Africa is expected to become a popular MICE destination for US companies in 2019 as no less than three new direct air links between the two continents have been announced in the past few months.
The Shenyang New World EXPO (“EXPO”) successfully hosted one of the largest Chinese international conferences ever to be held in northeast China. The 2018 Chinese Conference on Oncology was held on 18-19 August.
First venue in Malaysia to present an immersive Virtual Reality experience to clients
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The Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) is taking event engagement to the next level with the unveiling of fully immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences and being the first trade and exhibition centre in Malaysia embracing the technology.
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.
The industry-leading BIM Show Live conference is set to return to NewcastleGateshead for a third time in 2019, further cementing the city’s reputation as a leading technology hub and digital construction powerhouse.
Voting is now open for the Favourite Event Technology Supplier category of the Event Technology Awards. This award allows event professionals to vote, and ultimately, select their favourite event technology provider as the winner.
The Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has achieved a 25 per cent increase in economic contribution from secured business events in 2017/2018 financial year from the previous year, and achieved its strongest economic impact ever delivered.
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.
The first homegrown Business Events conference for Sarawak, the Business Events Tribal Meet, or better known as TriBE 2018, has garnered unwavering support from sector partners in accelerating the state’s economic transformation through Business Events.
The Seoul MICE Alliance (SMA) gained 39 new members this August, bringing the public-private coalition representing Seoul’s MICE industry to a total of 299.
Copenhagen is set to welcome around 10,000 scholars - professors and PhD students, as the city has been chosen as the first destination outside North America to host Academy of Management (AOM)’s annual meeting.
Delegates at the 57th ICCA Congress, taking place in Dubai later this year, will have the opportunity to support a local charity that prevents blindness and visual impairment globally, with organisers partnering with Noor Dubai Foundation on a number of initiatives.
Leading global meetings industry suppliers gathered at ICCA’s Global Bidding workshop on 17 July 2018 at World Meetings Forum Vidanta – Riviera Nayarit 2018, Mexico, to discuss the best practices of bidding for international association meetings, using Houston’s successful bid for the 2019 ICCA Congress as the basis for discussion
International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) has released new figures revealing that it has welcomed its two millionth visitor, with delegates and visitors attending events on site injecting more than A$1.2 billion into the local community since it opened in December 2016.
New generations don’t want ‘standard’ events; they are tired of the traditional model and want to co-create the content, to engage with more networking and more interactivity.
The role of convention and visitor bureaus (or CVB) has evolved over the past decade. In a context of competitive environment and economic crisis, associations are becoming more demanding. CVBs have adapted their services to the clients’ needs and can be a trusted partner to make your event successful.
As the unstable global economic and political climate persist, community builders become more important in any society. Here’s one who positions not-for profit associations to become the key platforms for lifelong learning, networking and collaboration between professionals.
Judges are looking for the very best new and up-and-coming technology in the MICE industry to be crowned winner of the industry’s longest-standing technology awards - IBTM World’s prestigious annual Tech Watch Award.
The IMEX Group has a new Chief Operating Officer. Nalan Emre has been promoted from Organising Director to the newly created position at the company which organises industry-leading trade shows IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America.
The Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has been recognised for its impact on Victoria, awarded a prestigious Australian Business Award for Community Contribution in the 2018 Australian Business Awards.
In a bidding process spanning all of the European Union, Italian furniture manufacturer Poltrona Frau has won the contract for supplying the fixed seating for Auditoriums 1 and Z in the new CCH – Congress Center Hamburg.
Malaysia’s largest state, Sarawak, ventures down under to gather over 500 senior managers from associations, charities, societies, and institutes at the recently held Associations Forum National Conference 2018 (AFNC 2018) at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland.
London ranks number one for the fourth consecutive year, and Germany leads with highest number of cities featured
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Cvent, Inc., a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today released its list of the top cities for meetings and events in Europe. European cities were previously included in the Europe, Middle East and Africa 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.