France is ranked 5th in the most recent ICCA ratings (International Congress and Convention Associations) hosting 522 international conferences and conventions. These encouraging statistics fortify France’s position as a destination where innovation inspires business.
The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has become one of the first organisations in Europe to gain the recently established Quality and Environmental Standards - ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 - that replace the historic international standards that are due to be phased out by the transition deadline in 2018.
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Efma promotes innovation in retail finance by fostering debate and discussion among peers supported by a robust array of information services and numerous opportunities for direct encounters. Karine Coutinho, Deputy Managing Director, explains how the organisation operates.
The Oostende Convention Bureau has just launched a newly designed website, a professional showcase of the meeting facilities and opportunities in Oostende, revamped for easier access to all necessary information for planners.
In this second article of our World Expo series, Matteo Pederzoli puts Astana on the map and wonders how associations, like the ones you, our dear readers, represent, are planning to get involved in the 2017 Expo. There seems to be a lot of ways to do so.
The Italian capital has won the bid to host the International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 2022; ICSES is to be held at La Nuvola Congress Centre in Rome in May.
HQ exclusive reports by Mark Levin: "If association clients feel that you truly understand what their priorities are, and you can help them create the best experience for their attendees, you have a competitive advantage over everyone else."
The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) hailed Belfast as the friendliest host city at its annual International Surgical Congress held last week in the fantastic new Belfast Waterfront conference centre.
Thursday 12 May at the Paris Town Hall, the managers of 17 hotel groups, the UMIH and Synhorcat met under the auspices of the City of Paris, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the UNIMEV to sign the Charter on the hosting of large congresses in Paris.
Damian Hutt, Executive Director of Associations Network which organises the Associations World Congress, today announces the organisation has changed its name to the Society of Association Executives to better reflect the organisation’s service level of a professional society.
2016 is Northern Ireland’s Year of Food and Drink and it promises to serve up something truly spectacular that will more than whet business travellers’ appetite and encourage them to return time and time again.
Strategically located between East and West, competitive and innovative Finland is the ideal place to meet and do business. The Nordic nation’s high level of education, scientific expertise, flourishing start-up culture, unrivalled safety and social stability combine to offer the ideal conditions for meetings and organising world-class congresses.
A conference specifically created to address the needs of association meeting professionals is once again taking place in London in June 2016. The Association Meetings Conference takes place on the eve of The Meetings Show on Monday 13th June at Church House, Westminster and is free to attend for those attending The Meetings Show as a hosted buyer.
Last year, 11.4 million participants came to conferences, congresses and incentives in the German capital. This represents a growth of four per cent. The number of events grew by three per cent to about 135,000 in the same time period. These are the results of the latest convention statistics 2015 from the Berlin Convention Office of visitBerlin.
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