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About Us |
About Us
The Best in Conference Venues and Conference Services
Business Retreats Australia is the original and still the most personal conference venues and conference services consulting service. As called by our barista - your own "venue genie".
When you deal with Business Retreats you are dealing with the owner, Katarina Cobain. Katarina has been the face of Business Retreats for 21 years and in that time has matched thousands of clients to the perfect conference venues. Well respected in the industry she has built Business Retreats into a recognised and trusted brand that specialises in bookings and conference services for the residential conference market. She is also a marvel at matching clients to the swankiest event venues in town for corporate functions and parties.
When you deal with Business Retreats you are dealing with the owner, Katarina Cobain. Katarina has been the face of Business Retreats for 21 years and in that time has matched thousands of clients to the perfect conference venues. Well respected in the industry she has built Business Retreats into a recognised and trusted brand that specialises in bookings and conference services for the residential conference market. She is also a marvel at matching clients to the swankiest event venues in town for corporate functions and parties.
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Business Retreats is an independent booking agent. We are not owned by conference venues and are not a venue-member organisation, which means we work with only one thing in mind - meeting your needs.
We believe more than ever, that the client comes first. A great conference venue will lift your conference to great heights. With our personalised service and attention to detail, we promise to meet and exceed expectations.
We also make it a priority to get to know our clients. We make time for fun, usually over cocktails and our track record of repeat business speaks for itself.
Our motto in life is to do our best to lead a happy, healthy and active lifestyle which is reflected in our dynamic approach to our work. We value your time, and aim to reduce your workload so that you have more time to focus on other important things.
So why not give us a call and try our service. You will never look back. We look forward to getting to know you.
About Katarina Cobain |
Katarina Cobain
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Katarina arrived in Australia under refugee status from Bosnia in 1994 and in 1998 completed a Bachelor of Arts in Tourism at RMIT University. She then commenced her career in the exhibition industry in a sales and organisational capacity for Expo Hire, Australia's major exhibition building company. In 1999, Katarina took up a managerial position with the Tourism Council of Australia and was in charge of organising the 2000 Victorian Tourism Awards. In 2001, a position with DeakinPrime (incorporating Business Retreats Australia) was considered too good to refuse. A series of rapid changes provided Katarina and her husband Rod the opportunity to purchase BRA the following year. The company has been running under their successful management since July 2002. Since then, Katarina has gained broad experience in the tourism industry and is a specialist in all things conferencing. The general consensus at the Business Retreats office is that she is the Venue Queen, and possesses a special knack for matching client's conferencing needs with the extensive database of Australian conference venues and services.
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What Our Clients Say
"Katarina is in the "know" when it comes to [choosing] venues. I would always trust her and BRA's service 100%"
Cengage Australia
"Business Retreats Australia provides essential, important groundwork for venue locations. A wealth of knowledge and options that we wouldn't have or would spend many precious hours finding what you already know about"
AMP Services Ltd
"Business Retreats Australia was very easy to communicate with, very accommodating and [were] able to comply with the brief of the client"
Australia Post