Denver is the newest, and fourth city in the US to join the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index). The city is now part of a global destination sustainability movement, that seeks to engage, inspire and enable urban centres to become more regenerative places to visit, meet and thrive in.
New research reveals booking trends of large-scale, urban convention attendees
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Hilton, NYC & Company and PCMA Foundation announced today that approximately half of all delegates attending large-scale, urban conventions are circumventing the established room-reservation process and booking accommodations on their own.
The U.S. Travel Association on Thursday announced the election of Elliott L. Ferguson II, president and CEO of Destination DC, as its new national chair. Ferguson, who served on the board for seven years, succeeds Wyndham Hotels and Resorts’ president and CEO Geoff Ballotti.
Celebrating creativity and curiosity at IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America
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In a world of increasing technical capability, the power of imagination is regarded as a uniquely human attribute – and one that’s highly prized. The IMEX Group is championing the power of imagination as its Talking Point for 2019.
PCMA has committed to combat child exploitation by signing The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. In partnership with ECPAT-USA, The Code is the only voluntary set of business principles that companies and organizations in the travel, business travel and tourism industries can implement to prevent and eradicate the trafficking and exploitation of children.
Civic and corporate leaders from four continents will gather January 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a unique two-day discourse on how business events can create diversified and sustainable opportunities for economic and social prosperity.
New experiences, business prospects, skills to learn and people to meet; the show floor will be bursting with exciting opportunities ready for event professionals from across the world when the largest ever IMEX America opens in Las Vegas tomorrow (Tuesday October 16).
Washington DC’s president and CEO, Elliott Ferguson talks about what their WeChat partnership
means, their biggest challenges and target markets, and also Destination DC’s plan to retain their
number one ICCA ranking in United States.
Here are five experiences to keep an eye out for at the Sands Expo once the 2018 edition of IMEX America opens, starting with Smart Monday, on October 15. The full business bonanza of the trade show runs October 16 -18.
IBTM Americas 2018, the newest event in IBTM’s global portfolio of meetings, incentive, conference and events industry tradeshows, was hailed a great success by exhibitors and Hosted Buyers with over 12,500 pre-planned meetings during the two-day event, which took place from 5-6 September in Mexico City.
IMEX America, taking place October 16-18 in Las Vegas, will live out its mission to ‘educate, innovate and help all its clients to make powerful connections with the right people’ by presenting a comprehensive education program each day of the show.
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.