INTO AMERICA: Shah Deen talks inbound US Travel

Shah Deen is the general manager of The Berger Organization’s flagship Best Western Robert Treat in Newark, NJ.

Germany GCB launches project to train sustanaible events professionals

The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is backing a project of the GCB German Convention...
Slovenia What is the value of IMEX Challenge Slovenia?

From 2 to 4 July 2012, the Slovenian capital Ljubljana will host the second edition of the IMEX...
United States BTC warns of hidden airline fees on managed travel

After four years of airlines stonewalling customers’ demands for ancillary fee...
United Arab Emirates Sofitel makes a bullish Abu Dhabi debut

The all-new Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche is preparing to bombard the meetings industry with...
Grass Roots bounces back to post £4.1m operating profit

The Grass Roots Group has bounced back from an operating loss of £1.5m in 2010
Europe Sir Rocco Forte: business is facing a 'gigantic hangover in Europe'

Rocco Forte: 'it's not the role of governments to build venues – their focus should be...
Middle East and North Africa Cruise into your next meeting

Meetings at sea are becoming increasingly popular as companies and planners look for...
Gothenburg expanding as meetings venue

Gothenburg has seen an increase in bed nights for the 20th consecutive year. Now the city is...
Slovenia Ljubliana enters ICCA top 50

Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital has, for the third time in the last dozen years, reached an...
MCI UK acquires Oxford International

MCI has acquired UK-based Oxford International in a deal seen as a 'natural fit' for both businesses

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VIDEOS & FEATURES

IMEX Unedited!: Live video reports from the show floor

23/05/2012 by

All the latest TV reports live from the show floor at IMEX 2012.

ACCOMMODATING CHINA: Inside the global powerhouse’s hotel boom

23/05/2012 by James Latham

Intercontinental Hotel Group has recently launched a new hotel brand in China, specifically for...

OPINION James Kent: The regenerative power of meetings

21/05/2012 by James Kent

Events can transform cities. But different cities approach the events industry in different...

HOST RULES: Do hosted buyer programmes actually work

16/05/2012 by Pete Roythorne, Joint Editor in Chief

At this year’s Convening Leaders conference in San Diego, PCMA examined attitudes of its...

PERFECT MATCH: Inside the Meetings and Incentive Travel Exchange portfolio

16/05/2012 by Questex

Strategically matching buyers and suppliers face to face through an innovative business...

Business News

BTC warns of hidden airline fees on managed travel

After four years of airlines stonewalling customers’ demands for ancillary fee data, the only reasonable conclusion is that there is a market failure that will only be remedied with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) intervention, Kevin Mitchell, chairman, Business Travel...

Slovenia What is the value of IMEX Challenge Slovenia?

From 2 to 4 July 2012, the Slovenian capital Ljubljana will host the second edition of the IMEX...
Europe Sir Rocco Forte: business is facing a 'gigantic hangover in Europe'

Rocco Forte: 'it's not the role of governments to build venues – their focus should be...
MCI UK acquires Oxford International

MCI has acquired UK-based Oxford International in a deal seen as a 'natural fit' for both businesses
Singapore Base courts corporate dollar

Base Entertainment Asia, the live entertainment production company that has brought in...

ACCOMMODATING CHINA: Inside the global powerhouse’s hotel boom

23/05/2012 by James Latham

Intercontinental Hotel Group has recently launched a new hotel brand in China, specifically for...

Events News

GIBTM shows the way

With large-budget Hosted Buyers, record seminar attendance and a bustling show floor, the 6th Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM), which took place at ADNEC in March, was a resounding success.

Italy Perfect China Convention: 2,800 Chinese delegates in Milan and Bergamo, with a budget €18 million

Probably the largest Chinese group to ever come to Europe was just in Milan and Bergamo: they...
Fiat and Emporio Armani add flavour to 'Casa Italia' at QEIICC

The Westminster venue will be transformed for the Italian National Olympic Committee this summer
Middle East and North Africa ‘Brain Food’ provides stimulus for busy executives

Hotel group Radisson has launched a brand new culinary focused concept for meetings and...
Academic Venue Show registers 15 per cent increase in attendance

More than 375 attendees visited the Academic Venue Show event in London, a 15 per cent increase...

JOINING THE DOTS: Ray Bloom on the global success of IMEX

11/04/2012 by James Latham

In the wake of being voted Best International Launch Show at the Exhibition News Awards, Ray...

Venues News

Cruise into your next meeting

Meetings at sea are becoming increasingly popular as companies and planners look for cost-effective solutions in one location, says Royal Caribbean Cruises.

United Arab Emirates Sofitel makes a bullish Abu Dhabi debut

The all-new Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche is preparing to bombard the meetings industry with...
Slovenia New hotels and venues for Slovenian capital

The Ljubljana hotel scene will soon be enriched by three smaller, family-run boutique...
Singapore Luxe meetings in lush greenery

Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) opened two new luxury properties, the 172-key Equarius Hotel and...
Slovenia Slovenian venue shows commitment ot CSR by installing beehives on roof

In line with its environmental policy, Cankarjev dom, the principal congress and cultural centre...

GAME PLAN: Inside the Home of Rugby… and corporate events

06/12/2011 by Robert Coren

Renowned as the hallowed home of Rugby Union, Twickenham Stadium mixes the spine-tingling...

Technology News

Join the digital revolution with Eventware's iPad apps

UAE-based event technology company Eventware is aiming to transform events into paperless and fully online integrated experiences with its revolutionary Dynamic iPad apps. The clever...

United States MeetingsIn unveils dedicated venue search tool for non-profit organisations

Venue search specialist MeetingsIn has announced the launch of MeetingsIn.com/Nonprofit, the...
United Arab Emirates Virtual meetings are a hit in Middle East

Providing a high-definition virtual conference experience that emulates a face-to-face meeting,...
PODCAST BUSINESS SENSE: What Active Network's acquisition of StarCite means for the meetings industry

Following his company's recent acquisition of events technology business StarCite, Active...
OPINION Carsten Kraus: Semantic Search can revolutionise how meeting and event planners search for venues and manage travel

The chief executive of FACT-Finder explains how the latest online search technology can...

PERFECT PARTNERS: PCMA and Virtual Edge come together in the name of meetings technology

25/04/2012 by Pete Roythorne

How the growth of technology in the meetings and events sector is driving a deeper cooperation...

Research News

Grass Roots bullish about 2012 meetings with four per cent growth in spend forecast

Grass Roots’ latest Meetings Industry Report for the UK cautiously bullish for second half of 2012.

Denmark Meetings deliver £2.24bn to Denmark's economy each year

Meetings in Denmark contribute £2.24bn to the economy and attract 928,000 international...
Australia New Market Monitor reveals vibrant industry

The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) has launched its inaugural EEAA...
Italy Rimini Conference Market Report 2011: market holds up thanks to international events, despite drop in domestic demand

The sharp drop in domestic demand, which was affected by the Italian economic crisis, was offset...
Middle East and North Africa MIDDLE EASTERN EYE: Analysing the latest Gulf meetings industry data

Meet Middle East’s Rob Nicholas discusses the findings of the latest research on the Gulf...

CORE PRINCIPLES: How the association industry sees the future of events

30/11/2011 by James Latham

James Latham caught up with Rohit Talwar at the ICCA conference in Liepzig to find out about the...

Destinations News

Ljubliana enters ICCA top 50

Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital has, for the third time in the last dozen years, reached an excellent score and entered the top 50 world cities in the ICCA Statistics of International Association Meetings for 2011, considerably improving its ranking compared to 2010.

Gothenburg expanding as meetings venue

Gothenburg has seen an increase in bed nights for the 20th consecutive year. Now the city is...
United States Destination Overview: Las Vegas' business scene

After several years of visitor downturn and negative publicity, Las Vegas is reaffirming its...
Australia Business Events Tasmania targets the Chinese market

With China the fastest growing inbound market for Australia, Business Events Tasmania is set to...
Singapore A new breed of MICE needed for Asian state to flourish

Singapore is placing a greater emphasis on developing its MICE industry, but a deficit of young...

CULTURAL SHIFT: Abu Dhabi dares to be different at GIBTM

02/05/2012 by MeetMiddleEast

This year’s GIBTM gave International Meetings Review the chance to catch up with key...

Sustainable Meetings News

GCB launches project to train sustanaible events professionals

The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is backing a project of the GCB German Convention Bureau e.V. to train 500 sustainability advisers in the event sector.

Slovenia Video tells story of IMEX Challenge Slovenia

From 2 to 4 July 2012, the Slovenian capital Ljubljana will host the second edition of the IMEX...
Germany Fit for green meetings

The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is backing a project of the GCB German Convention...
MPI's mission to prove the industry is green

MPI has helped develop new CSR reporting standards for event organisers.
Germany On-going dialogue on standardized sustainability code

Members of the GCB German Convention Bureau e.V. and the EVVC European Association of Event...

OPINION A Christmas message from MEETING:the World

21/12/2011 by

After a thoroughly adventurous 2011 visiting destinations around the globe, this year’s...

Incentives News

Get on your electric bike

A Dutch scooter and bicycle company based in Maastricht has come up with an eco-friendly teambuilding and incentive programme idea that lets delegates get closer to the the historic city and its surrounding rolling countryside.

United Arab Emirates Jumeirah offers bespoke experiences

Luxury hospitality group Jumeirah has introduced two new innovative meeting and event concepts....
Italy Filmmaster Events organises the Lamborghini Experience 2012 for dealers from all over the world

Bringing together Lamborghini owners and dealers from all over the world is not difficult, given...
Indonesia Indonesia outlines plans to grow special tourism sectors

The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is developing its special interest...
United States International incentive travel event sells out

Global Meeting and Incentive Travel Exchanges (GMITE), a division of Questex Hospitality and...

CONVERTING THE TRY: Turning the Rugby World Cup into business

06/09/2011 by James Latham

Before the earthquake hit earlier this year, James Latham talked to the chief executive of...

Association News

Record demand for Copenhagen as a congress city

The number of congresses which Wonderful Copenhagen CVB has won for the Danish capital to date exceeds the previous record result from the same period last year.

Lithuania Vilnius to host its first international aviation conference

On the 23-24 May for the very first time MRO Eastern Europe Event will take place in...
South Africa SAMA wins bid to host WMA General Assembly in 2014 in Durban South Africa

After a secret ballot at last week’s World Medical Association (WMA) Council meeting...
Association delegates looking for value at new-look congress

‘Raising value’ will be the focus of a meeting of international association...
Liverpool sees massive spike in international conferences in 2012

The number of international conferences being held in Liverpool has increased from six to 26

PCMA GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SERIES Inner Visions: Kristin Mirabel, the American Optical Society

02/05/2012 by AMI, James Lancaster

Key insight into organising association meetings from Kristin Mirabel of the American Optical...

Education News

LEARNING CURVE: Inside AIPC’s professional education programme

The International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC) runs a yearly professional development programme and management symposium. It takes a two-tier educational approach to address the broadening scope of responsibilities of convention centre management. James Latham reports from this...

Technology can bring 'wow' but content is king, panel says

Technology may bring ‘wow factor' – but should add to the event experience rather...
Luxembourg The 7Cs Manifesto survives the Synthetron test

Recently, 109 participants from all segments of the European meetings and events industry...
United Kingdom Scholarships on offer for students with ‘passion for events’

Young people are being offered the chance to win a free place on an event management course this...
Croatia Two global events in Zagreb

Two major global events in marketing and hospitality will be held in Zagreb, Croatia in March...