Following the successful test and roll-out of a new, single email inbox for hosted buyers at IMEX America last year, the IMEX Group is introducing the same concept for all hosted buyers at IMEX in Frankfurt 21- 23rd May 2013.
- Education programme news; hot topics and speakers
Some 200 art critics have confirmed it: Germany’s “Museum of the Year 2012” is to be found on Frankfurt’s famous museum embankment. But wait! There’s more: Many other museums call the Frankfurt riverside their home.
The launch of a new pre-show education and networking event for corporate buyers, the introduction of a new hosted buyer email service and a new German language seminar programme are just three of the features making up a strong IMEX in Frankfurt 2013.
The 10th IMEX in Frankfurt trade show opens today (May 22nd at Messe Frankfurt) with its traditional focus on generating strong business opportunities for buyers and exhibitors, high-level networking events and its largest ever professional development programme. 20 new hosted buyer groups have joined the hallmark IMEX hosted programme this year, which is set to [...]
The 10th anniversary edition of IMEX in Frankfurt, opening next Tuesday May 22nd at Messe Frankfurt, is set to be the most televised and ‘talked about’ in the show’s 10 year history. The launch of IMEX TV – sponsored by Iguassu Falls, Brazil – today’s release of the updated IMEX App and a variety of [...]
After nine years of year-on-year increases in the number of association meeting planners attending the IMEX Association Day, the IMEX team, its association partners and advisors have completely revamped the day’s education programme for 2012. The result is that the 2012 Association Day, which takes place in the show’s 10th anniversary year, now offers double [...]
With the 10th anniversary edition of IMEX in Frankfurt set to open its doors for three days on May 22nd at Messe Frankfurt, organiser Ray Bloom and his team have announced further growth in the hosted buyer programme, a strong and diverse exhibitor line-up plus new features for the IMEX Vision programme. This year’s extensive [...]
Nick de Bois, MP, and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Events in the UK, will be this year’s keynote speaker at the IMEX in Frankfurt Opening Ceremony on May 22nd. The events industry is a subject close to the politician’s heart and experience. Before he became involved in politics, de Bois [...]
Sir Rocco Forte will join up to 70 industry leaders and 30 international politicians at the prestigious Rocco Forte Hotel, the Villa Kennedy, for the 10th Politicians Forum at IMEX in Frankfurt on May 22nd.Forte’s presence, together with that of keynote speaker, Nick de Bois, MP, Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) [...]
Sendai in Japan and El Salvador in Central America have both been selected as winners of the IMEX in Frankfurt Wild Card competition for 2012 – the show’s 10th anniversary year. The IMEX Wild Card programme offers aspiring entrants into the international meetings market the chance to exhibit free of charge alongside established destinations and [...]
Leading association management company, MCI, has entered into a new collaboration with the IMEX Group, organisers of worldwide exhibitions for the meetings, events and incentive travel industry, and MPI (Meeting Professionals International) to support the Future Leaders Forum (FLF). The global FLF programme is an initiative designed to encourage the best and brightest students to [...]
Groundbreaking Ceremony with Lord Mayor Petra Roth Frankfurt, 30 January 2012 (tcf). Over the next few weeks, people walking across the Römerberg on their way to the Emperor’s Cathedral will automatically find themselves facing a gigantic construction site. What’s happening here in the heart of Frankfurt’s old town, passers-by may ask. It is, simply [...]
Frankfurt, 19th January 2012 . This year, fans of both the fine and performing arts have a variety of cultural highlights to look forward to. It all starts on 25th February, with the Städel Museum finally opening its munch-anticipated underground extension. Edvard Munch, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons are all honoured with special exhibitions, while [...]
FRANKFURT, Germany – Hilton Worldwide announced the opening of Hilton Frankfurt Airport and Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport, part of the renowned, futuristic THE SQUAIRE complex. The project is a first for Hilton Worldwide in Europe with two individually branded hotels operating beside each other under the same roof. Simon Vincent, area president, Europe, Hilton [...]
The IMEX Group has announced its intention to undertake a major new research study on the future of the meetings industry to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its IMEX in Frankfurt trade show in 2012. The new study will be conducted by Fast Future Research who run the highly acclaimed Convention 2020 study on the [...]
Close to 1000 hosted buyers responded to the IMEX in Frankfurt 2011 post-show survey and results once again confirm IMEX’s commitment to outstanding business, networking and education opportunities. Lending further credence to a continued upswing in overall market activity and optimism, buyers confirmed they placed orders worth $508 million during the show, a rise of [...]
Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality group, has announced it will be opening its first property in mainland Europe, Jumeirah Frankfurt. The property will be welcoming its first guest in August, while the Grand Opening is scheduled for September. One of the main goals of Dagmar Woodward, general manager of Jumeirah Frankfurt, is to turn the [...]
After narrowly missing out on the title last year, Frankfurt Tourist Office has been presented with the Green Exhibitor Award at the prestigious IMEX Awards 2011. Offering a strong case for environmental sustainability, Frankfurt fended off competition for this coveted award by implementing an impressive number of carbon reduction measures throughout the exhibition, which impressed [...]
The ninth IMEX in Frankfurt closed on a high earlier yesterday when Chairman, Ray Bloom, announced some important new achievements and record outcomes for the exhibition that represents the worldwide meetings, events and incentive travel industry. At the show’s closing press conference at Messe Frankfurt Bloom explained that the authority and quality of the IMEX [...]
Politicians and industry leaders from 25 countries including Australia, Germany, the UK, the USA, Sweden, South Korea, France and Croatia gathered yesterday for the annual IMEX Politicians Forum. This year’s programme centred on discussion about the the full benefits of business events beyond the visitor spend. It also covered a detailed examination of the findings [...]
Record numbers of association meeting planners from across Europe and the rest of the world met yesterday for the annual IMEX Association Day & Evening, which took place at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Frankfurt. The day’s education programme had been planned to address the key issues currently facing association meetings and events buyers, both [...]
Frankfurt, May 24 2011 – The ninth IMEX exhibition for the worldwide meetings, incentive travel and events industry opens today with an exceptionally strong international hosted buyer programme in place and, with more than 90 seminars and workshops over three days, its biggest ever line-up of English and German professional education. Exhibitor diversity There are [...]
Exclusive strategic partnership with MPI delivers exceptional attendee value Building upon its role as strategic partner and premier education provider for IMEX America, today Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced that the mobile applications and mobile website developed for IMEX in Frankfurt opening 24 May are available for download and that the development for IMEX America’s [...]
IMEX in Frankfurt 2011 will host over 100 senior executives including around 30 politicians representing local and regional governments from Europe, Africa, North America and Asia Pacific when they convene for the esteemed annual IMEX Politicians Forum on Tuesday 24 May. With this year’s theme set as ‘The Benefits of Business Events beyond the Visitor [...]
IMEX in Frankfurt showcases Meetings Mindset® and new ‘hot topic’ campfires as part of biggest ever education programme For more information on Meetings Mindset®, click here With improved return on investment (ROI) being the ever popular buzzword of the meetings and events industry, IMEX has teamed up with Meetings Mindset®, a company whose portfolio of [...]
Frankfurt, 05 April 2011 (tcf). The “Hop On-Hop Off” city tours of Frankfurt am Main have enjoyed great success over the past two years, the round trips on the red double-decker bus having become extremely popular with the city’s international guests. With demand ever increasing, the joint tour organisers – Yellow Cab and the Frankfurt Tourist+Congress Board (TCF) [...]
IMEX, ICCA and Fast Future Research are pleased to announce the launch of the Convention 2020 Student Global Case Study Competition. Details can be found at www.convention-2020.com The goal of the competition is to identify examples from around the world of how business events, meeting venues and meeting destinations are innovating to prepare for the [...]
In the final run-up to IMEX in Frankfurt, which takes place at Messe Frankfurt May 24 – 26, the IMEX Group has announced a variety of additions to its programme, including more exhibitors and a number of important new hosted buyer groups. Among the key international hotel groups and 20 new hosted buyer groups already [...]
New exhibitors announced Strong hotel representation 20 new hosted buyer groups New hot-topic campfires launched Three Wild Card Winners confirmed Another strong showing from the hotel sector, continued expansion of the hosted buyer programme and excellent exhibitor interest, including several new exhibitors, will combine to make this year’s IMEX in Frankfurt another must-attend event on [...]
As part of their research into those business performance skills that women feel they most need to develop in order to progress, Susan Sarfati, CEO of High Performance Strategies and Liz Jackson, President of Jackson Consulting Inc, recently conducted a survey of 140 women currently working in the meetings, events and incentive travel industry. The [...]
- New hosted buyer groups confirmed – North American exhibitors increase presence – New educational programmes maximise time at the show – Social networking introduced for all IMEX attendees – New green initiatives announced With the ninth IMEX in Frankfurt set to take place May 24 – 26 2011, the award-winning tradeshow continues to focus [...]
Next year, Frankfurt will experience its second “summer fairytale”, with players and fans from all across the globe coming to town to follow the progress of their teams. Aside from supporting the German national team, Frankfurt will also find itself splashed in the colours of the teams and fans from Brazil, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, [...]
A new ticket initiative from German rail company and IMEX in Frankfurt travel partner, Deutsche Bahn (DB), will allow the trade show to provide carbon free train travel to all of its European hosted buyers in 2011. The tickets will be available to all hosted buyers travelling to the Frankfurt trade show from anywhere in [...]
More than 1000 hosted buyers responded to the IMEX 2010 post-show survey and results show that the award-winning trade show continues to deliver on its promise of high quality exhibitors, outstanding networking and education and, above all, abundant business opportunities. With the majority of buyers (79 per cent) spending over 12 hours on the show [...]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, June 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — With the growth trend stabilizing, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) registered new record levels for both passengers and airfreight in May 2010. FRA welcomed some 4,761,086 passengers and handled more than 200,000 metric tons of airfreight. The previous busiest May was in 2008, when the Fraport Group served 4,742,024 [...]
Frankfurt 27 May 2010 – IMEX 2010 came to a close at Messe Frankfurt yesterday, May 27th, with IMEX Group Chairman, Ray Bloom, announcing that the award-winning show has once again set new records for hosted buyer numbers and countries represented. “The past couple of years have challenged our industry on many fronts, not least [...]
Frankfurt, 26 May 2010 – 29 politicians together with 65 meetings industry leaders and keynote speakers met yesterday to analyse and debate the full economic value of the global meetings industry at the annual IMEX Politicians Forum. The Forum’s influence and reputation has grown measurably over the past few years. The result is that political [...]
Frankfurt, 26 May 2010 – IMEX Group CEO, Carina Bauer, welcomed press, sponsors, volunteers and other guests to a press conference at IMEX yesterday as part of the countdown towards the first ever IMEX Challenge. The concept of the IMEX Challenge was announced by IMEX Group Chairman, Ray Bloom, at the end of last year’s [...]
Clear positioning, future focused boards, strategic innovation, leveraging data, business model experimentation and top talent now critical to shaping the industry’s future. At IMEX 10 in Frankfurt yeterday, Fast Future Research launched a ‘Pathfinder Report’ on the key strategic challenges and choices facing the industry over the next decade. The Pathfinder Report provides a glimpse [...]
Smartphone and Tablets Prompt Mobile Rethink, WTM Round Table Concludes
The move away from desktops towards smartphones and tablets is changing how the travel industry uses technology to connect with today’s multi-device consumer, concluded board-level travel industry participants at the recent World Travel Market Round Table into the Future of Mobile.
ICCA 2012 statistics: international association sector shows significant growth
With the release of the 2012 Top 20 Rankings for cities and countries, ICCA is reporting another year of continued strength in the international association meetings market.
Record £5.3b spent by APMEA countries in 2012 representing 28% of UK’s inbound tourism revenue
VisitBritain kicked-off its flagship international travel trade event, Destination Britain 2013, in Bangkok. Celebrating its 10th year, the tourism gathering will open with a record 35% of new suppliers, showcasing their strongest UK travel and tourism offerings.
World Travel Awards winners triumph in the Maldives
Hilton Hotels, Air Mauritius, Sun Island Resort & Spa, Seychelles and Lux Resorts were among the big names to emerge victorious at World Travel Awards 2013 Indian Ocean ceremony, held at the Paradise Island Resort & Spa, Maldives on 12th May 2013.
World’s Second Largest LGBT Tourism Market Comes Out at WTM Latin America
Brazil’s USD$23 Billion Gay Travel Market – World’s Second Largest LGBT Tourism Market Comes Out at WTM Latin America
Bosch TownHall Meeting 2013 with VOK DAMS China
The experts for events and live marketing from VOK DAMS China have realized the TownHall Meeting 2013 for their client Bosch in Wuxi.
Seth Mattison to keynote on day two of AIBTM 2013 in Chicago
Educating Attendees on How to “Rock the Workplace”
Keynote Speakers Deliver Context for AIPC 2013 in Cape Town
The lineup of exemplary speakers on hand for the 2013 AIPC Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa this coming July 1-3 will provide delegates with a comprehensive insight into how the country is emerging as a major factor in both the global economy and the meetings industry.
