For voluntary organisations, most of the time, negotiating with hotels is a nightmare - they often find hotels will struggle to understand why they can’t guarantee the room blocks while at the same time demanding huge deposits. AccorHotels has pulled together information, comment and best practice.
BEA (Best Event Awards) 2016 held in Milan honours the Palacongressi with the award for best conference centre and auditorium in Italy. And yet another triumph in an international bid: CINC - Computing in Cardiology, to be held in 2020
The Estonian National Museum, a massive culture/event centre that has been a decade in planning and construction, opened its doors this month in the country's university town of Tartu.
Today 20,000 scientists, doctors and specialists from more than 130 countries are gathering in Copenhagen to improve the quality of care for all cancer patients at The European Society for Medical Oncology congress ESMO. ESMO 2016 is the largest congress of its kind ever hosted on Danish soil.
The Vienna Convention Bureau joined forces with the capital’s two largest conference centers to bring 2,500 European snack industry experts and 2,000 urogynecological specialists to the city for their international get-togethers.
Ireland is a small, but ambitious country, located off the westernmost edge of Europe, constantly looking to the future, to new markets, new products, and new growth opportunities.
Madrid, a lively cosmopolitan and friendly city where everyone feels at home. A place for business and new trends, the capital of Spain offers a safe, comfortable setting where taking time out and doing business are equally enjoyable. Its rich artistic and natural heritage, cutting-edge transport network, quality accommodation, fine cuisine and the passion locals show when enjoying their city's day and night life make it one of the most attractive cities in the world.
Lausanne Tourism & Convention Bureau announces the official opening of the Nestlé Museum (nest) to complement its meetings and events offering across the region.
The Palais des congrès de Montréal, its Ambassadors Club and the Fonds de recherche du Québec have formed a major partnership aimed at acknowledging the role Québec’s researchers and scientists play in bringing international conventions to Montréal and helping to organize them.
The interactive and informative events in Belgium and England provided attendees with invaluable networking opportunities and practical advice on holding events in Canada whilst helping them get up to speed with all the latest news and developments, from new hotels to venues and incentive travel options.
The CSIR International Convention Centre (ICC) delivered impressive financial results for the 2014/2015 fiscal year despite a trying economic and highly competitive environment.
This week Northern Ireland’s capital city is swarming with zoo professionals attending the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) conference at Belfast Waterfront.
The flagship global industry event has designed a programme specifically for association buyers wanting to make most of their time when in Barcelona, 29 November-1 December this year.
RFID and smartphone tracking is a thing of the past. Today modern performance analysis is called Waytation, is “made in Austria” and will be used on many occasions at the Messe Wien Exhibitions & Congress Center.
The CONVENE team is pleased to announce that registration for the Hosted Buyer Programme is now open. Meetings and events professionals can take advantage of a variety of exclusive benefits pertaining to CONVENE 2017, taking place on 8-9 February at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO in Vilnius.
Dubai Business Events, Dubai’s official convention bureau is delivering one of its strongest year’s to-date, with 86 new international business events secured in 2016.
BCD Travel announced a partnership with Airbnb for Business to provide a new, data-rich solution that enables tracking of business travellers’ locations and travel patterns when they book Airbnb listings.
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