• Entities to have signed Memorandums of Understanding with Dubai Business Events in H1 include Professional Communication Corporation (Nedaa), the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance, and the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Award for Medical Sciences
• Two more partnerships renewed, with more in the pipeline to enhance Dubai’s ability to attract world class business events
Congrex Switzerland has signed significant new contracts in a variety of business areas. The company has recently expanded its association management portfolio by thirty percent and has been appointment PCO or official accommodation agency for several global associations.
Prior to joining BestCities, Lesley was head of Business Tourism for Marketing Edinburgh where her key focus was sourcing and bidding for international conferences for the city. Lesley has served on a number of committees focused on raising the profile of Scotland as a world leading conference destination including involvement in the Annual Business Tourism for Scotland, as deputy chair of Business Tourism for Scotland and also as chair of ICCA UK and Ireland Chapter.
In the lead up to opening in October 2020, Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre has expanded its global reach into Europe by appointing leading international representation company, Worldwide Convention Specialists to support its lead generation activities.
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.
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.