Luxembourg has great expertise in accommodating businesses and companies from all over the world, making it the ideal platform to organise meetings and events. But what exactly makes Luxembourg so attractive as a MICE destination?
The latest insights into the meetings sector will be aired in Brisbane as staff from Australia’s convention bureaux convene for their 27th annual flagship meeting from 7-9 September.
The U.T.SEC, Unmanned Technologies & Security – Expo & Conference, which is to be held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre on 2 – 3 March 2017, is the first trade fair devoted to every aspect of drones.
Over 7 years ago when the events industry really started to talk about “hybrid meetings”, there was a sense of a huge tsunami of technology that would hit us and destroy the meetings industry as we know.
Social broadcasting is quickly becoming a game changer for those who have a message to spread. The European Society of Association Executives (ESAE) is holding a peer2eer session on 9/9/16 from 4-6pm in Brussels.
In this issue: an extensive feature on hybrid vs. physical meetings, an detailed report on Luxembourg, the profile of the International Telecommunication Union, the birth of the Sports Events Association... and more.
Aleš Šinkovec, Practice Director, Energy and Environment, LOGOS Public Affairs, discusses how Expo-2017 Astana is an opportunity for the European Union and its Member States.
Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd announces the appointment of Catherine Toolan as Managing Director. The new appointment comes at an opportune time with the recent opening of Belfast Waterfront’s new 7,000m2 conference facility in April this year.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs). Philipp Steiner, Meetings Logistics Coordinator, explains how the organisation operates and the issues they have to deal with.
The Congress Center Basel is Switzerland’s largest conference centre, located directly alongside Messe Basel. It has a direct footbridge link to the exhibition complex by Herzog & de Meuron and can accommodate congresses with more than 5,000 delegates.
IMEX America has completely reimagined the 2016 program and format of Association Focus, its unique education and networking event for association professionals.
Budapest has been enjoying a growing popularity of large international association and corporate events, exhibitions. HUNGEXPO, the city’s largest multifunctional venue has taken its share of the growing MICE business.
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2016 Summer Edition. This special report indicates meeting and event industry projections remain solidly positive as planners and suppliers adapt and learn to thrive in the evolving seller’s market landscape.
The Palais des congrès de Montréal becomes the main showcase for experimentation and promotion of the technologies and techniques in urban farming in Québec by deploying the Urban Agriculture Lab of the Palais des congrès de Montréal
The newly formed international association of event hosts is hoping to share by collaborating as a group when it comes to hosting sports events around the globe. The idea formed this spring in Lausanne during the City-to-City session at the SportAccord Convention.
Strong demand from a multitude of new exhibitors and hosted buyer groups means that IMEX America 2016 offers ever more compelling opportunities to do business and network.
For the fourth year, meeting professionals from around the world gathered to pick up insights provided by expert speakers at the Association Meetings Conference at Church House Westminster in London on June 13. More than 100 delegates attended the one-day conference featuring sessions on how to deliver value and use innovation in association meetings.
Belfast Waterfront welcomed ASME 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting for the first time this month. 450 national and international delegates travelled to Northern Ireland’s capital city, to enjoy a jam-packed programme of business and social activities during the 3-day event.
From 3 to 6 July, la Cité Nantes Events Center welcomed its peers as it hosted the AIPC Annual Conference (International Association of Convention Centres). It was the second time in AIPC’s history that France was chosen as the conference destination and the occasion for Nantes to showcase what they can offer to meeting planners.
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau launches their brand new video this week, promoting NewcastleGateshead as a leading destination for conferences, meetings and events - inviting event organisers to discover their world of conferencing.
Dubai maintains parity with global cities according to latest meetings industry statistics
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Dubai’s status as a premier business event destination for some of the world’s most prestigious events has been reinforced by the latest rankings published by the Union of International Associations (UIA), which saw the city maintain its number 14 position in the 2015 International Meetings Statistics report.
Lean on the expertise of the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, the Convention and Cultural Centre of the Principality of Monaco, its high-tech equipment and modern renovated facilities to make your event really outstanding.
The UIA confirms Brussels as the number two city in the world, and the number one in Europe in terms of the number of international conferences it hosts
More than two-thirds of the associations surveyed in 2015 by the UIA were not aware or did not use services provided by convention and visitor bureaux (CVBs).
For a fifth consecutive year, Montréal ranks first in the Americas for international events, according to the International Meetings Statistics Report for the Year 2015 released by the Union of International Association (UIA), representing yet another outstanding performance. Overall, the city hosted 108 international events in 2015, up 29% from 2014.
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