News Events: Event

The three hour tarmac delay rule for U.S. airlines goes into effect April 29, but business travelers and other airline passengers should expect continued delays – sometimes long delays – for one ...
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I recently attended a concert in the small city where I live, Bellingham, WA. Before the music began, I noticed a teenage daughter, mother and grandmother sitting in front of me. I ...
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Malaga, Barcelona, Vienna and Florence were the only cities mentioned during the roundtable discussion held on 11 March in Venice, keyed to helping the Italian city to start up its own convention ...
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Xacobeos are those years in which July 25 (St James’ Day) falls on a Sunday, as is the case this year. The Xacobeo 2010 is due to be celebrated in a very ...
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The Provincial Government of Barcelona chose Talisman Group’s proposal for organizing the 29th Local Communication Awards ceremony.The Provincial Government of Barcelona’s 2009 Local Communication Awards ceremony was held on 19 ...
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Date of Celebration: 25/05/2010

The 8th edition of IMEX will open on 25 May at Messe Frankfurt with its largest ever hosted buyer programme, and buyer, exhibitor and trade visitor targets all on course for year-on-year ...
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Date of Celebration: 30/09/2010

From 30 September-9 October, some the world’s leading athletes will be competing in Castile and Leon in the most important international adventure race.The gruelling course – 700 kilometres non-stop over ...
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Date of Celebration: 15/10/2010

With an exhibition area of 5,500sqm, distributed on two floors, some of the most important gay-friendly companies will be exhibiting at Expo Gays, scheduled to be held at the Torremolinos Congress Centre ...
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The team of TUI Spain's MICE division met from 16-18 March to analyze the market and plan the strategy for the next few years.Ultramar Event Management, a company specializing in ...
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Date of Celebration: 07/12/2010

The International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) has just announced that it is now accepting entries for "Art of the Show", its annual competition acknowledging the best in exhibition and event ...
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Showlight, a Spanish-based company specializing in crystal chandelier rental for corporate and private events requiring an exclusive ambience, is the leader in Europe as regards stock and variety. The company also owns ...
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The 1st edition of Mas Que Baile (Spanish version of Strictly Come Dancing), presented by Anne Igartiburu, was first shown on Spanish Television in 2005. Now running into its 6th edition, the ...
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The 1st edition of the Andalusian Corporate Challenge, with the participation of more than 120 executives from over 30 national and international companies, finished in Ronda, after a gruelling two-day programme with ...
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On the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the EU, Alhambra was commissioned to provide event staff and interpreters for two EU meetings held in Granada in March.The Granada-based event ...
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The Chile Convention Bureau Association informs its members, associations, collaborators and all those institutions related to the national and international MICE industry of the following: The country’s chief destinations for ...
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Date of Celebration: 07/04/2010

Organizers of the Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings, China (IT&CM China) being held at the ShanghaiMart Expo from 7-9 April, have confirmed 300 registered buyers. The theme for ...
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Malaga’s Tradeshow and Congress Centre (FYCMA) has analysed the customer satisfaction surveys filled in by the users of the centre so as to get to know their opinion of the most important ...
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Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) was chosen as one of the venues for the Annual Meeting of the Iberian Chapter of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), held alternately in ...
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There are hundreds of thousands of smartphone apps through which to wade for Android- (Droid, G1, Nexus One) and Apple-based (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) devices, without even getting into the relatively small ...
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The car giant Volkswagen decided to hold its 10th Volkswagen Paddle Tennis and Tennis Tour at the Valentin Sancti Petri Hotel and Convention Centre, a venue it has used before for its ...
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The JCB will be holding its 14th General Meeting at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art on 24 March.Juan Manuel Garcia Bermudez, head of the Tourism Department, welcomed the ...
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Ultramar Event Management is currently signing strategic agreements with destinations that have traditionally specialized in the holidaymaker market, with the aim of promoting their meetings and events industry services.Ultramar Event ...
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MPI, the largest association of meetings and events professionals in the world, with over 22,000 members, chose Andalusia to hold one of the industry’s leading events, this being the first time that ...
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In 2009, the Seville- and Huelva-based event and communication agency Es.cultura designed a number of new activities with the aim of continuing to offer its clients new experiences.Last year, Es.cultura ...
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YPO –Young Presidents’ Organization–, the global network of young leaders under 50, chose the International Convention Centre of Barcelona (CCIB) to hold its Global Leadership Summit (YPO GLS).From 23-27 February, ...
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The season of joy, happiness, aromas and warmth is just around the corner. The winter is coming to an end and Mon St Benet, in Central Catalonia, wants to celebrate with a ...
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President Obama signed the U.S. Travel Promotion Act into law (March 4, 2010), creating a non-profit organization (public-private partnership) that will be overseen by the U.S. Commerce Department to promote the U.S. ...
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Date of Celebration: 26/04/2010

The companies Decagon and Lab-Ferrer have commissioned the Tarragona-based event planners Blau Verd events to organize the 1st RHO International Workshop, scheduled to be held in the city of Tarragona from 26-27 ...
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On the occasion of the 13th National Congress of OPC Spain, an event attended by over 350 trade professionals from all over the country, General de Producciones y Diseño received the Best ...
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The Andorran hotel group Roc Blanc Hotels, whose properties Roc Blanc in Andorra and Montbrió on the Costa Dorada are yardsticks for the Spanish health farm market, has just launched a new ...
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Founded in March 2009 by two experienced European event planners who were having problems finding service providers and venues for their events abroad, the international event and meeting portal Event1001.com has just ...
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The companies Eikos and Santa & Cole, both distributors of bulthaup, leader in kitchen design, recently held wine networking events for clients at their showrooms in Vitoria, and Barcelona and Madrid, respectively.
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The COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen this winter led to an international accord that critics say fell arguably short of expectations. ...
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Date of Celebration: 24/03/2010

This year's edition of Meedex – the International Rendez-Vous of the French Meeting Industry – scheduled to be held from 24-25 March at Paris' Pavilion Dauphine, will have over 250 exhibitors from ...
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Perhaps the best predictor of destinations to watch for international business travel is what’s happening in the large association market because their meetings are typically scheduled several years out. "Destinations ...
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While all of these qualities, based on the latest FutureWatch 2010 findings, may well be valuable for professionals in myriad industries, they are of crucial importance to those seeking success with meetings ...
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Ultramar Event Management, TUI Spain's MICE division, has renewed the agreement signed last year with the Salou Tourist Board aimed at promoting the town as a MICE destination. With this renovation, Salou ...
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MCI Group – global leader in association event and communications management – has selected Meeting Professionals International (MPI) as their preferred education content and training provider for the MCI Institute.MPI’s ...
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Google Wave is a free, realtime, online collaboration platform, now in beta distribution (by invitation only), to be released to the general public sometime this year. It combines elements of e-mail, chat, ...
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Date of Celebration: 29/03/2010

With less than two months before the opening of the fourth GIBTM in Abu Dhabi on 29 March, the event has recently confirmed the participation of some of the world’s most important ...
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The International Convention Centre of Barcelona (CCIB) has recently hosted one of the main annual conventions organized by technology multinational Cisco for the EMEA market. From 25-28 January, for the third year ...
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Date of Celebration: 14/05/2010

Malaga's Tradeshow and Congress Centre (FYCMA) will be hosting Natura Malaga, the only health and sustainable development fair of its kind in Andalusia, from 14-16 May.Following the success of the ...
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Date of Celebration: 09/06/2010

The 14th edition of the MITM Euromed, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market will be held at the Olympic Congress Centre, in Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava), from 9-11 June 2010. The event ...
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On 26 January, Azul Soluciones Integrales was awarded the Tourist Destination Integral Quality System certification by Mr Elias Bendodo, head of Malaga City Council tourist department.Over the last 10 years, ...
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Business travelers have many other priorities - on-time travel, safe transport of luggage, shorter screening times, etc. So it’s more likely that privacy concerns about body scan images at airport security would ...
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This year, Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) has served once again as the venue for European Union meetings, this time hosting the Informal Meeting of European Union Ministers for Energy and ...
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The recession's got a track record – a fact that convention centers throughout the world just might want to embrace. “This isn’t the first recession we’ve dealt with, [so] we ...
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Date of Celebration: 10/02/2010

The 6th International Meetings and Incentives Conference (IMIC 2010), due to be held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre from 10-11 February 2010, has been organized in parallel with the Athens ...
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On 26 January, Lamar de Eventos was presented with the SICTED Tourism Quality Award by Mr Elias Bendodo, director of Malaga Council’s tourism department, thus officially certifying the quality of the services ...
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Date of Celebration: 28/01/2010

Coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the EU, the European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) organised by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) will be held in Malaga, Spain, during 28 February through 2 ...
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