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Conducted by DCI, "Winning Strategies in Destination Marketing" analyzes the perceptions of North American meeting planners with global meeting planning responsibilities.Development Counsellors International (DCI) will present the findings of a ...
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Innovative traveler policies will help drive down trip-related stress and improve productivity by up to 32%. Latest findings from CWT indicate that traveler-focused policies, taking into account the impact ...
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Recent research conducted by Reed Travel Exhibitions has identified Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain and Switzerland to be among the top ten destinations (outside of Asia) selected by Asian meetings planners attending ...
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The first of the UK Economic Impact Study (UKEIS) results were announced by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Foundation at International Confex yesterday. The results, which provide a detailed profile of ...
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s annual survey shows that the overall ranking of priorities for 2013 is very similar to that for 2012.This week, Carlson Wagonlit Travel has recently published its CWT ...
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The centre has once again generated a cash surplus, even exceeding initial targets.In 2012, Kursaal’s activities yet again generated an operating cash surplus (€363,701), meaning the venue continues to be ...
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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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Internet video is seeing unprecedented growth for communication and marketing. This paper will cover the impact of this growth for promoting and extending the life of events with examples and ideas for ...
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The summit will be held 31 January to 02 February 2013 at the MET Hotel in Thessaloniki.Four ICCA Chapters – Mediterranean, UK/Ireland, Central European and Middle East – have joined ...
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The 5th edition of Cultourfair, the International Cultural Tourism Show, which is scheduled to be held in Guadalajara (Mexico) from 5-7 June 2012, will be sponsored by the Guadalajara Visitors and Convention ...
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These are exciting times. The rate of technology change is accelerating with thousands of ideas, apps and innovations bubbling up to help meeting planners, exhibitors, venues and attendees to do their jobs ...
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As a result of recent negotiations, 90% of Prague Convention Bureau’s member hotels offer free Wi-Fi internet for conference attendees to a certain extent.Prague Convention Bureau now guarantees event organizers ...
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It’s no surprise that attendees are using the iPad more than ever at conferences and meetings. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the first quarter of 2012, according to apple.com. The device ...
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Interview with Max Starkov, President & CEO, HeBS Digital, on the hot topic of the hotel community manager and the emergence of this new role as a rapidly growing profession.Masha ...
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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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Even though the actual and anticipated attendance at association meetings in 2012 is suffering more compared to last year, it continues to be relatively strong.The results from the latest survey ...
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Does it surprise you to hear that a convention center’s WiFi network does not always work? At EXHIBITOR2012 (a trade show for trade show professionals) held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center ...
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Sustainability practices bond employees (and attendees) to a company and drive innovation.Ask David Oakey, a carpet designer at Interface Flor, for his inspiration for 2003’s über-popular (and, now, oft knocked ...
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With mobile event apps, exhibitor demos, social media and email all sharing the same airwaves, WiFi networks at events are becoming more and more crowded by the minute. The result is like ...
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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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Technology trends present challenges for the industry, but also present opportunities to enhance and extend meetings beyond face value.Technology is the most significant area of change facing the industry. In ...
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Responses to MPI’s survey of 1,100 meeting and hospitality organizations suggest that there are a lot of altruistic people in our industry."I want to do right by the world.""I want ...
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I can’t tell you how many people over the years have asked me, "How do I become a public speaker?" Often the question is quickly followed with, "…but I’m really not sure ...
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Meeting professionals say that a CSR policy demonstrates credibility and trustworthiness to clients and provides some market differentiation. Nine out of 10 meeting industry businesses actively engage in corporate social ...
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Technology changes in the past three decades have been astonishing for both the meetings industry and for society in general. To see how far we have come, I felt it would be ...
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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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As the use of mobile event apps continues to explode, there is an increasing demand by attendees to have easy-access, barrier-free and, hopefully, cost-free Wi-Fi in the meeting space and in sleeping ...
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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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With the rapid growth of the mobile channel, SMS marketing is becoming a vital component of a well-rounded digital marketing strategy. Unfamiliar with Best Practices for leveraging this channel, many hoteliers are ...
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Times are tough for the incentives industry. With traces of the recession still lingering, companies have continued to keep their belts tight and their employees close to home. One U.S. company, however, ...
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2012 is quickly approaching and budget-planning season is upon us. Whether you are just starting to think about where you are going to allocate your dollars, or are moving towards finalizing your ...
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The mobile Web has already become an important travel planning and transaction channel in the U.S. and worldwide. Hotel guests and travel consumers in general are already mobile-ready, and hoteliers and travel ...
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All the exhibitors participating in the surveys conducted during the first half of 2011 would recommend the Malaga Tradeshow and Congress Centre (FYCMA) to colleagues for promoting and showcasing their products and ...
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After a two-year long pullback, many companies plan to renew incentive travel benefits and rewards for employees, channel partners, and customers, having rediscovered that travel incentives are directly linked to employee performance ...
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Recently, after attending a conference, I received a 10 page survey asking me what I thought about the event. In it, I was asked about speakers, food, accommodations, every one of the ...
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The results of the industry’s 5th Annual Benchmark Survey on Hotel Digital Marketing Budget Planning and Best Practices are in! Now is the perfect time for hoteliers to re-assess their digital marketing ...
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Date of Celebration: 18/01/2012

The number of early-bird registrations and the results of the satisfaction survey conducted last year among the South-eastern European participants of Conventa promise a record-breaking number of attendees at the event’s fourth ...
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In the aftermath of the Japanese nuclear disaster, "green" is back in mainstream business planning. Renewable energy is not just an investment, it is a culture that can attract, retain and inspire ...
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ROI Week 2011 is the third annual event of the series organised by Event ROI Institute at Down Hall, near London, during the first week of September. It is not only about ...
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Recent data from MPI's FutureWatch 2011 indicate that more than 80 percent of meeting professionals are using smart phones and other mobile devices in their jobs. Yet, with this high rate of ...
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The second in a three-part FutureWatch 2011 feature series.Tired of investing hours of employee time and thousands of dollars in printing thick documents for its quarterly trustees’ meetings, Abilene Christian ...
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In December 2010, TripAdvisor customer reviews disappeared from Google Places listings, causing a stir among hoteliers. Whereas a previous Google search for "hotels in West Hollywood" would have populated Google Places listings ...
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The iPad is the most recent in the long-running, game-changing innovations from Apple. The Mac brought the widespread use of the mouse to portable computing (1984); the iPod changed how we ...
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The first of a three-part FutureWatch 2011 feature series.It used to make sense for the Delta Faucet Co. to convene its 300-large sales staff at a single annual conference to ...
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Cost measures remain top priority, but companies also focused on improved traveler experience, safety and security. Improving traveler compliance, optimizing online adoption, driving air and ground transportation savings, and optimizing ...
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IMEX America, the worldwide exhibition for the incentive travel, meetings and events business, which debuts October 11–13 in Las Vegas, recently asked meeting industry chief executives what they see ahead for events ...
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Intuitive professionals are intent upon not only adopting social media but measuring the ROI therein. Common platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and XING) may be free or of minimal immediate expense, but time ...
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PowerVote, the interactive audience polling system specialists, have recently opened a branch in Mexico City, the first phase of the company's Central American expansion plans.The company started to operate last ...
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As the economy ambles its way back—minus the occasional stumble and (god forbid) the dreaded double-dip—some industries have awakened from forced hibernation to take measure of what (if anything) is left. Not ...
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