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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...

• 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,...

• Budget boost for Tourism Australia

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

• 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...

• OSC unveils new logo, website

  International events solution provider, Off-Site Connections Event Solutions (OSC), has...

• Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz now Certified Green Hotel

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

• New Market Monitor reveals vibrant industry

  The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) has launched its inaugural EEAA...

• 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...

• ANALYSIS Business cruises poised for growth

  A new report from Amadeus and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) found...

• ANALYSIS Women want online meetings, says survey

  TeamViewer, a  provider of remote control and online meetings software, recently...

• Meetings activity strongest in Asia-Pacific

  While meetings demand across the world is on the rise, activity for 2012 is strongest in the...

• 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...

• Anantara extends Arabian hospitality

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

• South Africa's tourism minister's budget speech sets the tone for HICA and INDABA

  Commenting on the Tourism Minister’s budget speech, the CEO of the Tourism Business...

• Hotels compete with DMCs in Belgium

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

• Tighter watch on travel budgets

  Airfares and hotel rates across Asia are maintaining their climb this year despite an...

• 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...

• ANALYSIS Events worth €200 million a year in Sicily

  There was an air of considerable expectation in Taormina, at the opening of the Master Class...

• 'Associations up, corporates down', organisers report

  There were 6,621 meetings handled last year by the international association of PCOs, an...

• Upswing in conference business drives Las Vegas visitor count

  Some 38.9 million visitors were attracted to Las Vegas, USA last year, according the Las Vegas...

• ANALYSIS Travel leaders upbeat on business travel for 2012

  Inside the latest Travel Leaders' annual Travel Trends Survey.

• MPI Barometer data shows a 10% rise in employment in the meeting and event industry

  The results of the most recent edition of the MPI Business Barometer show an increase in...