I have just returned from the European Cities Marketing (ECM) International Conference & General Assembly 2017, held in the inspiring city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. As the city was absolutely teeming with tourists the organisers had obviously made the perfect choice. I continue to have questions about how convention bureaus should position themselves in this context.
Prague Congress Centre is undergoing significant changes. The EPC (Energy Performance Contracting) project done by ENESA is followed by the interior renovation and modernisation of the building with new AV technologies, advanced navigation system and full-area fast internet connection.
Governing a not-for-profit organisation is never an easy feat and promoting corporate governance among volunteer leaders can be a tricky undertaking if not managed carefully and in context. As diverse as is the world of associations, so are the number of governance models applied in practice.
The European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL), managed by Luxembourg Congrès, is without a doubt one of the most elegant congress centres in Europe.
Sarawak will be awarding grants of up to RM10,000.00 to fund travel, accommodation, association membership and convention registration fees to successful applicants under the International Convention Scholarship Award (ICSA).
The third annual Latin America Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (LAMITE) closed in the wee hours of Friday morning to music, dancing and new relationships made
BLTM made a spectacular opening in Delhi-NCR in October 2016, followed by a repeat success in Mumbai in February 2017 (coinciding with OTM2017). The state-of-the-art online matching and appointment scheduler, onsite speed networking sessions at BLTM were a huge hit. More than 5,000 business appointments were scheduled and an equal number of the same made onsite, between highly qualified Buyers and Sellers.
Confidence in Thailand’s status as a world-class events destination is at an all time-high, according to the Thailand Conventions and Exhibition Bureau
Founded in 1994, the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) is a participatory organisation based in Toronto, Canada with members from more than 65 countries, dedicated to setting internationally accepted industry standards, providing accreditation, supporting a community of practice, advocating the power of facilitation and embracing the diversity of facilitators.
Korea has overtaken the USA into first place in the UIA Union of International Associations 58th International Meetings Statistics Report, released June 2017
Sandeep will be speaking on the new regulations and helping businesses put together data strategies at the next Event Huddle meetup on 27th June at 1 Wimpole Street, London
Cintia Hayashi, coordinator of international events on São Paulo Convention & Visitors Bureau, represented the entity in Chile during the FIEXPO 2017, from June 5th to the 7th
The winners of the 2017 Hospitality Assured Awards were announced this week as part of the Institute of Hospitality Annual Dinner and Awards at The Montcalm, Marble Arch
At the European Cities Marketing International Conference in Dubrovnik, May 31-June 3, 2017, Europe’s city marketers, convention and tourism professionals met industry thought leaders and tourism academics from around the globe to debate and strategise the new normal in urban travel and tourism.
ICCA has published country and city rankings by estimated total number of participants to international association meetings in 2016, as part of its public abstract of the ICCA statistics report.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) has scooped two prestigious Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Awards at a special ceremony held in London.
In a recent survey of nearly 1,000 association leaders, the most frequently given answer to the question “What is the biggest challenge to growing your organisation this coming year?” was lack of resources. When they say “lack of resources” they’re probably thinking about not having enough staff, or not having enough money. But, if used effectively, the single biggest resource most associations have is their members. That’s the resource that needs to be maximized.
The tourism industry in the Garden Route in South Africa suffered a hard blow following devastating fires that ravaged a large part of this popular tourism area last week. However, tour operators say the area is open for business and tourism.
The Life in Business ‘Global Awareness’ Congress will be held at World Forum The Hague on 1 November 2017. It is an inspiring sustainability congress by GNO. The contract between World Forum The Hague and GNO has been entered into for a period of four years. This and the announcement of four innovative events that Life in Business will organise in The Hague confirms the mutual trust between both organisations.
For the past six decades, the Union of International Associations (UIA) has undertaken statistical studies on the preceding years’ international meetings.The statistics are based on information systematically collected by the UIA Congress Department and selected according to strict criteria maintained over the years, thus enabling meaningful comparison from year to year.
ECM General Assembly last week saw the implementation of ECM Strategy 2017-2020 first steps, with the creation of an additional Vice-President position dedicated to City Marketing.
Brisbane will welcome hundreds of scientists, engineers, students and educators in 2020 following a competitive bid for the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference to be co-hosted by two of the city’s leading universities.
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.