Voting is now open for the Favourite Event Technology Supplier category of the Event Technology Awards. This award allows event professionals to vote, and ultimately, select their favourite event technology provider as the winner.
PCMA has opened registration for its 2019 Convening Leaders flagship event, taking place from 6 - 9 January 2019 at the David. L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The first homegrown Business Events conference for Sarawak, the Business Events Tribal Meet, or better known as TriBE 2018, has garnered unwavering support from sector partners in accelerating the state’s economic transformation through Business Events.
The Seoul MICE Alliance (SMA) gained 39 new members this August, bringing the public-private coalition representing Seoul’s MICE industry to a total of 299.
Copenhagen is set to welcome around 10,000 scholars - professors and PhD students, as the city has been chosen as the first destination outside North America to host Academy of Management (AOM)’s annual meeting.
Delegates at the 57th ICCA Congress, taking place in Dubai later this year, will have the opportunity to support a local charity that prevents blindness and visual impairment globally, with organisers partnering with Noor Dubai Foundation on a number of initiatives.
Leading global meetings industry suppliers gathered at ICCA’s Global Bidding workshop on 17 July 2018 at World Meetings Forum Vidanta – Riviera Nayarit 2018, Mexico, to discuss the best practices of bidding for international association meetings, using Houston’s successful bid for the 2019 ICCA Congress as the basis for discussion
The role of convention and visitor bureaus (or CVB) has evolved over the past decade. In a context of competitive environment and economic crisis, associations are becoming more demanding. CVBs have adapted their services to the clients’ needs and can be a trusted partner to make your event successful.
As the unstable global economic and political climate persist, community builders become more important in any society. Here’s one who positions not-for profit associations to become the key platforms for lifelong learning, networking and collaboration between professionals.
Judges are looking for the very best new and up-and-coming technology in the MICE industry to be crowned winner of the industry’s longest-standing technology awards - IBTM World’s prestigious annual Tech Watch Award.
The IMEX Group has a new Chief Operating Officer. Nalan Emre has been promoted from Organising Director to the newly created position at the company which organises industry-leading trade shows IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America.
In a bidding process spanning all of the European Union, Italian furniture manufacturer Poltrona Frau has won the contract for supplying the fixed seating for Auditoriums 1 and Z in the new CCH – Congress Center Hamburg.
London ranks number one for the fourth consecutive year, and Germany leads with highest number of cities featured
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Cvent, Inc., a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today released its list of the top cities for meetings and events in Europe. European cities were previously included in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Dubai Business Events, the city’s official convention bureau, secured 125 business events in the first half of 2018 which are set to attract over 65,000 delegates from around the world, with an expected economic impact of approximately AED 500 million.
The Arts Marketing Association (AMA) has announced that NewcastleGateshead will be the host destination for its 2019 annual conference after bidding against other cities across the UK, adding to the destination’s reputation for its strong arts, culture and heritage offering.
Through the collaborative effort of the Russian Convention Bureau and the Concord Group supported by the Roscongress Foundation, following the presentation of the Russia’s bidding committee, Moscow was chosen as the venue for the IPHS 2020 conference.
After 15 years of construction and an investment of no less than 1.3 billion euros, Amsterdam has proudly opened one of the most high-tech and cool-looking metro lines in the world. The new North/South line also makes RAI Amsterdam the most easily accessible convention centre of any metropolitan city.
The 96th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), in conjunction with the IADR Pan European Regional Congress, is taking place at ExCeL London from 25-28 July 2018 and is expected to see over 5,000 dental, oral and craniofacial researchers flock to the capital.
Bringing with her a wealth of experience in the conventions, meetings and events industry and the center management, Boyce will continue to contribute in the development of business both for the venue and the destination of Istanbul combined with her destination marketing experience in Istanbul CVB.
Ega, Italian leader in the creation and organisation of events and congresses, is happy to announce the arrival of Alain Pittet as Executive Director to advise and support them in their next level of internationalisation.
The city of Brussels is the No. 1 European location for the staging of international associations conferences and is ranked No. 2 in the world according to the UIA report.
The City of Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau is honoured to be named Europe’s Leading City Tourist Board 2018 in the World Travel Awards Europe Gala that this year took place in Zappeion Megaron Hall in Athens, Greece.
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