Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore) was recently awarded the UFI 2015 Award during the UFI London Catering Tour in April 2015.
Following its successful bid for the International Federation of Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World
Congress 2017, Malaysia is set to welcome freight forwarders, port authorities and operators, and
government authorities
New research released by Business Events Sydney (BESydney) reveals that Asian incentive delegates are Sydney’s highest yielding delegate, outspending holiday visitors by an average of 6.5 times, and up to as much as 9.4 times.
IFEMA acaba de iniciar la comercialización de la 14º edición del Salón Internacional de Equipos, Productos y Servicios Dentales, EXPODENTAL 2016, organizado en colaboración con la Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sanitaria, FENIN, y que tendrá lugar del 10 al 12 de marzo de 2016, en la FERIA DE MADRID.
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ICCA’s eagerly awaited annual statistics on the number of rotating international association meetings hosted by countries and cities show few major shocks.
The new Florence Convention Bureau website has been launched. The main innovations are the new layout that improves usability and the new approach to the presentation of Members’ competencies. The new website has been realized by a member of the Florence Convention Bureau, Uplink Web Agency specialized in providing web services.
Between 18-22 October this year, Dublin will be buzzing as the global Internet community descends on it in full force. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in partnership with the local Ireland host, the Internet Neutral Exchange Association Limited (INEX), will hold its 54th public meeting, ICANN 54, at The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD).
Lausanne welcomed international associations from around the world for the International and European Associations Congress 2015, held at the Swiss Tech Convention Center on May 5-7.
The City of Amsterdam and Amsterdam RAI have announced the winner of the tender for the RAI Hotel. The winner is the innovative concept nhow presented by NH Hotel Group. The hotel is being developed by COD and designed by OMA, founded by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.
In its third year, the Association Meetings Conference is held on the eve of The Meetings Show, and is free to attend for those attending The Meetings Show as hosted buyers.
In this issue: the latest news about SkyTeam and The Meetings Show, a profile of the European Association for International Education, a feature on associations and cross-sector partnerships, and destination updates about Florence, Riga, Glasgow, Thailand, Macao, Oman, Kaohsiung in Taiwan... and much more.
ASAE expanded its Great Ideas Conference this year and hosted its first international event in Hong Kong from March 22-24. ASAE’s Great Ideas in Association Management Conference, Asia-Pacific had 176 participants from 16 countries, with 83 percent buyers (association staff) and 17 percent sellers (industry partners).
Just 39 per cent of event planners are creative thinkers despite the majority believing they have a creative approach to their work, according to new research released today by London & Partners.
In order to encourage organisers of international multi-day conferences to choose Holland as their destination, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, NBTC Holland Marketing, and some twenty partners from the convention industry set up the Pre-financing & Guarantee Fund (VGF) in the late 1980s. The VGF fund helps conference organisers to cover pre-conference expenses, and other financial risks.
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.