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The property website continues to be the hotelier’s most important distribution and marketing channel. The main goal of any hotel website is to turn lookers into bookers. A number of factors ...
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With 87% of online users reporting that Social Media recommendations impact hotel choice, it is no secret that social media influences the travel planning process. With the launch of Facebook Graph Search, ...
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Unique ideas for breaking away from traditional meeting formats, whether you have five attendees or 5,000.To generate groundbreaking ideas for meetings, I first ask: "How will we engage meeting participants ...
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On 30 January, during FITUR 2013, >atlanta was awarded an honorary diploma for the company’s "business collaboration in 2012."This award is yet another acknowledgement of the work of >atlanta, a ...
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At the end of January 2013, as a premium partner of the German Convention Bureau (GCB) Maritim signed a declaration of support for the German Sustainability Code.The German Sustainability Code ...
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Over the past few years hoteliers have been advised repeatedly to embrace the mobile channel. Industry experts have projected staggering growth rates in leisure and unmanaged business travel bookings via the ...
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TripAdvisor has just announced the winners of the 11th edition of its prestigious Travellers’ Choice Hotel awards.Last Wednesday, TripAdvisor – the most important travel site in the world – revealed ...
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During the ceremony, the awards were presented to the winners in the different categories of the Motorcycle World Championships.On 11 November, the ceremony of the MotoGP Awards 2012 was held ...
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As we find ourselves in a new year full of possibilities, now is a good time to reflect on events that impacted our industry in 2012 and how you should plan your ...
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The recent refurbishment of the lobby, together with the property’s 1,500sqm convention and meeting centre, form the perfect tandem for business travellers.Who says that networking is boring? The Barcelo Malaga ...
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For the third year running, Kuoni Destination Management has been voted the "World’s Top DMC" at the World Travel Awards. Hailed as the "Oscars of the travel industry, the World ...
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A hybrid meeting approach helped eBay—the company that brings strangers worldwide together to buy and sell goods online—bring its own European team together.This case study is one piece of MPI’s ...
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Marketers love exclaiming "SEO is dead!" and heralding the next big thing that will save your website – social media, retargeting, mobile, tablets, you name it. However, regardless of what some in ...
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The Spanish Association of Destination Management Companies (Spain DMCs) has acknowledged the hotel in the "Distinguished Supplier" category.The Barcelo Renacimiento’s sales team triumphed in the Distinguished Supplier" category at the ...
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AV Medios collaborated in the last edition of the OPC Madrid Awards for Professionalism, held on 22 November 2012; this being one of the many activities organized by the association throughout the ...
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The International Adventure Park Congress (IAPC) has recently held its first congress in Spain at the Evenia Olympic Resort & Palacio de Congresos in Lloret de Mar. The Olympic Congress ...
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The scooter rental company Cooltra has implemented an innovative and ambitious initiative with the incorporation of 1,000 electric scooters in its fleet, under the brand name eCooltra.Cooltra has just introduced ...
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In an ever-increasing world of user reviews, TripAdvisor has become a mainstay in the research phase of travel purchases. With over 54 million monthly visitors and more than 75 million reviews, it ...
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The agenda of the Catalonia Congress Centre for the first half of the year included the hosting of a number of major congresses and conventions.Managed by Global Exhibition Centers (GEC), ...
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On 12 September, the newly established Huesca-based company Iglöo Creativo joined the Fundacion Huesca Congresos, thus following the example of the companies that have already placed their trust in the work of ...
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Having just passed the mid-year mark, now is a good time to reflect on how events in 2012 have made a significant impact on hoteliers and how they should plan their digital ...
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The streets of the city’s historic centre were used as outdoor locations for filming a number of scenes for a Bollywood movie.From 5-6 August, the streets of Malaga’s historic centre ...
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Since being created in 1998, the Granada Tourism Prestige Awards have widened their scope to include the Honour Prize and, in the last edition, the International Prestige Prize. Nobody wanted ...
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Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) member magazine has been named to the Top Ten Best Magazines of the Year in 2012 by the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE) Azbee Awards of ...
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The restaurant has obtained 4.5 out of 5.0, one of the top scores.The North American travel guide TripAdvisor has awarded Kursaal’s Ni Neu restaurant one of its certificates of excellence ...
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The Vice-president of the Spanish Federation of Professional Congress Organizers Matilde Almandoz was a member of the jury of the Spanish MICE industry’s most outstanding awards.On the evening of 4 ...
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Ander Bilbao, executive director of Sörensen, picked up the award during the ceremony held at the Madrid Abattoir on 4 July.The 7th edition of the Eventoplus Awards – which have ...
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Earlier this month I presented at EyeForTravel’s Online Marketing Strategies for Travel 2012 Conference in Miami. The session, titled "Best Practices for Mobile Strategies in 2012 and Beyond," focused on the expanding ...
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EventMobi is a mobile platform that has become the standard app in the meetings and event industry in countries such as Canada, USA and the UK.Marketed in Spain by Orquídea ...
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In June, the Granada-based event staff agency has collaborated in two congresses, a festival and an awards ceremony.The 61st Congress of the Spanish Association of Paediatrics was held from 31 ...
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The award ceremony was held in Lisbon on 1 June, in the presence of TRH the Prince and Princess of Asturias.On 1 June, the European Union awarded the Ene.Museo Nacional ...
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For the first time ever, Barcelona’s International Convention Centre (CCIB) will host the event that has been held in Amsterdam for the past 14 years.Barcelona’s International Convention Centre (CCIB) will ...
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Pinterest is a niche social network based on virtual pin boards. By January 2012, the site received 11.5 million unique visitors. With Pinterest rapidly becoming one of the most popular social media ...
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The "Gala dos Eventos" is the Portuguese meetings and event industry Oscars. Each year, the awards ceremony offers an excellent opportunity for networking, professional acknowledgement and reaffirming the industry’s core values and ...
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The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre has demonstrated again that it’s switched on to environmental issues – by offering exhibition organisers the option of switching off.In a move designed to ...
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A new study reveals the realities of meetings going virtual, from the variety of formats and sourcing to measurement and comparisons to face to face.The role of virtual meetings is ...
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Other finalists in the same category included Australian, Middle Eastern and African events.The organizers of worldwide meetings, incentive travel and events trade show, IMEX America, came away from the Exhibition ...
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In 2012, hoteliers face more challenges than ever. From resolving to concentrate on "SoLoMo" (social, local, mobile marketing), to navigating "new" distribution channels, to implementing a Google+ strategy, to improving local search ...
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The ASECAN Awards acknowledge excellence in the Andalusian audiovisual production industry.In direct collaboration with the Andalusian Association of Film Writers (ASECAN), ACCEPTUS was commissioned to shoot the videos of the ...
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Madrid’s Costume Museum was chosen as the venue for the 7th edition of the FUNDETEC Awards.More than 200 guests attended the 7th edition of the FUNDETEC Awards (Foundation for the ...
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Last year the economy remained in "recovery mode," allowing the industry to focus its efforts more on marketing to the travel consumer and less on scaling back budgets for the first time ...
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The winners in each category will be announced on 29 February 2012.Event Planner Spain is among the finalists in the Best Tourism Web category of the 4th edition of the ...
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Hertz, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, won Travel Weekly’s 9th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Domestic and Best International Car Rental Company, for the 9th consecutive and 8th ...
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The Goya Awards ceremony, scheduled to be held on 19 February at the Municipal Congress Centre - Campo de las Naciones in Madrid, will be hosted by the actress and comedienne Eva ...
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TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, has just announced the winners of the Travellers Choice 2012 awards.The Gran Hotel Sol y Mar, a 4-star property located in Denia, is ranked ...
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The representatives of the Spanish Federation of Professional Congress Organizers (OPC España) have recently announced the winners of the 14th edition of its annual awards.With the aim of distinguishing those ...
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The Provincial Government of Barcelona commissioned Talisman Group to design and produce the Forest Fire Prevention Awards ceremony.Among the bids that were presented by some of the industry’s leading companies, ...
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Every year, Google makes more than 500 updates to its search algorithm. The most significant update in 2011 was the Google Panda Update, now in version 2.5, which made most hotel websites ...
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Everyone knows that having a successful search engine optimization strategy is crucial to your site’s overall success. But how do you know if your strategy is successful? The 2011 Google Panda Update ...
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The centre has been voted the "World's Top Convention Center Award 2011," as well as picking up an Inner Circle Award.The Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) has been voted the ...
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