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.
Destinations International, Simpleview and IBTM Americas invite all destination organisations participating in IBTM Americas to attend DMOs Day, which will take place September 3-4, 2018 in Mexico City, a few days before the main event.
PCMA has opened registration for its 2019 Convening Leaders flagship event, taking place from 6 - 9 January 2019 at the David. L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has planned a variety of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives for the 2018 MPI World Education Congress (WEC18).
CWT 3.0 digital transformation strategy gains traction
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the global travel management company, today reported a strong performance in 2017, the first full year of its digital transformation strategy, CWT 3.0.
Now in its 3rd year, SITE Incentive Summit Americas (ISA) took place 5-8 April at Montage Deer Valley, Park City, Utah. The exclusive, invitation-only event brought 120 incentive travel professionals to Utah for a long weekend filled with education, networking and destination immersion.
Destination DC (DDC), the official destination marketing organisation (DMO) for Washington, DC, continues its expansion into China, Washington, DC’s top overseas market, by becoming the first DMO in the United States to officially partner with WeChat(known as “Weixin” in China).
Oxford Economics recently published a report which credits the Meetings Industry in the US for creating 5.9 million jobs and 845 Billion USD in business sales in 2016.
It is with great pleasure that the DMC Network announce that Janet Holliday, President and Owner of The CE Group, a DMC Network Company, has been named as a Legacy Leader with the San Antonio Business Journal in 2018.
International Conference Services Ltd. (ICS), a Professional Congress Organizer headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jennifer Abbott to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with immediate effect.
Encore Event Technologies, a leading provider of in-house event technology and production services, announced that it is expanding its global presence with the rebranding of ETG Staging Connections to the Encore Event Technologies brand.
As part of a host of enhancements to Get Global 2018, the one-day MICE trade event dedicated exclusively to outbound product has announced a partnership with ICMI Speakers & Entertainers and the introduction of an educational Inspiration Corner on the exhibition floor.
Vancouver’s business events and hospitality community congratulates Claire Smith, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vancouver Convention Centre on her appointment as the Professional Convention Management Association’s (PCMA) Board Chair this year, effective today.
The meetings and conventions world recognized the work of the Palais des congrès de Montréal at the Meeting Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) recently presented in London.
The Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) has released today its second ranking of the sustainability performance of 40 meeting and events cities worldwide.
Continuing its mission to advocate for the power of face-to-face meetings, Meetings Mean Business Canada (MMB Canada) visited Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary to connect with Business Events Industry executive leaders on October 26 and 27, 2017.
RoomIt by CWTÒ, the new hotel distribution division of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, the leading global travel management company, today announces a new agreement with Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN), a brand within the Expedia group.
Published author, motivational speaker, and the founder of Zest Business Consulting Jennifer Martin will be the keynote speaker at the second event this year in the famed new Stadium Series, November 8 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California.
The sixth annual global meetings forecast demonstrates the increasing strategic role and value that meetings and events play in organizations of all sizes around the globe.
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.