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Spain’s capital city climbs to fourth position in the world convention city ranking, ahead of Singapore, Barcelona and London.In 2012, IFEMA’s convention activity made a clear contribution to Madrid’s rise ...
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CBC Convention Bureau currently has 44 members. The aim of the recently established CBC Convention Bureau is to the position the region as a MICE destination. After the first meeting ...
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Twenty seven new exhibitors have signed up to The Meetings Show UK in the last week as destinations, venues and meetings industry suppliers recognise the value and importance of the new show, ...
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The aim of the new board of directors is to increase the chapter’s influence in the association meeting market.Alexandra Toregao of the Lisbon Congress Centre (Portugal) has been electedas the ...
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The destination was announced by ICCA President Arnaldo Nardone at the mid-year ICCA meeting held alongside IMEX.After presentations from the two shortlisted destinations, Kuching in Sarawak (Malaysia), and the Czech ...
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Since its launch in early 2010, Pinterest has experienced tremendous growth. Now with over 30 million unique monthly visitors, the internet’s virtual pin board has become the third largest social networking site ...
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The International School of Rural Tourism and Nature (ENTURNA) in Guadix was officially opened by the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, Jose Manuel Soria Lopez.A project run by the ...
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The Madrid-based event staff and model agency Neostyle collaborated with the KIA, the tennis player Rafa Nadal’s official sponsor.At the last edition of the Madrid Open, which took place from ...
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The ins and outs of doing business in China are what APEX learned on a recent overseas trip.Imagine yourself as an executive in the airline industry. As such, you probably ...
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It should be borne in mind that in 2010, when the Seville Convention Bureau was established, the city was ranked 214th in the world.The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) ...
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Backed by 50 luxury brands, this initiative is geared to consolidating Marbella’s position as a top-end destination. Fashion, jewellery, cars and cuisine – all synonymous of exclusivity, quality, excellence and ...
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The award is in recognition of its excellence as a restaurant according to reviews posted by travellers on the world’s largest travel site.Located in the centre of the southern Andalusian ...
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This year, the hospitality industry is in for a lot of pain. OTA dependency continues to plague the hospitality industry, despite gains in the past three years and positive trends in all ...
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Following an extensive consultation and development process, in the second half of April 2013 ICCA has launched an Association Portal, specifically designed for association executives to assist them in organizing quality meetings.
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With the release of the 2012 Top 20 Rankings for cities and countries, ICCA is reporting another year of continued strength in the international association meetings market.For the first time ...
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How to lay the groundwork for framing event-based CSR programs.Event professionals are conditioned to organize corporate social responsibility using the familiar "triple bottom line" or possibly the nine APEX categories ...
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High-profile UK and European destinations have signed up to provide post-event tours to hosted buyers visiting The Meetings Show UK from 9-11 July 2013.The Hosted Buyer Programme will gather together ...
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"Exclusively Corporate @ IMEX" uses the Association Day as its model to allow corporate buyers to attend the award-winning trade show whilst also taking part in expertly facilitated education and networking.
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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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The Granada-based event staff and logistics agency has consolidated its position in the Andalusian meeting and event industry.Alhambra has just launched a new corporate video featuring highlights from the 15 ...
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CO2 offsetting for exhibitors and sustainable catering services from Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH are among some of GCB’s initiatives.The German Convention Bureau (GCB) will make its stand at IMEX 2013 ...
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The Malaga Tradeshow and Congress Centre’s event agenda includes eight professional trade fairs and four shows open to the general public.The event agenda of the Malaga Tradeshow and Congress Centre ...
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ICCA has announced that it is set to host a special seminar entitled "The Growth of the Latin American Congress and Convention Sector in the World Scenario" during the first edition of ...
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Value is a loaded word.The worth of something is subjective, depending who’s doing the evaluating and how. When it comes to trade shows, does the organizer’s investment determine their value? ...
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Fukuoka City in Japan and Davao City in the Philippines have both been selected as winners of the IMEX in Frankfurt Wild Card competition for 2013. The IMEX Wild Card ...
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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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Entrepreneurs are problem-solvers. As a matter of fact, they are only paid when they solve people’s problems through the creation of products/services. To a large extent, the ability to solve problems is ...
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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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Since being opened, the centre has generated an accumulated economic impact in the region of €800 million (more than 26 times its construction costs).The Valencia Congress Centre’s board of directors ...
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The show, scheduled to be held at Messe Frankfurt from 21-23 May 2013, will feature eight education tracks.Eight education tracks, which include "industry trends", "personal development" and "sustainability", define IMEX ...
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GenieConnect announced yesterday the addition of the Blackberry native app to their portfolio of digital event solutions. The Blackberry 10 Event App has been specifically designed to support GenieConnect’s clients in enabling ...
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The theatre, which features seven unique venues equipped with cutting-edge technology, is a perfect place for scientific, business and social events.Following the merger of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ...
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On-demand is here to stay, but it’s a challenge for the meetings and hospitality industry."On-demand" vs. "when we say so" is not just a Millennial issue. Perhaps technological innovations have ...
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The 4th edition of this platform for business debate features new formats and speakers.On 22 February, a new edition of the "Cornella Creacio Forum" commenced at the Cornella Auditorium. The ...
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With the slogan "We have 8,760 hours a year to light up the planet," the public used luminescent paint to list their daily efforts in favour of environmental protection on a giant ...
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The 15th edition of the event is scheduled to be held at the Attic restaurant in Barcelona on 3 April 2013.Organized by English Metas and Dantex Group, with the special ...
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Scheduled to take place at Sao Paulo’s Parque Anhembi from 16-19 September 2013, Alimentaria Brazil will coincide with Equipotel Sao Paulo, Latin America’s largest hospitality and F&B show.Following the agreement ...
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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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In my work with entrepreneurs, especially small business owners, in my country Nigeria, one re-occurring theme is their approach towards marketing. Each time I’m in a consulting or strategy session with a ...
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Pinterest Web Analytics is now available to website owners who have switched to the new-look Pinterest and whose site has the verified check mark.The key social media player has just ...
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The opening of the new ICCA Middle East Regional Office recognizes the enormous potential of the international association meetings industry in the region.The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has ...
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At a time when we need to optimize budgets, an incentive should not be seen as a mere gift or reward, but as a way of contributing value to the company organizing ...
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The show concluded with a 7% increase in foreign visitors, thanks to the strong presence of trade professionals from Latin America and Africa, as well as from Spain’s chief feeder markets, such ...
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This benchmark property in the meeting and event industry is convinced that hotels with a "variable personality", which ensure that the real star of the event is the company or product, offering ...
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Mobile is an important travel planning and hotel distribution channel; a channel that hoteliers must embrace to be successful in 2013. One of the most notable developments this year is that the ...
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In these times of budgetary cuts, layoffs and, in short, the elimination of all that is superfluous, to talk about incentives could practically be taken as a provocation. However, one only has ...
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Opening of new African regional office acknowledges development of the international association meetings market in the African region.Ms. Chris Prieto, CMP, is the new South African based Regional Director covering ...
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The Murcia and Valladolid Convention Bureaux have recently signed a collaboration agreement keyed to increasing the number on congresses hosted by both cities.The chief aim of the agreement is to ...
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The last of a three-part pricing series, this article focuses on alternative models for two important relationship and revenue streams for meetings: membership and sponsorship.Relationships drive profitability when it comes ...
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Evelyne Mancini de Boni in Monaco and Hannelore Carzon in Barcelona will join the EMEA senior management team reporting to Shaun Casey, EMEA regional director.After rebranding as Pacific World EMEA ...
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