100% delegate approval ratings for BestCities Global Forum
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Delegates and organisers of the BestCities Global Forum were united in their praise for the four-day conference, which took place in Tokyo in December. One hundred percent of delegates surveyed agreed that they would recommend attending the BestCities 2018 event to other international association delegates, while a staggering 95% reported the Forum met or exceeded their expectations.
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) has confirmed that NewcastleGateshead will be the host destination for their 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. The theme of the event is medical education with a global perspective, with esteemed keynote speakers flying in from around the globe to speak on the subject.
PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) announced strong financial growth and record revenue numbers at the final press conference held during its annual Convening Leaders event, taking place in Nashville, TN at the Music City Center this week, January 7-10, 2018.
Juliet Alabaster has been appointed General Manager of the Brisbane Convention Bureau, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience within the conventions and business events industry.
Sarawak continues to sustain its global appeal in Business Events as Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) and industry partners secured 89 more Business Events (BE) in 2017 - 60 bids won and 29 bids supported – which is disbursed statewide from 2018 to 2022.
The region’s largest and longest running business events conference, the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME), has announced an extraordinary line-up of speakers from Saxton Speakers Bureau for four Up Close and Personal sessions.
The region’s largest and longest running business events conference, the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME), has announced an extraordinary line-up of speakers from Saxton Speakers Bureau for four Up Close and Personal sessions.
The construction phases for Hall 10 and the Entrance West of the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre have been completed on schedule – CMT 2018 first event in the new building
MICE industry veteran has high-level experience with multi-national association management
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Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) announced today that Didier Scaillet has been appointed new Chief Excellence Officer (CEO), serving both SITE and the SITE Foundation. He will be introduced to the SITE community at the annual general meeting of members held during the SITE + MPI Global Forum taking place this weekend in Rome.
Only two months remaining to the 6th edition of the European Association Summit (EAS). Join us on 8-9 March at the Square by registering with an early bird fee until 25 January.
Tourists travelling with Khiri Travel in Myanmar can now meet and talk with Burmese royalty, artists, environmental activists, academics, and many more.
Delegate attendance rocketed at the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide in September 2017, exceeding targets by 67 per cent and demonstrating Australia’s capability to deliver above and beyond expectations.
On the 10th and 11th January 2018, the event and MICE industry will meet at the leading trade fair "BEST OF EVENTS International" in the Westfalenhallen Dortmund exhibition centre.
Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central and The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central are pleased to offer “Meetings Beyond Imagination”, a new meetingsoffer designed to give event planners and conference organizers the opportunity to make their events much more impactful and is valid for meetings held between January 15, 2018 and December 20, 2019.
Conference planners considering Australia’s Northern Territory for their next business event have been given even more reason to consider the NT, with the launch of a new scheme called the Northern Territory Business Events Support Fund (NTBESF).
A year on from the official opening of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the iconic venue has established itself as a firm favourite among meeting planners and leisure visitors alike.
During its recently held CEO meeting for Capital and Major Cities in Helsinki, European Cities Marketing tackled new rising challenges through the issue of overtourism. This issue has risen up the agenda quickly across Europe and is becoming a source of concern for cities of all sizes.
Arnaldo Nardone, a MICE veteran in Latin America and former president of ICCA Board of Directors, tells HQ what Latin America can do to make a bigger mark on a global stage, and how FIEXPO, a hugely successful regional trade fair that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will transform into Ibero-American show in the future.
Ignoring cultural differences could put your association at risk. We asked three association professionals to share their thoughts on tackling cultural differences in association management and organising events.
Karen Bolinger, CEO of Melbourne Convention Bureau, was elected as the new President of the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) in early September. She told HQ what her new role means to Australia’s business events industry.
Elizabeth Thabethe, South Africa’s newly appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism, is a firm believer in “bleisure” travel—the combination of business and leisure travel.
Associations today no longer have exclusivity on sector news and information, nor do they have a monopoly on high-value opportunities to connect or converse with peers. Alec Walker-Love of the European Science Communication Institute talked to ESAE members on co-opetition, collaboration and more.
drp celebrated and ended their year on a high with an increased turnover of £21.5M, in comparison to last year’s £16.4M and a gross profit of £12M, at the annual Christmas Conference and Anything’s Possible awards ceremony, which was held at drp’s 212 studios in Worcestershire on 22nd December.
In the first edition of its awards for sustainable tourism, Turisme de Barcelona Consortium awarded the prize to the CCIB for its promotion of the social football school of the Trinijove Foundation.
Meeting architecture, programme design, cathedral thinking, just some of the current catch phrases for enhancing a meeting programme to lift it above others; but do events really make the most of the culture and country in which they are holding their meeting?
The European Academy of Neurology will host its annual congress in Vienna in 2021: around 5,000 participants are expected to attend the event at the Austria Center Vienna between 12 and 15 June 2021.
2017 has been a successful year for Lebanon. Not only is the country nearing 2 million of visitors by the end of the year (11% increase from last year), the country is amongst the top 10 trending destinations for 2018.
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.