活动与新闻: IT

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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Mobile event technology leader DoubleDutch teams up with The Meetings Show UK to engage attendees, source leads, and gather insight with event’s official mobile app. The Meetings Show UK, the ...
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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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Eikonos was commissioned to install the A/V equipment for Virospack’s stand at the Cosmopack 2013 tradeshow, held in Bologna from 7-10 March.Attended by top trade professionals, Cosmopack 2013, the Creative ...
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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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A MICE industry benchmark, the property lists 10 key factors influencing the choice of a meeting hotel; a list of basic must-haves which nowadays includes cutting-edge technology.A benchmark property in ...
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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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In its pursuit to showcase Mallorca’s cultural venues, PMI is now promoting the Palace Concert cycle.The village of Valldemossa is one of the island’s most visited places for its natural ...
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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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The new event will take place from 6-8 September 2013 at Feria de Madrid (IFEMA). MOMAD Metropolis, the International Fashion Trade Show, is the name of the new multi-sector fashion ...
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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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For the last five years, the company has supplied the show with signage, branding, graphics, advertising services, and sponsor items.Established in Holland in 1998, Faircom is present in several European ...
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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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Book now. Earn 1,000,000 HHONORS Points. Get away.At Hilton Worldwide we know better than anyone what a meeting planner requires to be successful; after all we’ve been helping people book ...
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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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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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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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Recently launched by the experience and adventure specialists, "Rock in a Harley" is a novel activity combining the discovery of a destination’s attractions with the world’s most legendary motorbike.Exploramas has ...
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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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The Spanish Tourist Office in Chicago has just launched the new edition of its free digital magazine featuring on Seville.Available at www.meetinspainmagazine.com, the magazine is mainly geared to event planners, ...
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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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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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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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This year, Sixt – the leading car rental firm in Germany and one of the most important in the world – will be offering clients several Nissan models, specifically the popular Qashqai ...
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The Kursaal Congress Centre (San Sebastian) will host the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) from 2-4 May 2013.On the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day, the Kursaal Congress ...
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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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The new partnerships will deliver first class hosted buyer experience. The Meetings Show UK has announced it is to work with SPECTRA and Capita Travel and Events to deliver its ...
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The Malaga Tradeshow and Congress Centre’s energy bill was cut by €77,000, representing 18% less than in 2010.The Malaga Tradeshow and Congress Centre (FYCMA) managed to reduce its natural gas ...
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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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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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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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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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Eventbranche News – In the next number of Trendmagazine, due out at the end of March, six trendwatchers offer their perspective of the future and discuss their expectations. Here’s a sneak preview ...
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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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Google it and you’ll find it. Every day there is more freely accessible information available in the Internet and this is not always desirable.It is essential that the privacy of ...
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Kuoni Destination Management has just appointed Lola Mendez to the post of head of the DMC’s conference and incentive department. At the Kuoni’s Madrid head office, Mendez – who has ...
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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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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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Green credentials prove decisive as construction of the new Messe Frankfurt Congress Centre continues.The next Green Meetings and Events Conference will take place in Messe Frankfurt’s new "Kap Europa" Congress ...
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Ideas for staying on-trend and within budget for your F&B.While trends come and go, one thing that can always be counted on is the importance of food and beverage to ...
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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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The aim of the trip was to get to know and learn from the agricultural production system of Almeria.A group of 52 German students from the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied ...
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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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