Shanghai is one of the first cities in China to have implemented a 144-hour visa-free policy, which allows foreign visitors to arrive to and depart from the metropolis via its airports, cruise terminals and train stations without a visa, providing their overall stay is within the six-day limit.
It has been more than a decade since the government of Hangzhou set the goal of turning the Zhejiang Province capital into an international meetings hub. With the news of G20 combined with the announcement that Hangzhou will host the 2022 Asian Games, the city is poised to take its place on the world stage.
Edinburgh’s international reputation in medical and paediatric science has received a significant boost, with the announcement that the city has won the bid to host an influential world congress in 2021.
Five reasons to fall in love with MICE activities in Taiwan
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According to MEET TAIWAN, MICE activities in Taiwan were attended by a total of 202,000 foreign participants in 2015, which was a 7% increase from 2014 and 13.5% from 2013.
As part of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities, the venue has established her own 112sqm rooftop garden to cultivate herbs and spices.
New partnerships with SITE and SACEOS strengthens conference programme
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ITB Asia 2016, the ‘Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market’, will showcase its strongest meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) line up to-date with a full day conference programme dedicated to the growing sector.
The City of Naples has won the bid to host the World Tunnelling Congress to be held May, 2019. With an expected participation of 2,000, this is a prominent international appointment bringing the most talented engineers in the field to Napoli.
Malta is launching a new brand focusing on MICE. Conventions Malta aims to promote the islands as a destination for conference and incentive travel, as well as association business.
At the annual IMEX Tradeshow in Frankfurt, the Austria Center Vienna was announced as the overall winner of the 2016 Digital Infrastructure Award. The award now in its third year celebrates best in class Digital Infrastructure in meetings venues around the world.
AEG Ogden Group Director of Convention Centres, Geoff Donaghy, has been recognised for his outstanding service to the meetings industry with an IMEX Academy Award for the Asia Pacific region overnight at the 14th annual IMEX Gala Dinner in Frankfurt.
2016 is Northern Ireland’s Year of Food and Drink and it promises to serve up something truly spectacular that will more than whet business travellers’ appetite and encourage them to return time and time again.
A conference specifically created to address the needs of association meeting professionals is once again taking place in London in June 2016. The Association Meetings Conference takes place on the eve of The Meetings Show on Monday 13th June at Church House, Westminster and is free to attend for those attending The Meetings Show as a hosted buyer.
Singapore will host several prominent medical congresses coming to Southeast Asia for the first time – two of these events are also making their Asian debuts. These events are tipped to bring in approximately 16,000 visitors and some $34 million in tourism receipts.
With the complete revamping of the design of Headquarters, the creation of a solid network of international representatives and the hiring of new staff members, Meeting Media Company has entered a new era.
A brand-new layout for Headquarters, launched for IMEX 2016. New design, new look, new content. In this issue: association profiles, case studies, destination updates, the views of ESAE and UIA on VAT and associations, a special focus on World Expos, a special TED interview... and more.
Taipei was selected as the host city for the 2021 Rotary International Convention (RIC), an annually rotating global event. It is expected that 36,000 Rotarians, including over 10,000 global attendees, will join the Convention.
Since its founding in 1992, Meeting Media Group, publisher of Headquarters Magazine (HQ), has been a trusted guide and voice for associations and the global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry.