The Italian Exhibition Group conference facility had the better of Helsinki and Istanbul. A result achieved thanks to the support of SICM, the Italian Society of Hand Surgery and Dr. Riccardo Luchetti, ambassador of the IEG Event & Conference division.
The Meetings Show has experienced a successful first day with thousands of visitors attending for a record number of appointments, to listen to insightful educational sessions and network with fellow meeting and event planners.
European Cities Marketing, the association for Tourist Boards, Convention Bureaux and City Marketing Organisations in Europe and Simpleview, the worldwide leading provider of CRM, CMS, website design, digital marketing, revenue generation, and mobile technologies for DMMOs, has just signed a 2-year industry partnership agreement.
ICCA has today published its country and city rankings by estimated total number of participants as part of its public abstract of the 2018 Statistics Report, offering an alternative perspective on the growth of the association meetings market. In a continuation of annual trends in 2017, Barcelona and U.S.A. take the top spots these rankings.
As The Meetings Show prepares to open its doors for the seventh year, the show is shaking up its education programme to deliver more than 40 hours of learning in a variety of exciting new formats.
Belfast follows Barcelona, Lisbon and Istanbul to host 2,500 delegates in 2022
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Belfast has been chosen to host Europe’s largest annual gathering of archaeologists, joining Barcelona, Istanbul and Lisbon in a strong international line-up of cities to bring up to 2,500 delegates together in one place, Visit Belfast confirmed today (Thursday 13 June 2019).
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) will be encouraging visitors to The Meetings Show to support its #20PercentLess campaign to help eliminate single-use plastics from the industry.
Ethical operations and sustainable practices will be one of the most important areas of focus for venues by 2024 according to IACCs annual Meeting Room of the Future report 2019, which was released today at MPIs World Education Congress.
Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, today announced that it has acquired DoubleDutch, one of the unique leaders in the mobile event app industry based in San Francisco.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) today announced that it has obtained FTA License for waiver from Value Added Tax (VAT) for all international companies and organisations participating in or holding shows and conferences at its venues across the UAE with effect from 1 June, 2019.
The venue’s ICC drives 50% of all ICCA-rated delegates to London
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Over the past eight years, events hosted at ExCeL, have been responsible for driving 50% of all ICCA-rated delegates who come to London and 20% of all ICCA-rated delegates who come to the UK.
Making geothermal energy acceptable and visible in the society
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The Hague is hosting the European Geothermal Congress EGC 2019 on 11-14 June 2019 in the World Forum The Hague. This congress forms a stage to celebrate European excellency and to call for tailored tools to drive further geothermal deployment.
At the General Assembly of European Cities Marketing held in Ljubljana on June 5, 2019, President, Board Members and members of the Executive Committee were elected by ECM members.
IBTM World, one of the most established business to business trade shows for the meetings and events industry, has announced the launch of its 32nd edition, which will take place at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from 19-21 November.
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.