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• Consumer event Casa Barilla returns: pasta firm targets 120,000 contacts from 19 Italian cities in 40 days

  The Casa Barilla tour event, organised by the food company to meet consumers in...

• Sydney secures major Asian investment

  Sydney has secured one of the largest business events from China, The Perfect China Leadership...

• New York City hotel hits the heights

  In the heart of New York City’s theater district, the Paramount Hotel has been a popular...

• States muscle up

  MyCEB moves in to guide Malaysian states in their pursuit of MICE, just as Johor, Penang and...

• EMG gets a taste for whisky with Glenfiddich partnership

  Glenfiddich choses Event Management Group (EMG) to create bespoke events centered around its...

• Inauguration of Berlin's new airport postponed

  The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport will be inaugurated later than originally scheduled. 

• meetme: QNCC lures knowledge-based events

  The newly opened Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), a member of Qatar Foundation for...

• Infrastructure growth boosts LA

    For organizers along the West Coast, Los Angeles is an obvious place for meetings. The...

• Ghent’s reputation grows

  The Eurocities Conference and General Assembly will take place in Ghent in 2013, and is one...

• Germany ranks number two in in ICCA rankings

  Germany has again defended its position as one of the leading global destinations for meetings...

• Alessandro Rosso Group acquires agency The Blenders Communications and opens an incentive division in China

  Italian group Alessandro Rosso, one of the largest companies in Europe in the events,...

• 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...

• Grass Roots wins Big Bang Fair for the next three years

  Grass Roots will manage the UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair (The Big Bang Fair) for the...

• Rigoletto, Sweden's premier event cinema reopens

  During April, the doors opened again to the Rigoletto event cinema at Kungsgatan in Stockholm.

• Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz now Certified Green Hotel

  The German business travel association VDR recently distinguished the 4-star Superior Leonardo...

• HOST RULES: Do hosted buyer programmes actually work

  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

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

• PODCAST Africa In Conversation 3 – Malawi: Uncovering the essence of this emerging destination

  In the third part of our Africa In Conversation series – recorded earlier this year at...

• Gouden Giraffe Award winners

  The winners of the Gouden Giraffe Live Communication Awards 2012 were announced in Amsterdam...

• Melbourne number one in Australia for international conventions

  Melbourne has been recognised as the number one city in Australia for conferences and...

• PODCAST Africa in Conversation 2 – Arusha: Shilia Kaaya outs Arusha on the meetings map

  Ian Whiteling caught up with Shilia Kaaya, managing director of the Arusha International...

• meetme: Learning best practice

  Up-and-coming meetings destinations across the Middle East need to learn the tricks of the...

• meetme: Virtual meetings are a hit

   Providing a high-definition virtual conference experience that emulates a face-to-face...

• meetme: Anantara extends Arabian hospitality

   Anantara’s hotly-anticipated five-star Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by...

• meetme: DCB searches high and low

  The Dubai Convention Bureau (DCB) is looking to strengthen its position on the global stage in...

• Würth Group to build congress and museum hall

  The Würth Group advisory board at its meeting on April 27, 2012 had the construction of a...

• Hotels compete with DMCs in Belgium

  Lately a trend has been identified on the Belgian Market where it is noticed that more and more...

• COPE UK to host networking breakfast on economic impact of events

  The Council of Protocol Executives will discuss Britain’s events sector and the next...

• Rigoletto, Sweden's premier event cinema reopens

  During April, the doors opened again to the Rigoletto event cinema at Kungsgatan in Stockholm....

• Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport hotel receives international award

  The Hotel Stars Awards were recently awarded and at the annual event the InterContinental...