2009 Review ON LOCATION: Abu Dhabi

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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...

• The new Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino complex will be completed in 2013

  The Saint-Vincent Resort & Casino (below) in the Val d’Aosta north-western region of...

• Downtown Las Vegas hotel to have high-tech meetings

  Fitzgerald's Las Vegas has divulged that it is rebranding as the D Las Vegas and that a major...

• Fiera di Roma and Eur Congressi considering merging to manage the new Rome conference centre La Nuvola

  Work is under way in Rome to establish a new company, a Rome-based conference hub created from...

• New sports entertainment venue for Cairns to compliment conference facilities

  Construction has commenced on a $3 million state-of-the-art sports entertainment venue at the...

• The Enzo Ferrari House museum and events venue opens in Modena

  The official opening of Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari, the museum complex in Modena built to...

• 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...

• Major renovations and expansions gift Miami with new event space

  The aging Miami Beach Convention Center is making big plans to reinvent itself.

• Darwin convention centre glows gold

  Darwin Convention Centre has been awarded Gold Certification by the International Association of...

• Epicure to revitalise Westpac stadium catering

  Epicure, one of Australia and New Zealand’s best regarded hospitality brands, will be...

• Super 8 brand to launch in Germany

    The Wyndham Hotel Group, a chain of roughly 7,200 properties worldwide, announced the...

• New North China hotel and venue launches meetings deal

  The St Regis Tianjin recently announced the introduction of its Extraordinary Group Offer and...