“Insider gathering” is the pay-off of this company; a unique service from two entrepreneurs who’ve already been there, both as buyers and suppliers. The next event is scheduled in London on March 15th”
IMEX Association Day, the annual event exclusively for association professionals, will feature a new, extensively researched and redesigned programme when it takes place the day before the IMEX in Frankfurt exhibition in May.
“Last year showed that the measures we took in the Asiatic region in association with the German Convention Bureau and the Frankfurt Convention Bureau are working,” says Johann Thoma, Vice President of Guest Events of Messe Frankfurt since 2016. In 2015, Congress Frankfurt only welcomed one Asian event organiser whilst, in 2016, there were nine conferences with an Asian background. They came from China, Korea and Thailand.
Thursday 26 January, 2017 – Glasgow, Scotland - The Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) is being renamed and rebranded the ‘Scottish Event Campus’.
- venue hosts highest number of events and delegates in 21 years
- posts record turnover and moves into profitability
- creates over £50 million in economic impact
- mission to be world’s “most socially responsible” conference venue
Today we share with you the first video of Signature Boston focusing on Technology. The topic of this video is Technology Leadership. Check it out and enjoy!
An exciting and informative Education Programme is on offer for CONVENE 2017. This year’s list of guest speakers features a number of international meetings industry figures from around Europe who are eager to share and inspire industry professionals from across the Baltic Sea Region.
Representatives of the Prague Convention Bureau received the 2016 Top Meeting Destination award at the annual Conventa trade fair in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 18th January, 2017.
The Prague Congress Centre announces the international two rounds architectural urban design competition for the proposal of an extension to the Congress Centre, consisting of needed exhibition surfaces and of the creation of quality public spaces in the site of the Pankrác square and its surrounding areas.
The Czech capital will welcome meetings professionals including top planners from all over the world for the 56th Congress of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), which will take place between 12 and 15 November 2017.
Davos is the clear alpine leader in the global meeting market with more than 400 events per year. With good reason: it has a rich tradition in hosting congresses. Here, you will find the most modern congress centre (up to 7,000 delegates) in the Alps, which even attracts the World Economic Forum (WEF).
CITE DES CONGRES Valenciennes Congress Center – a new facility in the north of France – offers something both complementary and different to existing facilities.
As a leading congress, meeting and incentive destination, every year Istanbul hosts large scale international congresses and events. The brand new marketing tool contains all the materials congress and event planners require to promote their event in Istanbul...
In this IBTM World Edition: an extensive feature on financial secutiry and how to minimize financial risk for your international conference, funds raising and generating income for your association...
Subvention – is it the New Black of the meeting industry or should one consider it as the very last option for the destination to win an association meeting?
One of today’s myths that is shared by many policymakers across the globe is that Expo’s are a waste of public money. Their mission was to educate citizens to new discoveries when Internet was not invented so they have become obsolete. There is nothing falser that this, as was proven by last World Expo in Milan in 2015.
Lisa Astorga, Director of Meetings at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, discusses the new strategic decision of holding an annual global congress. The new format aligns with trends in global medical meetings and will allow ISTH to be more relevant in all regions of the world.
Lausanne Tourism & Convention Bureau today announces that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be holding its thirteenth annual international symposium on 13-15 March 2017, at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne.
Sicily Convention Bureau announces at IMEX America what resides at the core of its strategic plans for 2017. SCB is ready to add attractiveness to the destination for international buyers and go beyond the original MICE identity of Sicily.
The 15th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases (ICNMD) and the 16th World Congress of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) are coming to Vienna in 2018.
First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, HRH Princess Anne and Stephen Hawking opened the 23rd Rehabilitation International (RI) World Congress, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
Paul Gruijthuijsen, Project Leader at the Pre-financing & Guarantee Fund (VGF), explains how the organisation can help provide some financial safety, should you wish to hold a congress in the Netherlands.
An interview with Michel Ballieu, 2016 Award winner
Summary:
Michel has 45 years of professional experience. He has been an association leader and executive for non-profits, and a member of our European Society of Association Executives (ESAE, AssociationExecutives.EU) for many years. A strategic thinker and a mentor, he is now an independent association advisor focused on identifying and developing management skills for associations.
The very dynamic Nicola McGrane of Conference Partners Ireland thought that it was high time that Irish cities, regions and service providers joined forces and participated in a huge Irish event in order to promote themselves towards the Irish public and international hosted buyers.
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.