Rigaās lead in 5G has made it a fitting hub to host a meeting setting Europe’s agenda on the technology.Ā The Latvian capital is about to stage the 5G Techritory Forum, the 2nd Baltic Sea Region 5G Ecosystem Forum. The invitation-only event is expected to attract some 1,000 innovators, legislators and investors. From AMI Intellectual Capitals…
Marketing Edinburgh has moved closer to collapse with the entire board of the organisation resigning “with immediate effect”Ā after city councillors rejected a funding plea to implement new strategy.Ā The publicly-owned organisation is set to lose all funding as the authority tries to cut up to Ā£40 million from next year’sĀ budget. From Eventsbase…
The Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism has just staged the Hangzhou – Leading Innovation for Future Conferences event, highlighting city strengths as a destination for “new economy” conferences. The event included a destination success presentation from Paul Vallee,Ā Managing Director of Iceberg partner BestCities Global Alliance. From Boardroom…
Tourism New Zealand has just announced three international meetings whose impacts will be measured to maximise the positive societal impacts that conferences generate for communities. The organisation is working together with Iceberg partner #Meet4Impact, whose Chief Executive Officer is GeneviĆØve Leclerc, on the Enrich New Zealand Conference Impact project. From Boardroom…
The Global Incentive Summit in Edinburgh just saw incentive travel buyers, plus representatives from hotels, destinations and destination management companies, gather together to hear the latest trends in the incentives market. The meeting discussed the rise in Asia Pacific business and the findings of the Incentive Travel Industry Index.Ā From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
In what is claimed to be a first for the meetings and events industry, Business Events Montreal has just launched its Guaranteed Success Pledge. So confident is the city that planners will reach their attendance target numbers, that it will honour its financial commitment for the anticipated number if they don’t. From Boardroom…
Weeks of anti-government protests in Chile have forced the embattled President PiƱera to cancel both this month’s APEC trade summit and COP25 UN climate conference in December. TheĀ 2019 Cochrane Colloquium,aĀ major healthcare meeting, was also due to be held in Santiago, but the growing death toll has forced its cancellation.Ā From Association Meetings International…
āThe majority of disabled people donāt travel to conferences because they expect their needs will not be metā. So says Alan Broadbent, an accessibility writer and consultant to the events industry. Three examples of inclusivity, a venue (ICC Wales), a meeting (Glasgow’s IASSIDD World Congress) and a city (Dubai), are analysed. From Association Meetings International…
The trend toward plant-based diets has made headlines recently, and this June the first Plant Based World Conference & Expo launched at the Javits Center in New York City. The inaugural event welcomed 3,737 attendees, including professionals from retail, specialty restaurant and food service, healthcare and distributors. From PCMA…
One of the biggest takeaways from the World Wildlife Fundās research into ending food waste occurring in commercial kitchens was the need to clearly better communicate with meeting planners about the multiple ways in which they can reduce food waste. So says Monica McBride of WWF, who lists some approaches to follow. From PCMA…
Itās clear that food production and consumption needs to change, and radically, to safeguard the planet and feed a growing population. The best place to start for the business events industry is with food waste, and now theĀ World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been working on food conservation in convention centre kitchensĀ and hotels. From PCMA…
Florian Gerdes is Marketing Manager Conventions at HCB, the Hamburg Convention Bureau. He describes here HCB’s approach to subvention during low demand, the relationship Hamburg has with UK, what the city has to offer the planners organising within prioritised knowledge sectors, its competition with Berlin and its recent secured bid wins.Ā From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
RAI Amsterdam is a venue that considers itself more of a neighbour than a conventional conference centre. It works closely with organisers to limit noise and traffic congestion, and looks for opportunities to give back to its local community. These include encouraging donations to social initiatives, especially of the venue’s own surplus food. From Boardroom…
Companies offering event artificial intelligence, virtual reality and facial recognition technology feature in this yearās Tech Watch Award, with seven finalists now announced by organiser and Iceberg partner IBTM World.Ā One company will be named overall winner by the judges, with another taking home the Peopleās Choice Award (voting now open). From Association Meetings Internationalā¦
CWT Meetings & Events says that sustainability is rising in importance for the industry.Ā The claim comes in its new 2020 Future Trends Report bonus supplement “The Future of Sustainable Events”.Ā As activists are protesting around the world, like Extinction Rebellion in London, companies are taking increasing notice.Ā Photo: Jwslubbock. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
In-house Corporate Events has unveiled new research at Cvent CONNECT Europe 2019. The ICE Insights 2019 report, in conjunction with Cvent, identifies how corporate meetings organisers are focusing on the use of different metrics including non-event data to better understand trends and to improve their return on investment. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
A survey has found that almost a third of planners throw away fifteen percent of food they commission for events. New research from Lime Venue Portfolio, in partnership with BCD Meetings and Events, makes clear the need for the meetings industry to take a lead in tackling food waste. From Association Meetings Internationalā¦
Salespeople used to visualise reward for success through pictures placed on their desk, of a sports car, dream home or paradise location. Agency Strata Creative Communications’s Client Services Director and Head of Incentives, Mike Parrott, spells out how modern incentive events drive effective and sustainable growth in performance. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
Gina Glantz is the co-founder of the advocacy campaign GenderAvenger, and the global lead champion of meetings booking panels and not manels. Already recently profiled in these pages, she has justĀ filmed an interview for the video series PCMA Ascent Luminaries, which promotes diversity and inclusion in business events. From PCMA…
Some US convention centres have chosen not to donate leftover food from events because they believe it opens them up to legal liability if any illness is attributed to it. But an act of law passed during the Clinton years actually waives donor liability except in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. From PCMA…
Sustainability continues to rise up the agenda across meetings and events, and two Iceberg partner specialists in this area have turned up in a series of video interviews on the subject filmed at IMEX America, Positive Impact’s Fiona Pelham and the Global Destination Sustainability Index’s Guy Bigwood. From Endless Events…
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