Questex Travel Group kicked off its second annual Latin America Meeting and Incentive Travel Exchange (LAMITE) today to record sales numbers in Cartagena, Colombia at the InterContinental Cartagena de Indias.
Dominican Republic, the 2nd largest Caribbean nation, has constantly been preparing and taking steps to develop the Congresses and Incentives segment in Dominican Republic, becoming a featured MICE destination in the Caribbean and Central America.
The $6bn redevelopment of the Adelaide Riverbank precinct which includes the Bio-Medical City, Adelaide Convention Centre and Adelaide Oval projects is about to enter its next phase with works to commence in August on the 25,000sq metre Festival Plaza development (which includes two key private projects).
The City of Vilnius is excited to announce the launch of GO Vilnius. Unveiled in May 2016, GO Vilnius is the city’s new development agency combining international investment, business development, and city marketing and tourism initiatives, including the work of the Vilnius Convention Bureau, under one umbrella organisation.
República Dominicana está preparada para organizar congresos e incentivos de manera constante y sostenida, llegando a convertirse en el destino MICE por excelencia del Caribe y Centroamérica.
Convention Edinburgh, the business tourism arm of the city’s official marketing agency, Marketing Edinburgh, has reported its most successful year to date, securing new conference and event bid wins worth £94.3 million to the local economy and a 10,000 boost in delegate numbers.
For the first time in history, Tshwane has made the famous ICCA rankings, the annual list of the world’s top cities for hosting international associations. One of the top 10 cities in Africa, Tshwane is ranked 254 – up from 284 compared to 2014 – a testament to the city wanting to be a key player in the meetings industry.
Chile Undersecretary of Tourism, Javiera Montes, along with FIEXPO’s Director, Sergio Baritussio, signed an agreement that confirms the development of the event in Chile throughout 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The 2020 Meeting of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT 2020) will take place in Melbourne in October 2020 at the award winning Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
On the occasion of the 4th Women Deliver Congress, which aims to improve women’s and girls’ health, rights and well-being globally, almost 6,000 women and men from all over the world came together in the Danish capital.
In this issue of Headquarters: how associations can work better with destinations, a feature on France, an interview with Jan Tonkin as the new IAPCO president, a new section "Association Insights" by Mark Levin, the second piece of our EXPO series, an association profile of Efma... and much more.
Australia is a place where big landscapes inspire big thinking. Where innovation and a can-do attitude filter through all walks of life, from event delivery to medical breakthroughs.
The forum attracted more than 180 regional and global meeting experts plus association meeting planners. The new ICCA Middle East Forum marks the start of an annual education programme leading to the 2018 ICCA Congress in Dubai.
For the first time in African history the meetings virus seems to be spreading around in pandemic proportions. Like many other South African and East African countries, Kenya has proven that it is capable of running a successful tourism industry.
Today marks the beginning of the world’s premier pig health conference. Dublin will extend a warm welcome to nearly 3,500 pig health experts and practitioners to its shores, where the 24th International Pig Veterinary Congress & the 8th European Symposium of Porcine Health Management (IPVS & ESPHM) will take place
Puerto Rico’s group business closes off what has come to be known as the initial Zika period (March to May), very much open for business, with 57 new booked pieces of business including events, conferences, annual meetings and sports activities from now through 2017.
The goal of visit.brussels' new Association Bureau is to further improve the support available to international associations and to consolidate the global role of the Region in the work of these associations.
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