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SIZE MATTERS: EIBTM 2010 Review
Over 57,000 pre-scheduled appointments resulted from EIBTM`s 2010 hosted buyer programme as records were shattered across all elements of Reed Travel Exhibitions` flagship event. James latham took the temperature of the show floor as the meetings and business events sector heats up post-GFC.
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MEETING MEXICO: The country that’s fast becoming an events paradise
As 28,000 people gathered in Cancún for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 16 last November, James Latham was in Barcelona at EIBTM asking the Mexican Tourist Board’s Eduardo Chaillo about his country's rise as an increasingly important events destination. Sustainability, disaster recovery and government support were also high on the agenda.
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SPORTING CHANCE: Why major sports events like the Olympics mean business
Almost a year on from Vancouver’s hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Claire Smith, vice president of sales and marketing at the Vancouver Convention Centre, tells James Latham about the positive impact the sporting spectacular has had on the local meetings and events industry, and the economy as a whole.
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EVOLUTION THEORY: How the role of the PCO is developing around the globe
James Latham talks to IAPCO's president, Phillippe Fournier, about how the association is helping its members around the globe to adapt to the changing world of the meetings industry.
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KOREA MOVE: Is political instability eroding financial stability?
Having been at Korea MICE Expo during the recent disputes between South and North Korea, James Latham was keen to find out from Samuel Koo, president of Seoul Tourism, why organisers should still be looking to take their meetings and conventions despite the political unrest.
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RACING AHEAD: Why Abu Dhabi's firmly in the destination fast lane
Khulood Al Marzuoqi, section head of the MICE marketing division at the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, looks back at the country's recent triumph in hosting the most successful Formula One Grand Prix ever, and discusses its impact on corporate and association events business. She also reveals the destination's new global strategy, particularly in the US, and explains Abu Dhabi's trademark policy of not overselling its facilities.
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BOUNCING BACK: Canada capitalises on the upsurge in events business
EIBTM offered the Canadian Tourism Commission the chance to take the temperature of the current demand for corporate meetings and events. A delighted Susan Frei tells James Latham that she thinks the buzz around the destination at the show is a sign that the international meetings and events industry is springing back to life, and offers tips on attracting new global business.
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LIVING THE DREAM: How the Fifa World Cup has helped business tourism in Durban
James Seymour, chief executive of the Durban and KwaZulu-Natal convention bureau, tells James Latham how the region is now living the legacy of the world's greatest football spectacular.
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PROVING ITS WORTH: How the meetings industry has grown up in the past 12 months
James Latham caught up MPI president and chief executive Bruce Macmillan at EIBTM to discuss what the meetings industry has learned in 2010, and how it is now in the business ofadding value for attendees and driving performance.
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MORALE BOOSTER: Are motivational events back on the menu?
James Latham doorsteps, the managing director of Ovation Global DMC and former president of SITE, Padriac Gilligan, at this year’s EIBTM in Barcelona to find out whether incentive and motivational events have yet felt the warmth of the approaching recovery.
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