First class live performances have become synonymous with Harte events. One of the most memorable for our team and many of our corporate partners that were lucky enough to attend was INXS fronted by Jon Stevens at the 2000 Classic Weekend.

It was memorable for many reasons…the summer weather was perfect and the setting was the idyllic lagoon pool at Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove (Qld, Australia). Guests enjoyed catering

Regarded as the world’s most successful corporate golfing event the Qantas Global Classic reached more than 55,000 corporate golfers across 22 countries each year for a decade. Described by many of the corporate and travel industry guests who participated as “the ultimate corporate event” this golfing series ran between 1993 and 2002 with global regional events leading to a final held annually at Sanctuary Cove Resort and hosted by (then world number one golfer) Greg Norman.

The brainchild of Phil Harte, the event fully maximised one of Australia’s all time iconic partnerships….The Great White Shark and the Flying Kangaroo!

The Defence Global Challenge and Qantas World Cup were later developed to run parallel to the Global Classic extending the event’s annual reach to in excess of 100,000 participants.

Following on from the success of Australia’s dominance on the sand at the Sydney 2000 Olympics Harte Management developed the Telstra Beach Volleyball Challenge taking Bondi Beach to the heart of London.

The annual event entertains corporate London while celebrating much of Australia’s culture and exposes many of our nation’s leading brands to the UK.

Broadgate Arena, the London venue, was also utilised by Harte Management in 2006 to successfully deliver the InFocus Beach Football Challenge during the 2006 Soccer World Cup.

Designed as a customer entertainment road show the T-Mobile Golf Classic was a US based national golf series that stopped off at commercial centres around North America including LA, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta & New York. The event series culminated in a final in the world’s entertainment capital…. Las Vegas… and took in a live performance from Elton John.

This event was given a distinctly Australian feel with national winners being able to play a round at the exclusive Cascata golf course with the T-Mobile Classic touring professional world top 10 golfer Adam Scott, plus the event team was of Australian heritage.

For the last public/media appearance for World Champion boxer Kostya Tszyu before his international title defence in Manchester, Harte Management developed an outdoor gym complete with sparing ring.

The event was the headline sports news story across all channels and gave Kostya the farewell the champ deserved. The event staged in the heart of Sydney's CBD, Martin Place, saw thousands of well wishes see Kostya off in style before meeting his match in England's Ricky Hatton.

The Classic Week is Australia’s leading corporate entertainment charity event.

Dating back to the mid-nineties, The Classic has served as one of the world’s premier corporate events. The backbone of the event has been the annual finals weekend held at Sanctuary Cove Resort hosted by Sports Presenter Tim Webster with special guest appearances by Greg Norman, George Gregan, Adam Scott, Kostya Tszyu, Brisbane Lions Justin Leppitsch and Michael Voss, Natalie Cook, Kieren Perkins, Ian Baker-Finch, David Campese, John Eales, The Australian Cricket Team and the list goes on.

In recent years, the event has extended beyond a weekend to be a weeklong extravaganza which has included several thousand corporate golf rounds, lifestyle & technology expos, tennis exhibitions, fun runs, gala functions,

charity auctions, fireworks, concerts featuring INXS, Human Nature, Marcia Hines, Vanessa Amorosi, Jon Stevens, Kate Ceberano, Kate DeAraugo and Delta Goodrem. A tradition during The Classic Weekend has been the gala evenings that bring together participants, sponsors and an impressive list of celebrities and invited guests to raise money for a variety of worthy causes.