“Last year showed that the measures we took in the Asiatic region in association with the German Convention Bureau and the Frankfurt Convention Bureau are working,” says Johann Thoma, Vice President of Guest Events of Messe Frankfurt since 2016. In 2015, Congress Frankfurt only welcomed one Asian event organiser whilst, in 2016, there were nine conferences with an Asian background. They came from China, Korea and Thailand.
Thursday 26 January, 2017 – Glasgow, Scotland - The Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) is being renamed and rebranded the ‘Scottish Event Campus’.
- venue hosts highest number of events and delegates in 21 years
- posts record turnover and moves into profitability
- creates over £50 million in economic impact
- mission to be world’s “most socially responsible” conference venue
Today we share with you the first video of Signature Boston focusing on Technology. The topic of this video is Technology Leadership. Check it out and enjoy!
The Prague Congress Centre announces the international two rounds architectural urban design competition for the proposal of an extension to the Congress Centre, consisting of needed exhibition surfaces and of the creation of quality public spaces in the site of the Pankrác square and its surrounding areas.
CITE DES CONGRES Valenciennes Congress Center – a new facility in the north of France – offers something both complementary and different to existing facilities.
First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, HRH Princess Anne and Stephen Hawking opened the 23rd Rehabilitation International (RI) World Congress, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
One can ensure a successful exhibition by effectively doing targeted marketing of the event to get feet at the event and to ensure exhibitors’ expectations are met. Tailoring the marketing of the exhibition to ensure that the right visitors are attracted is essential. See the CSIR ICC insights on the matter.
For voluntary organisations, most of the time, negotiating with hotels is a nightmare - they often find hotels will struggle to understand why they can’t guarantee the room blocks while at the same time demanding huge deposits. AccorHotels has pulled together information, comment and best practice.
Movers and shakers from across Sydney were treated to a site tour of ICC Sydney, as well as a taste test of its Feeding Your Performance menu, during the venue’s first week of test events.
BEA (Best Event Awards) 2016 held in Milan honours the Palacongressi with the award for best conference centre and auditorium in Italy. And yet another triumph in an international bid: CINC - Computing in Cardiology, to be held in 2020
The Estonian National Museum, a massive culture/event centre that has been a decade in planning and construction, opened its doors this month in the country's university town of Tartu.
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) is Malaysia’s award-winning purpose-built AIPC (International Association of Congress Centres) Gold Standard venue.
Lausanne Tourism & Convention Bureau announces the official opening of the Nestlé Museum (nest) to complement its meetings and events offering across the region.
The Palais des congrès de Montréal, its Ambassadors Club and the Fonds de recherche du Québec have formed a major partnership aimed at acknowledging the role Québec’s researchers and scientists play in bringing international conventions to Montréal and helping to organize them.
The Calabar International Convention Centre, in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists, NAAE, has won the bid to host the 6th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, AAAE in September 2019.
The CSIR International Convention Centre (ICC) delivered impressive financial results for the 2014/2015 fiscal year despite a trying economic and highly competitive environment.
Milano Congressi (Mico) is a venue in a city where you can comfortably cater for larger capacity events while indulging in the authentic uniqueness of European culture.
In an increasingly competitive environment, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre continues to perform strongly, securing 140 new conventions for Brisbane during the 2015/16 Financial Year.
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Najib Balala announced the formation of a special task force two days ago, aimed to establish the Kenya Convention Bureau.
Belfast shone as a world-class business destination in the eyes of delegates attending the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) held in Belfast Waterfront last week.
The CTICC, one of South Africa’s largest conference centres, is located on the foreshore district of Cape Town, just 20 minutes away from Cape Town International Airport and within walking distance of more than 3500 hotel rooms.
INCON has published its latest best practice case study which features the 2016 digital infrastructure award winners, the Austria Center Vienna. The award, now in its third year, celebrates best in class Digital Infrastructure in meetings venues around the world.
Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd announces the appointment of Catherine Toolan as Managing Director. The new appointment comes at an opportune time with the recent opening of Belfast Waterfront’s new 7,000m2 conference facility in April this year.
The Congress Center Basel is Switzerland’s largest conference centre, located directly alongside Messe Basel. It has a direct footbridge link to the exhibition complex by Herzog & de Meuron and can accommodate congresses with more than 5,000 delegates.
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