Dear Business & Professional Event Sector (BE) Stakeholders, Industry leaders co-created The Iceberg in 2017 as the chosen metaphor for highlighting both the tourism benefits of events, but also the social, economic, and societal impacts aligned to the purpose of them. Thanks to funding support from the sector leadership, The Iceberg has used the intervening…
From Destinations International: Destination Vancouver is a non-profit, member-based destination marketing and management organization that promotes the spectacular city of Vancouver, British Columbia, as a premier travel destination. We support Vancouverās tourism industry through marketing initiatives, event support, and partnerships with local businesses and institutions to attract visitors from around the world with a mission…
From PCMA: Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the boardās first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth. Neil Brownlee attended his first Convening Leaders in 2011 in Las…
From Exhibition News: For the hottest buzzword in the industry, very little is understood about data. At the recent IBTM World show in Barcelona, there was scarcely a session that didnāt mention its importance. Vice-president of European sales at Cvent Jamie Vaughan went so far as to say: āAn event planner without data is just…
From Fortune: Stephen Carter, CEO of Informa PLC, says he violated a key tenet of his industry by speaking at a recent conference held in Saudi Arabia. Informa, based in the U.K., produces exhibitions and live events, and it works best when itās in the background. āOur job, as someone said to me many years…
In Barcelona, Chief Strategy Officer at MCI Group, Oscar Cerazales, was put on notice by son Albert Cerazales-Garcia that organisations need to adapt to the generational demands of Millennials and Gen Z or face irrelevance. A compelling session hosted by Cerazales-Garcia and moderated by the impressive Group Learning & Development Director of MCI Group, Avinash…
From M&C Asia: In todayās business event landscape, the most impactful gatherings are those that reach beyond traditional knowledge-sharing and networking to create meaningful and lasting change. MICE planners are now shifting their focus to extend event impacts far beyond the conference walls, creating positive effects on host communities, destinations, and society at large. According…
Yet another country has pivoted ābeyond tourismā in its approach to business events, post-pandemic. FĆ”ilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland have combined to secure funding support of āIrelandās Business Events Strategy 2030 ā For Tourism and Beyondā, approved by Catherine Martin, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, & Media. The investment will see the…
By Colm Clarke, Partner, Consultancy at Exempla Management & Consulting: Episode 1: Battling Business Models Hopefully your leadership transitions are more civilised than in a Game of Thrones episode, and your stakeholder groups are easier to align around common objectives than Tolkienās elves and dwarves – but donāt ignore the lessons for associations provided by…
From PCMA: The program for the inaugural PCMA Convene 4 Climate, held Oct. 2-3 in Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with the Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe, was designed in a way that recognized that we no longer have the luxury of time when it comes to global warming. That reality was…
From E&ENEWS: Researchers attending the American Geophysical Union conference worry their work could disappear when a president who rejects climate science takes office. Censorship. Funding cuts. Layoffs. Those concerns loom over the worldās largest conference of climate scientists as they brace for whiplash at the White House when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in six…
From Skift Meetings: Robert F. Kennedy is promising big changes to the healthcare industry if he is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. When it comes to medical meetings, plenty is at stake. In 2023, $8 billion was spent on medical meetings, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). There…
Found 348 Features
Viewing all Features
From Destinations International: Destination Vancouver is a non-profit, member-based destination marketing and management organization that promotes the spectacular city of Vancouver, British Columbia, as a premier travel destination. We support Vancouverās tourism industry through marketing initiatives, event support, and partnerships with local businesses and institutions to attract visitors from around the world with a mission…
From PCMA: Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the boardās first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth. Neil Brownlee attended his first Convening Leaders in 2011 in Las…
From Exhibition News: For the hottest buzzword in the industry, very little is understood about data. At the recent IBTM World show in Barcelona, there was scarcely a session that didnāt mention its importance. Vice-president of European sales at Cvent Jamie Vaughan went so far as to say: āAn event planner without data is just…
From Fortune: Stephen Carter, CEO of Informa PLC, says he violated a key tenet of his industry by speaking at a recent conference held in Saudi Arabia. Informa, based in the U.K., produces exhibitions and live events, and it works best when itās in the background. āOur job, as someone said to me many years…
Powered by 
