AIME. Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) has appointed Event Planners Australia as it education program manager for AIME 2009, 17th AsiaPacific Incentives & Meetings Expo, in Melbourne on 17 and 18 February. Event Planners is a national meeting and event management company that works throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region. “The new and more extensive Master Class program was well attended and very successful this year and we want to develop this program even further in 2009,” said Acting Event Director, Elizabeth Sarian. Five AIME Master Classes will be held each day of the event, with an additional, special Master Class for Hosted Buyers held before the exhibition opens on Wednesday 18 February. “Our visitor research shows that 41 percent or respondents attended AIME 2008 to learn about industry trends, so the Master Classes and the Business Events Forum are a really important part of the event,” Sarian said. Event Planners will also manage the Business Events Forum which will be held on the first morning prior to the exhibition opening. The Forum looks at key industry issues for the region and attracts a panel of global industry specialists each year. AIME is organised by Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) on behalf of the Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau. www.aime.com.au