活动与新闻: Competition

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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Conil, Barbate, and Zahara have programmed a series of food and wine events featuring bluefin tuna caught by trap fisheries as the main course.Each year, May is a special month ...
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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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Returning to the UK for the first time since 2000, the competition will be hosted by England and Wales.The Hertz Corporation has signed with Rugby League World Cup 2013 (RLWC2013) ...
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At the beginning of the month, the employees of St Petersburg’s top hotels braved freezing temperatures to participate in snowball fight.Organized in a suburban winter resort, nine hotel teams participated ...
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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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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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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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As in previous years, the 2013 edition of the show will continue to be keyed to commerce and education. The 2nd edition of Exotic Forum, International Reptile, Amphibian, Arthropod, Fish ...
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How online gaming techniques can help you design and deliver better meeting content.I am fascinated by technology. The reason? Because when I unpick the reasons behind innovations, I like to ...
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From 10-12 June, the Montmelo race track (Catalonia) will host the 2013 Formula 1 GP of Spain. For the 23rd time running, the Montmelo race track, near Barcelona, will host ...
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In addition to the traditional Christmas concerts, the Manuel de Falla Auditorium (Granada) has hosted a series of didactic concerts and the 15th Road Race award ceremony.To end the 2012 ...
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A blend of cultures and traditions, Cordova was the city chosen to stage an incentive organized by VECI Madrid for Ferrovial from 17-18 October.The centre of Cordova, with its patios, ...
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There is no business without competitions; the days of the monopolist are long gone. Regardless of how relatively new an industry may seem, a careful research will reveal two or more other ...
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The first in a three-part pricing series, this article examines myriad essential pricing considerations for meetings and events. Let’s face it: Between the economy, scandals and competition from free online ...
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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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How economically challenged european countries can be a boon for U.S. Meetings"Spain’s Credit Crunch," "Greece’s Euro Woes," "Challenges for Europe’s Economic Core." These are just some of the recent news ...
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The 25th of July this year was my 28th birthday. Every birthday, I try to launch a new initiative, product or service that will serve as my birthday gift to the world.
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Gamification in the meetings you plan next can help foster confidence with your attendees.What is your organization’s most valuable asset: Employees? Customers? Intellectual property? Leadership? Brand? I believe your most ...
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What is the number one reason for most small business failures? The number one reason why most small businesses fail is low business IQ!A common trend among small business owners ...
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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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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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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 customer is always right, so you were told right? The customer is king, I’m sure you were also told this, right? Well, there is just one minor detail they forgot to ...
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The 2013 edition of Motortec Automechanika Iberica, scheduled to be held at Feria de Madrid (IFEMA) from 13-16 March 2013, will have a net exhibition area of nearly 30,000sqm.The organisers ...
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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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Against stiff competition from Barcelona and Seville, Toledo won the bid thanks to the work of the city’s convention bureau.On 31 January, Judith Moonen, project manager of the 15th edition ...
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Those who are part of the international business meetings community already know: Organizations that invest in business travel and participate in meetings have a greater chance of achieving their business goals than ...
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At least for the moment, the promise of a €100 billion loan to refloat the country’s beleaguered banking system has not calmed the choppy waters in Spain or the Eurozone, for that ...
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Game mechanics enable events to fulfill genuine human needs for connection, happiness, challenge, motivation, community support—and sustainability.Serious fun through the integration of game mechanics can add power, impact and focus ...
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The session, moderated by Martin Sirk, CEO of ICCA, will take place on the morning of 22 May during IMEX.Are the days of marketing a destination in traditional tourism terms ...
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The President of the CEOE emphasized the tourism industry’s capacity for creating jobs, while reminding those present that in 2011 the industry employed more than two million people.On the occasion ...
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In 2012, a time focused on new distribution channels, social, local, mobile, and the ever-changing digital marketplace, hoteliers must still remember that the tried and trusted search engines are still the key ...
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The 2nd India Association Congress will be held on 24th -25th August 2012 at The Westin Mumbai, India.The IAC 2011 was successful in creating the most important platform for the ...
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We have a tendency to cling to what is familiar, even when it can have a detrimental impact on us and our businesses.Most event planners I’ve talked to have been ...
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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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Adelaide, Daejeon, Hyderabad and Toulouse sealed the alliance at the 50th ICCA Congress held in Leipzig in October 2011.With over 60% of global conventions and information exchanges being science-related, a ...
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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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Due to the current uncertainty, only 12% of Spanish companies expect to increase their event budgets in 2012.The Spanish MICE industry faces bleak prospects for 2012, according to the results ...
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The different actions included "Mama Cook by Pullmantur," a cooking competition for mothers.During the 10th edition of Madrid Fusion, a culinary event par excellence held last January at Madrid’s Municipal ...
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Exploring the Intersection of Social Media, Gaming Strategy and Business.The White House does it. Siemens does it. SAP, Marriott and Hilton Garden Inns do it. Jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald may ...
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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 Olympic gold medallist in the K2 event is training at the Galician spa with his sights set on London 2012.During the presentation of the Hesperia Isla de la Toja’s ...
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1. Radical customization: companies should be concerned about adapting to everyone; that is, to their client segments, depending on their demand and real needs, as well as adapting fully to market trends. ...
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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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From 5- 9 September, Kursaal hosted the International Particle Accelerator Conference, an event that attracted 1,200 scientists from around the world to the capital of Guipuzcoa.This world conference is the ...
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The Catalonian capital's bid has overcome stiff competition from Paris, Munich and Milan to continue to host Europe's leading mobile congress.The decision to continue with Barcelona's bid was taken on ...
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Last month, a Japanese TV channel was in Cordova to make a programme about the festivals held in May, including the Feast of the Crosses, the grills and balconies competition, the patio ...
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