Toute l'actualité, événements: 2007

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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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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A different way of enjoying Toledo: during July and August, discounts will be offered to guests depending on the maximum daily temperature.Following last year’s success, the Hilton Buenavista Toledo is ...
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News of Florence’s successful bid was given during the last edition of the INSPIRE Conference, held in Istanbul from 23-27 June 2012.Each year, a European INSPIRE conference provides stakeholders from ...
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Nexus Collections, the world’s leading manufacturer of environmentally friendly conference bags, has seen a dramatic increase in sales of their "green bags" during the course of the last two years, with 250,000 ...
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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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Since you were a child, you’ve been playing games. From cops and robbers to snakes and ladders…games are entrenched in our growth and our culture. Ever ask yourself how people can spend ...
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The fastest growing meeting destination in Europe according to the latest ICCA statistics, Serbia has made a tremendous leap forward in terms of the number of events it has hosted, taking into ...
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The meeting industry is one step closer to the introduction of the very first green meetings and event standards. On 28 October, the Convention Industry Council (CIC) announced that eight 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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Seven thousand and thirty-one experts from over 100 different countries gathered at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam (Holland) from 3-7 July for the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).
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The ICCA rankings cover meetings organised by international associations which take place on a regular basis and which rotate between a minimum of three countries. The data represents a "snapshot" of qualifying ...
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Krannich Solar is one the five largest suppliers in the European photovoltaic solar energy industry, offering a range of products including solar panels, mounting brackets, solar inverters for grid-connected and stand-alone installations, ...
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In 2007, Exploramas launched "Commitment Project", a corporate social responsibility initiative whose chief aim is not only to respect the environment in which it operates, but also to improve it whenever possible.
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MCI Group, leader in event organization and communication management, continues to grow in Spain and has reinforced its team with new appointments."Our company continued to register growth last year. Despite ...
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The city of Paris launched its Vélib' bicycle sharing program in 2007 with 10,000 bikes and 750 rental stations. Smart phone apps help users find the bikes when and where they need ...
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Ian Livesey, chief of operations for Spain Leisure & Andorra at TUI Travel, shared the panel with Kavita Bhalla, vice-president of outbound services at Cox & Kings. Ultramar Event Management, ...
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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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As was to be expected, 2009 was not a good year for business tourism, but even so the industry managed to close the worst year of the crisis with optimistic results.
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The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Elche on 11 February, during the National Congress of the Spanish Federation of PCO Associations.In a meeting held in Elche on ...
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Sol Melia has had the confidence it has shown in three outstanding exponents of international culinary art confirmed by the two new Michelin stars obtained by the chefs Dani Garcia and the ...
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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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Back in December 2003, Smith Travel Research published a much discussed article titled, “The Billion Dollar Leak - The Impact of The Merchant Model on US Hotel Profits.” In this article the ...
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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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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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On 30 June 2010, the ceremony of the Provincial Tourism Board’s annual awards was held at the provincial government's headquarters. The award winners were the magazine Viajes National Geographic, the Villa Oniria ...
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In 2009, according to the Union of International Associations (UIA), Brussels hosted 402 meetings, thus putting it behind Singapore (746 meetings) but now ahead of Paris (386 meetings) and Vienna (331 meetings). ...
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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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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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Date of Celebration: 01/02/2010

Three years on, Valencia will again be hosting the America’s Cup. After many changes in the competition’s rules, in the 33rd edition of the event the contenders will use maxi catamarans with ...
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This Just InI have just heard through the industry grapevine that Expedia has cut off negotiations with Choice Hotels and has removed Choice properties from its sites, which include Expedia.com and ...
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Malaga' Tradeshow and Congress Centre (FYCMA) now has a total of five certifications for quality tourism, accessibility, data security and management systems.These acknowledgments are the result of the centre’s steady ...
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Date of Celebration: 07/11/2009

The 2009 annual ICCA Congress & Exhibition taking place from 7-11 November in Florence Italy, officially broke the record for the number of registered attendees. With more than four weeks to go ...
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Back in September 2001, HeBS presented an article titled “Wireless in Travel and Hospitality: Hype or Necessity?” Today, just as in 2001, the media hype on anything mobile has not eased ...
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The Gran Hotel Cervantes, a four-star property located in Torremolinos (Malaga), is about to open its new meeting facilities. Renovation work has included the decoration and refurbishment of the hotel’s function rooms, ...
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The Spanish government has decided to step up the promotion of the country as a scientific congresses destination, since it considers that there is room for increasing the number of events of ...
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The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB), in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has expanded San Francisco's official travel website to offer essential visitor information and resources in seven ...
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Date of Celebration: 24/09/2009

The second edition of the agricultural and food processing fair, Andalucia Sabor, is scheduled to be held from 22-24 September 2009 at Seville’s Exhibition and Congress Centre (FIBES).Organized biannually by ...
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Seville's Exhibition and Congress Centre (FIBES) has a long track record in organizing and staging large governmental and international events with a wide-reaching coverage in the press. Some of the events that ...
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The promotional actions carried out last year by Malaga Film Office, belonging to the city council's cultural department, have proven to be especially effective.Of the 393 queries received by Malaga ...
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In the tough year that 2009 is turning out to be for hoteliers, it is crucial to know where every marketing dollar is being spent. When reevaluating marketing plans – as most ...
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U.S.A. stays top country and Paris and Vienna share number one city destination.The ICCA rankings cover meetings organised by international associations which take place on a regular basis and which ...
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One of Barcelona’s most charismatic hotels has just opened an exclusive seafront beach club, where guests can enjoy luxury facilities during their stay in the city.The Casanova by Rafael Hotels ...
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Every so often our industry proves that it is ahead of the curve. For years we have been preaching the benefits of conferences to the unconvinced and been forced to suffer our ...
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On Jan. 12, Kaj Arnö received an unexpected lesson in international relations and the power of blogging. It was the eve of the 10th annual Linux.conf.au, a weeklong technical conference ...
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In 2008, Malaga's Tradeshow and Congress Centre registered a turnover of 6.83 million euros, with an incremental sales volume of 35.44 million euros since opening. Likewise, the centre's direct running costs were ...
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The Palace of Music of Catalonia (Barcelona) is due to host the 2nd edition of the Auditoria and Performing Arts Centres Executive Summit 2009 from 3-4 March 2009, where the management, design ...
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After struggling for years to shrug off their reputation for being plain plonk, it seems that the wines of the Jumilla Designation of Origin, produced in Murcia's Vega Alta, are well-deservedly beginning ...
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CULTOUR, a two-day global travel trade exhibition keyed specifically to the cultural and heritage travel niche market, is due to be held from 15-16 April 2009 at the Koeln Messe in Cologne.
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A major European Meetings Industry report presented at EIBTM 2009 by The Right Solution MD Sally Greenhill revealed that the "Mood of the Market" was optimistic and upbeat, yet acknowledges there is ...
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