CLOUD THINKING: Why Software as a Service means business for the meetings industry

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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...

• MeetingsIn unveils dedicated venue search tool for non-profit organisations

  Venue search specialist MeetingsIn has announced the launch of MeetingsIn.com/Nonprofit, the...

• Virtual meetings are a hit in Middle East

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

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

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

• 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...

• Inauguration of Berlin's new airport postponed

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

• 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,...

• Rising culinary sophistication

  Bangkok’s reputation as a street food haven is legendary, but a growing crop of upscale...

• 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...

• Trump International Hotel and Tower Toronto reaches out to meeting planners

  The “Spring into Summer” meetings and events package promotes the property’s...

• 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...

• MEA integrates customer app for an interactive conference experience

  For the first time, delegates of the Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) National Conference...

• CWT’s ‘advanced algorithm’ can save meeting planners 25 per cent

  CWT Meeting Optimiser was developed with Starcite and helps find the best location for a meeting.

• First paper near field communication badge used at a business event

  Bethesda, Maryland-based ITN International has introduced the first paper near field...

• AVT Connect's digital focus helps boost turnover

  AVT Connect has seen a 30 per cent increase in turnover in the past two years

• Speaker management system tested at MCEC

  Arinex Technology has launched eSpeaker, a new speaker management system for conferences, aimed...

• Eventful opening for new InterCon Doha

  InterContinental Doha - The City recently opened in Qatar’s capital adding to the range of...

• Budget boost for Tourism Australia

  Tourism Australia is set to receive an initial $61 million over four years to promote Australia...

• 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...

• 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...