The UNWTO Regional Conference on Enhancing Brand Africa – Fostering Tourism Development concluded with a call for stronger regional cooperation and increased partnerships as means to build a stronger brand value for Africa.
Philip Springuel is the Head of Corporate Affairs of the European Food Information Council, commonly known as EUFIC. As it celebrates its 20 years of existence, Philip explains how the organisation operates and what challenges it has faced over the years.
During the launch of Kenya’s inaugural MICE forum in East and Central Africa, cabinet secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, Phyllis Kandie said, “For the first time, Kenya will host the 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in December 2015. We have also won the bids to host the world conference on PR forums in November 2015."
Zimbabwe has been awarded the African Rising Star Country Branding Award from Bloom Consulting, a Spain-based company that focuses on strategy consulting and specialises in nation branding.
Yokohama will host an event to promote a better understanding of people with reading and writing disabilities in June next year as a prelude to the 2020 World Dyslexia Forum to be held in Japan.
EUMA is the network for management support professionals, which offers training for the profession to meet the business requirements of today and tomorrow. In our fast changing business environment it is more and more important that companies know how to handle change management.
Officially founded in December 2009, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a non-profit organization, is known as an industry-leading collaborative that brings together some 400 CEOs and senior management members from global companies that collectively generate a total of EUR 2.5 trillion in sales.
In Portugal, there are several national monuments accessible for holding events. And demand even led to the creation of the law decree nº8356/2014, which regulates access, informs the rules and indicates the rental value of each venue.
Interel’s Association Management Practice has achieved accreditation by the AMC Institute (the global trade association for the association management industry)- becoming one of only two businesses outside of North America to do so.
On Friday 31st July in Kuala Lumpur a Swiss delegation team attended a meeting where the host city for 2020’s Youth Olympic Games (Y.O.G.) was announced… and Lausanne emerged victorious!
The World Forum will be the location for the European trade fair ‘The Unmanned Systems Expo’ (TUSExpo) once again next year. The second edition will be held from 2 to 4 February 2016 in The Hague.
Brisbane is proving to be a popular business events destination for Australian associations after two peak industry bodies announced they would stage their 2016 national conferences in the city.
For the first time ICCA publishes country and city rankings by estimated total number of participants in 2014, as part of its public abstract of the ICCA statistics report, aimed at international associations.
La Cité Nantes Events Center has produced a new promotion film to present the Nantes destination and its congress centre to event organisers at regional, national and international level.
With the opening of the thoroughly renovated and reconstructed KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo in May, Congress Center Leipzig (CCL) took over the operation of a modern conference centre in the heart of the city.
In this issue: a portrait of the the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a focus on the latest ICCA statistics, an in-depth interview with Nikki Walker, from MCI, the UIA's thoughts on New Membership Models... and more.
Since July 8 major events organisers and promoters planning events in Auckland from 2016/17 onwards have an opportunity to apply for sponsorship with an annual application window.
In October, Ibiza will hold the 2nd International Nightlife Congress, bringing together business people from all over the world to give night time leisure activities a more professional status by sharing performance protocols and experiences which will help to improve the sector's image.
La Asociación Internacional de Ocio Nocturno celebrará en Ibiza el II Congreso Internacional de Ocio Nocturno.re el planeta que tiene como objetivo profesionalizar el ocio nocturno y compartir protocolos de actuación y experiencias que ayuden a mejorar la imagen del sector.
Copenhagen is known for its wide range of forward-thinking educational institutions, which is underlined by a new rankings guide that ranks Copenhagen Business School as the 6th best in Europe.
From 26 to 29 May 2015, KU Leuven and Vlerick business school hosted the 44th EMAC conference ‘Collaboration in research’ at Leuven. This is the annual conference of the European Marketing Academy.
For the past six decades, the Union of International Associations (UIA) has undertaken statistical studies on the preceding years’ international meetings. The statistics are based on information systematically collected by the UIA Congress Department.
Already last year, European medical association United European Gastroenterology (UEG) decided to rotate its annual congresses 2014 - 2019 between Vienna and Barcelona.
Azerbaijan is actively strengthening its position in the world of meetings, thanks to the establishment of Azerbaijan Convention Bureau, the first national convention bureau in the region.
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.