Just in time for World Happiness Day (20th March), Australia’s happiest marsupial, the quokka, stopped to pose for a selfie with Tourism Australia’s Global Ambassador, Chris Hemsworth. The two also shared a somewhat romantic moment with a bite to eat.
Auckland is growing in popularity as a destination for international conferences. One recent highlight was the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP).
Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), the leading meetings and conventions event in the region, has announced a series of premier global luxury travel exhibitors who will showcase their unique venues and destinations at the 2019 event.
ICCA announced VisitScotland Business Events as the winner of this year’s prestigious ICCA Best Marketing Award at the Closing Ceremony of the 57th ICCA Congress on Wednesday 14 November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
888 business appointments between those attending the 3-day event which closed in Bologna on 3rd November 2018
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Italy at Hand, the most interactive b2b MICE event ever, organised by Convention Bureau Italia with the aim of promoting the Italian Congress offer in international tourism has closed with a great success. 888 business appointments between the 43 international buyers and 45 qualified national operators present. The many international guests and the involvement of 24 partners made possible this first edition of the format.
When it comes to the MICE sector in Iceland, we have high hopes for the future. Iceland has over the last several years built up a reputation for reliability, high tech infrastructure, service excellence with flexibility, and accessible flight connections to and from North America and Europe - in addition to highlighting the new mantra of MICE travel: Unconventional.
The Russian Convention Bureau was established in November 2017. The founders of the organisation were: the Roscongress Foundation, the Russian Export Center (REC), International Foundation of Technology and Investment (IFTI), R&C Market Research Company.
International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) will bring over 400 dance health experts to Helsinki. Altogether, Helsinki is hosting around 300 international association meetings this year.
Travel Trade Athens 2018 has once more succeeded in attracting top travel trade and MICE professionals. Over the 2-day event, the 100 cherry-picked, fully-hosted buyers participated in more than 3,000 meetings with over 100 top-notch local suppliers and were introduced to the year-round destination that is Athens.
Under Sarawak’s boldest award-winning destination marketing campaign, “Redefining Global Tribes”, the state will play host to the inaugural Business Events Tribal Meet – better known as TriBE 2018 in Kuching on 24th August 2018 to drive digital transformation within the Business Events sector.
Sarawak’s Redefining Global Tribes made an astounding impression to Business Events global professionals at IMEX Frankfurt; the very heart of global convergence of meetings, incentives and business travel, from the 14th – 17th May 2018.
With a record 5 million visitors travelling to Athens in 2017, the City of Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) of the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency is intensifying its efforts to promote the Greek capital as a leisure and business destination.
Just over twelve months ago on 20 December 2016, International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) opened its doors as one of Australia’s premier convention, exhibition and entertainment venues. Its first year of operation has made waves across the industry and put Sydney back on the map for international business events.
The Hague Convention Bureau (THCB) is delighted to have been awarded Bronze at The Meetings Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) in the category Best Use of Video Marketing.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Copenhagen in 2021 when the city hosts the ultimate celebration of tolerance, diversity and inclusion.
Located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, Georgia has seamlessly integrated aspects of various cultures, while at the same time retaining its own unparalleled identity.
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) jointly unveiled today a unified brand, Passion Made Possible, to market Singapore internationally for tourism and business purposes.
NYC & Company, the City’s official destination marketing organization, today joined Cape Town Tourism to sign a first-ever city-to-city partnership to boost travel between Cape Town and New York City.
The industry’s leading association for small to mid-sized global meeting focused venues,IACC, has today announced the appointment of integrated PR and communications specialists davies tanner and UP THERE, EVERYWHERE to support its new business strategy.
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