In this issue: a special interview of Barbara Steuri-Albrecht, Director of the Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB), along an extensive feature on Switzerland, special updates on Marseille et Antwerp... and much more.
The World Cancer Congress 2018 in Kuala Lumpur is expected to receive 3, 200 delegates from 115 countries; and contribute RM 30 million in economic impact to the national economy.
The European Association Summit (EAS), the key event during which international associations exchange information, share knowledge, and network, is now accepting registrations. The annual conference for association sector professionals will run from 31 May through 2 June 2016 in Brussels.
Imagine sitting down to a gala dinner and with just one bite you’ll discover more about the local community than you ever could from a presentation. With a single dish, you can not only tell the story of the city you’re meeting in, you can support it at the same time.
Giving a meaning to life, learning to understand one’s spiritual environment whilst dealing with the impact of culture and nature in view of changing as a person and improving one’s performance might just be the next big thing in incentive destinations.
The European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) has decided to choose the combined Barcelona and Vienna offer for their Annual Congress in the years 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021.
The most important city in Southern Switzerland and the country’s third financial centre, Lugano is nested on the shores of a splendid lake and has over the years become a tourist resort renowned for its wide range of accommodation and numerous activities on offer.
European Management Assistants (EUMA) will organise its 42nd Conference in Copenhagen on 21 October 2016 at Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers. The theme? Self-Development - Working in the Eye of the Storm.
The trade fair CONVENE is part of a unified effort to put the Baltics on the meeting map. For its fourth edition in Vilnius, which took place 10-11 February, the intention was to present a wide range of service providers – and this was successfully achieved.
Amidst the noise in the market, East & Partners Asia’s (E&P Asia) ‘Asia Corporate T&E Index’ shows that travel and entertainment expenditure of the Top 1000 corporates from 10 Asian markets has gone up from US$1.52 billion to US$1.69 billion, a 11 percent growth versus 2015.
Berlin is in high demand as a conference city: Last year, 11.4 million participants came to conferences, congresses and incentives in the German capital. This represents a growth of four per cent. The number of events grew by three per cent to about 135,000 in the same time period. These are the results of the latest convention statistics 2015* from the Berlin Convention Office of visitBerlin.
Yokohama has been chosen as the site for the 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Last held in Tokyo in 1993, the conference returns to Japan after a 26-year hiatus.
We have the great pleasure to invite you to the « Brussels Mice Day » on March 10th, 2016 from 9h to 18h, the only trade show/workshop in Brussels dedicated exclusively to business tourism.
The next edition of The MPI European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) will be held in Spain, Granada will be the host city of next year’s conference.
Destination Marketing Organisations (DMO’s) recognise social media as a significant opportunity – in the DMAI Destination Next study, social media was named as the number one trend to have an impact on marketing a destination.
How does a well-managed board become a key success factor for European associations?
Summary:
For many Association managers “managing” the board of their association is a challenging experience! They are very efficient running the day-to-day activities of their business and best practices in this field are widely shared with their peers. This is not true for tips on how to work with their board.
The African Society of Association Executives (AfSAE), first established and constituted in February last year at Meetings Africa, will officially unveil its headquarters in Johannesburg at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the 21st February, eve of the start of Meetings Africa 2016.
In this issue of Headquarters: an in-depth report on Riga as an convention destination, the thoughts of ESAE and UIA on how to manage association boards, a profile of SolarPower Europe, what to expect from the Associations World Congress in Berlin... and more.
The Olot-Girona-Lloret MICE tourism project was unveiled on 4 February at an event held at the headquarters of the Garrotxa Regional Archive, where the Mayor of Girona, Albert Ballesta, the Mayor of Lloret de Mar, Jaume Dulsat, and the Mayor of Olot, Josep M. Corominas, presented a pioneering alliance in Catalonia which responds to the desire of the three municipalities to work together to become a point of attraction for business tourism.
Kenes Group, a leading Professional Conference Organizer (PCO) and Association Management company, has noted a rise in confirmed medical congresses in Latin America. Many of Kenes’ international clients are hosting their events in LATAM as more regional associations are becoming significant international players in their fields.
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow is the first venue in the world to be accredited under the World Obesity Federation’s Healthy Venue Awards programme.
On the occasion of the 2016 edition of Professional Convention Management Association - PCMA Convening Leaders held in Canada, our Managing Director, Cécile Koch discovered Vancouver.
Conferences to generate €6.5 million for the local economy
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The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) has announced that it will host three significant medical and scientific conferences over the coming years, the 28th International Nursing Research Congress in 2017, the 10th World Congress of Pain in 2018 and the Festival of Neuroscience in 2019.
Ljubljana, Slovenia proved to be the perfect setting for this year’s Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) Incentive Summit held 18-22 January.
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