Nieuws en Events: Planning

While 2010 was not quite the tough year the industry feared it would be, hoteliers still grappled with a number of challenging issues: a slowly recovering economy, the ever-changing world of social ...
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With a long track record as a stylist and event planner, respectively, Colombina Güimil and Irene Cacenaves have set up Symposia Wedding Planner, one of the first agencies in Spain specializing in ...
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I attended a conference that was marketed as “green,” but couldn’t have been further from it. It seems that some meeting professionals could use some straight talk on common CSR misperceptions and ...
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The WWTW is the most significant and longest running technology award in the meetings and tradeshow industries. The goals are to recognize technology innovation and to highlight significant trends impacting meeting planners, ...
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The German Senate has just given the go-ahead to a new two-storey multifunctional arena to be built on the site of the existing Deutschlandhalle arena. After demolishing the existing Deutschlandhalle ...
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Hoteliers, we are already in that time of year again: marketing budget planning season. In this environment of uncertainty and mixed economic news, many hotel owners and operators are finding themselves in ...
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According to the Q2-Q3 business activity report, the number of events is up 3% and attendance up 4.5%. The Valencia Congress Centre has hosted a total of 46 events, including ...
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The Event ROI Institute is introducing a new professional qualification, the ROI Methodology Foundation Certificate. The certification programme involves an initial two-day course, a period of coaching during practical application and the ...
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The hotel company, which launched the first mobile booking platform at the beginning of the year, has just unveiled its new apps for iPhone, Blackberry and Android.Sol Melia, Spain's leading ...
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The rate of technology change is increasing. Meetings and tradeshow technology continues to advance with technology products becoming better, cheaper and easier to use. Innovation is bubbling with new options. Here are ...
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After the summer season, and a well-earned holiday, Madrid's Emperador Hotel is back with a full agenda.The hotel's wedding and event department has designed a number of flexible packages for ...
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Last week, the Guadacorte Park Hotel opened a new 240sqm pergola in the property’s gardens. With this new venue, which will have closure elements to protect it from the wind and rain, ...
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Results from a survey jointly carried out by ICCA and IMEX amongst the international association hosted buyers who attended the most recent IMEX in Frankfurt paint a very positive picture for this ...
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In 2009, more than 6.4 million business travelers spent roughly $25 billion on trips (13 percent of those trips for meetings) outside North America, according to the U.S. Office of Travel and ...
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If there was anything that I learned regarding the Gulf oil spill, it was the overwhelming importance of a backup plan. Watching the oil gush for more than 80 days, I kept ...
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August is the quietest month of the year in Madrid, which has its advantages for those planning to visit the capital of Spain: less crowded attractions and promotions that are hard to ...
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We are going through a major technology transformation - we are moving from shrink-wrapped software to the web as a major means of software distribution. With the price of data storage, computer ...
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Today’s travel consumer is tweeting, texting, emailing, communicating with friends via Facebook, and commenting, often in real-time, on restaurants and hotels via review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. How will you reach ...
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Maybe I’m a little unusual, but I actually measure hotel marketing success by added revenue and profit. I’m still getting used to the increasingly popular measurement of counting followers and fans. I ...
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The Internet distribution channel has undoubtedly become the most important distribution channel in hospitality. Last year, 54.2% of overall CRS bookings for the top 30 hotel brands came from the Internet channel, ...
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The results of the latest in-depth report released by the CWT Travel Management Institute, the research unit of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the global leader in business tourism management, show that organizations ...
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Among business travelers today more than one in eight seek business hotels that have addressed some elements of sustainability, according to the most recent survey from the National Business Travel Association, Alexandria, ...
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Many hoteliers do not realize how important it is to address the significant change in travel consumer behavior over the past several years, namely the emergence of a new breed of hyper-interactive ...
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A commentary on the recent news about Facebook surpassing Google as the most popular website in the U.S.The BuzzOn March 15th, Experian Hitwise reported that Facebook.com has surpassed Google.com ...
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London is building excitement and facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games, and its Olympic investments should translate to long-term value for the international business travel and meetings markets."Historically, organizers of ...
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The exclusive accommodation magazine and portal Experienciasymas.com has recently announced its Top 10 Luxury Spanish Wedding Hotel awards for the season 2010-2011.Spain’s top 10 luxury wedding hotels have been chosen ...
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Asmalljob created a stupid mob for Diesel in the Ramblas of Barcelona, a guerilla marketing action geared to strengthening the positioning and message of Diesel’s global "Be Stupid" campaign, which for Diesel ...
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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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Food is a basic necessity of life. It sustains us, makes us happy, eliminates hunger and helps us stay healthy. At least it should. Food should be something that we ...
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Hospitality is an information intensive business. Hotel managers are exposed to numerous reports that touch upon practically every aspect of running a hotel. In addition to reports dealing with hotel operations, today’s ...
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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 impact of digital technology on our minds and behaviors is still relatively unexplored, meaning you are the only one who can make that assessment. I just survived the production ...
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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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With 2009 over and hoteliers feeling more optimistic, HeBS sees two very different approaches to hotel Internet marketing in 2010: on one side, some hoteliers are still extremely cautious when spending marketing ...
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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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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 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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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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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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Last year, many organizations canceled their planned business travel, meetings and events. While it’s understandable that tough decisions must be made when facing financial pressures - and 2009 certainly had its share ...
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Match-race Sailing Events y Grupo Navega, both companies specializing in the organization of nautical events, have recently signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of expanding on both sides of the Atlantic.
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In his book, Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert offered a great thought about predicting the future. “Just as we tend to treat the details of future events that we do ...
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The unique quality of Web 2.0 social media is that it consists of user-generated content. Social media users post comments directly on the Internet and all they need is access to a ...
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The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), the IMEX Group and Fast Future Research have just announced the formal launch of Convention 2020 – a groundbreaking research study looking at the future ...
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Ultramar Event Management, a company with over 50 years of experience in providing MICE services, has just conducted a qualitative survey among its main European clients (travel agencies specializing in business tourism, ...
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In an era when everything from water to underwear has a dedicated marketing team, it’s certainly no surprise that destinations are eager to slip themselves into sleek, saleable packages.Riding off ...
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