Original Events offer independence to PCOs, and the opportunity to fill a market gap while expanding their business portfolio and penetrating new segments.
The Meetings Show is offering support and providing a forum for visitors to discuss the impact of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), following changes to the law last month.
Hamburg and the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg – have won the bid to host the 2021 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).
The Minister of the Economy, José Ramón Valente, and the Undersecretary of Tourism, Mónica Zalaquett, headed the launch of FIEXPO XI. With other Latin American tourism authorities, they did a walking tour of the event space that brings together 17 countries and 215 international buyers
The London Cyber Innovation Centre – a £13.5 million initiative to bring industry, researchers and investors together to boost the UK’s position as a place to develop cyber security technology – is to open in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The Meetings Mean Business Canada Board is set to continue its mission to advocate for the power of face-to-face meetings by travelling across Canada to connect with Business Events Industry Leaders.
In conjunction with World Environment Day 2018, close to 60 of theKuala Lumpur Convention Centre’s team members spent the morning planting a variety of flora around the venue. In line with this year’s theme, ‘Beating Plastic Pollution’,the planting materials used were made from recycled plastic.
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced today during its 2018 World Education Congress (WEC18) it will publish “The Essential Guide to Safety and Security: Best Practices for Meeting and Event Planning 2018” by the end of June 2018. In addition, the association will develop education, research reports and case studies based on the guide’s recommended practices, with launch plans slated for later this year and in 2019.
The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre is awarding a grant to CarbonCloud for their innovation, CarbonAte, which enables restaurants to calculate the climate impact of their food. The grant is SEK 100,000, and a part of the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre’s 100 year anniversary celebration. The aim of the grant is to foster the meetings industry.
Geneva is holding the 29th edition of the Ecsite Conference from 7 to 9 June at the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG) with 1,100 participants.
The industry association for New Zealand’s business events sector, Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) is seeking the removal of the GST disadvantage New Zealand-based international conferences face compared to other global destinations.
Conventions and Incentives New Zealand’s (CINZ) two-day trade exhibition championing the country's business events industry wraps up today, with many international buyers keen to book New Zealand for future events.
Sydney to host world’s largest Microscopy Congress
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Sydney will host Nobel Laureates Professor Dan Shechtman, from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Professor Joachim Frank, from Columbia University, USA together with global authorities at the world’s largest and most diverse gathering of microscopy and microanalysis professionals at the 19th International Microscopy Congress (IMC19), 9 – 14 September 2018, in Sydney.
The Launchpad, Event Tech Live’s sought-after platform for start-ups and new technology, will be back at the show in November with a bigger footprint and a remodelled competition.
An official launching of Guangzhou International Convention Center on a global business travel market was organised during IMEX show in Frankfurt, worldwide exhibition for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions bringing together over 9000 visitors and 500 exhibitors from 150 countries.
At the European Cities Marketing International Conference in Malmö, June 13-16, 2018, European DMOs will meet and focus on how to "Make Tourism Matter". Industry thought leaders will challenge the attendees. Ideas and insights will be shared on why DMOs all over Europe shouldn't ask what they can do for more tourism but instead what tourism can do for their city.
Kenes Group is pleased to announce a new five-year agreement to support the international education strategy of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST).
The Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) today hosted a special Marcom Networking Evening-cum-Iftar Dinner to recognise the contributions of its industry partners for Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) and to celebrate the auspicious month of Ramadan.
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