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  • AIME 2012 award winners announced at Nightcap Networking

    22 February 2012: The award winners for the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) 2012 were announced last night at a jazzy event, Nightcap Networking, held at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and hosted by the Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB) and the Atlantic Group. The awards, presented by Sally de Swart, [...]

  • WTM. Means Business: WTM 2011 Leads to More Than £1.6m in Industry deals

    WTM. Means Business: WTM 2011 Leads to More Than £1.6m in Industry deals

     World Travel Market 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry, will generate a massive £1,653 million in travel and tourism industry deals – an impressive 16% increase on WTM 2010. Independent research of World Travel Market’s exhibitors shows WTM 2011 will generate £1,653,729,318 million of deals, either through contracts signed at the event [...]

  • 20th anniversary and still going from strength to strength

    21 February 2012: The organisers of the 20th anniversary Asia-Pacific Meetings & Incentives Expo (AIME), which opens today at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), are expecting a successful two-day event with preliminary figures looking positive. With more than 500 Hosted Buyers set to attend AIME 2012, organisers are expecting at least a 15% increase [...]

  • MSC CRUISES OPENS UP NEW DESTINATIONS IN GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE

    MSC Cruisesis delighted to announce the introduction of the French Antilles as a new destination for the 2012-2013 winter season. Complemented by an extensive array of fascinating shore excursions, this is an unmissable opportunity for guests to experience this idyllic region at first hand. The inaugural voyage begins on 30 November 2012 when MSC Liricadeparts [...]

  • Strong Berlin convention year 2011

    Around 10 million participants / 10 percent increase in sales revenues Berlin, 20 February 2012 After tourism reported new record results for last year, the German capital now also takes positive stock of the meeting and convention year 2011: 115,700 events took place last year (+2 percent). They were attended by 9.7 million participants; this [...]

  • Dubai’s Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa to host WTA Middle East Ceremony 2012

    Dubai’s Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa to host WTA Middle East Ceremony 2012

    London & Dubai, 20 February 2012 World Travel Awards (WTA), the “Oscars of the travel industry”, has announced plans to host its Middle East Ceremony at Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa in Dubai on 30th April 2012. The evening will mark the opening leg of WTA’s 2012 Grand Tour, a global search for the [...]

  • Ita Buttrose to open AIME’s 20th anniversary show

    20 February 2012: Media personality Ita Buttrose will open the 20th anniversary Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) tomorrow at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), marking the beginning of the renowned, two-day, meetings and incentives event. Ms Buttrose, who attended the first AIME back in 1993 where she presented as part of the Education [...]

  • IHG signs InterContinental Hotel in St Petersburg

    IHG signs InterContinental Hotel in St Petersburg

    As InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) celebrated the InterContinental brand’s return to Russia with an opening ceremony at the InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, the company also signed a second InterContinental hotel in Russia. The 173-room InterContinental St Petersburg, in the prestigious Europe Embankment scheme, will mean the InterContinental brand has a presence in Russia’s two capital cities, [...]

  • Managing Director of Kenes Latin America Appointed IAPCO President

    Managing Director of Kenes Latin America Appointed IAPCO President

    Gonzalo Perez Constanzó, Managing Director of Kenes Latin America, has been appointed President of the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO), effective February 19, 2012. Gonzalo brings a wealth of congress organisation experience to his new role. A Buenos Aires native, Gonzalo began his professional career with Congresos Internacionales, where he worked for over [...]

  • Venue IT appointed by The Cumberland Hotel

    Venue IT, the permanent infrastructure division of Etherlive, has strengthened its ties to the hotel industry with its appointment by The Cumberland hotel, The Tower and Marble Arch. The landmark London hotel has chosen Venue IT as its technology provider for meetings & events. The appointment follows discussions looking at the longer term conferencing needs [...]

  • Lord’s Cricket Ground launches team building package

    Lord’s Cricket Ground launches team building package

    Companies will now be able to take inspiration from the iconic “Home of Cricket” back into the work-place, after it was announced that Lord’s Cricket Ground will offer corporate team building events in 2012. Following a thorough selection process, four suppliers – Chillisauce, Accomplished Events, Blue Hat, and ESC Events – have been appointed as [...]

  • Beaulieu launches Bond in Motion

    Beaulieu launches Bond in Motion

    Hampshire’s venue set to put the 2012 event calendar in motion With fifty vehicles on display, BOND IN MOTION is the largest official collection of original Bond vehicles the world has ever seen. On display for one year only at the National Motor Museum, this could be your only chance to see these vehicles on [...]

  • Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds

    Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds Cheltenham Racecourse pulls the crowds

    Cheltenham Racecourse is proving to be a popular crowd pleaser as it builds on its non-race day activities with an exciting programme of live events for 2012. The venue’s South West location has proved invaluable in pulling footfall across the country from Bristol and Birmingham to Cardiff and Oxford. 2012′s line-up includes the Greenbelt and [...]

  • International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) to Offer Educational Track at America’s Meetings and Events Exhibitions (AIBTM)

    AIBTM Presents “ICCA Global Meetings” Track with Two 90-Minute Roundtable Sessions The Americas Meetings & Events Exhibition (AIBTM) announced today that the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) will present an educational track at AIBTM 2012, Reed Travel Exhibitions’ premiere provider for the U.S. meetings and events industry. The three-day networking event, held June 19 [...]

  • RICOH Women’s British Open delivers £4.72m for Scotland

    RICOH Women’s British Open delivers £4.72m for Scotland

    Economic impact for 2011 event announced The 2011 Ricoh Women’s British Open delivered an economic impact of over £4.7m to Scotland, according to figures announced Tuesday(15 Feb). The overall figure for the Championship, which took place at Carnoustie in July 2011, includes a direct impact of £3.97m to the Angus economy. Taiwan’s Yani Tseng successfully [...]

  • London achieves record status at the “fDI Intelligence European Cities & Regions of the Future Awards” 2012/13

    London achieves record status at the “fDI Intelligence European Cities & Regions of the Future Awards” 2012/13

      London has secured eight of the top places at the “fDi Intelligence European Cities & Regions of the Future Awards”, to be awarded at MIPIM in Cannes. The highly coveted and contested “European Cities of the Future” award topped a stunning portfolio of awards highlighting London’s Human Resources; Infrastructure and Business Friendliness. Other categories in [...]

  • An unforgettable gastronomic adventure: Tram Experience!

    Brussels, February 2012 – VISITBRUSSELS and its partners, the STIB/MIVB and Electrolux, are launching ‘Tram Experience’, in the company of star-rated chefs participating in this project. ‘Tram Experience’ is a gastronomic and tourism experience that is truly unique in Brussels. The Tram’s first official trip is scheduled for Friday 02 March in the evening. Brusselicious [...]

  • British Airways’ Cabin Crew Takes Part in Chain of Hope Walk

    A team of ten British Airways cabin crew from Gatwick will walk with the fastest man in the world later this month for a cause that is close to all their hearts. The crew of BA2263 will operate a flight from London Gatwick to Kingston, Jamaica and then join world champion and current Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt for [...]

  • IMEX America expands to fill two halls at Sands Expo

    Demand for space at IMEX America 2012 continues to grow following a successful launch show in October 2011. Ray Bloom, Chairman of the IMEX Group, announced today that he expects the trade show to fill both Halls C  and D of the Sands Expo in Las Vegas this year – a full two years ahead [...]

  • AIME’s 20th anniversary bigger than ever

    17 February 2012: The 20th anniversary Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) will take place next week and is expected to be bigger than ever, with a huge turnout by exhibitors and strong support from existing and new sponsors, allowing for exciting initiatives both on and off the show floor. Joined again by big name, major [...]

  • Fully Sold IT&CM China 2012 Presents A 30% Larger Showcase With Fresh Procurement Opportunities

    Event to also deliver high in educational and networking content made possible by influential strategic alliances Shanghai, 16 February 2012 – Booth sales for IT&CM China 2012 have concluded with the event boasting a 30% larger MICE exhibition showcase. More than 300 international and Chinese exhibiting companies will fill exhibition space amounting to over 6,000 [...]

  • GROUNDBREAKING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED FOR GIBTM 2012

    Some of the worlds most influential industry leaders are preparing to converge in less than six weeks time at the highly anticipated 6th edition of GIBTM, the Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition from 26-28 March. Experts will deliver a robust educational programme designed to stimulate interactive, focused delegate discussions and examine the industry’s [...]

  • Reed Exhibitions to Enhance Talent Pipeline for Sustained Success

    Having ended 2011 with strong results across its events, Reed Exhibitions Greater China has identified talent development as one of the key means of replicating these outcomes in 2012, and the way to sustain its competitive advantage in the long term. In a country currently facing a dearth of exhibition industry talent, Reed China has [...]

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