The ASE 2020 Project
Great events take people on a journey. But what about the journey that the people involved in our industry have taken? During the 2020-21 lockdown I’m chatting with people who have made a career in our industry and asking them to share their story. Subscribe to the series via your favourite podcast app or you can come to this page for the next episode. Visit https://www.specialevents.com.au for more interviews, news and opinion about the Australian event industry. You might enjoy each episode with a cup of coffee and for the price of that cup of coffee you can support this podcast series - just go to https://www.specialevents.com.au/support
The ASE 2020 Project
Ep 10b: Roslyn McLeod OAM - Arinex (Part 2)
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Trevor Connell / Roslyn McLeod
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Season 1
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Episode 12
Roslyn Mcleod OAM started her first business providing tour guides for the 1971 Rotary International Convention in Sydney. That business developed through supplying tour guides and interpreters to then become a PCO.
Arinex is now one of the foremost conference and destination management companies in Australia.
Roslyn shares her school days in Sydney and Perth and how learning Latin and Japanese prepar4d her for that career.
This first episode takes us through the early days of the conferencing business in Australia.
The second episode will cover 9/11, the GFC, SARS and economic crisis including COVID-19.
But there are fonder memories to be enjoyed as well including the Sydney Olympics.