She said that Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) was plotted in India and other countries that don’t have it yet. She also added that through this system visas are being approved first before sending clients’ any destination details.

On the other hand, Virender Taluja, the managing director of Fortune Tours in India, handles incentive programmes for businesses such as Hewlett-Packard, ExxonMobil and ICI whose company has been a PAS agent for three years. The system is said to be very efficient that they experienced non-compliance issues.

Geetanjali Alamshah, director of Journeys & Destinations India, states that companies in India do want a smoother process so she agrees that time is the key factor. Because of the Australian visa online and PAS, Indian can now submit applications on time and papers will be approved as long as the requirements are in order.

And because of the easy travel visa Australia application process, Australia has been more attractive for business purposes.

Source:
cei.asia