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LAUNCH Festival Sydney Attracts Global Startup Community
Some of the biggest names in the global startup community have been attending LAUNCH Festival Sydney. This is the first time the worldās largest startup event has been held outside San Francisco in its ten-year history.Ā Founder passes were snapped up very quickly, and the event attracted more than 1,400 delegates. From CIM News Magazine…
Creating More Local Legacy in Lampedusa
AIM Group International has run the second SIAARTI Academy CREM (Italian Society for Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care / Critical Emergency Medicine).Ā The innovative format of the first edition won several international awards, and the event returned to the small island ofĀ LampedusaĀ to leave behind a positive legacy for local operators. From Boardroom…
Destinations International Inducts Four into Hall of Fame
Destinations International has announced that four former events industry chiefs will be inducted this year into its Hall of Fame. The lucky honorees are Anja Loetscher of the Geneva Convention Bureau (pictured), Marian Holt McLain of the San Jose CVB, William Peeper of Visit Orlando and Deborah Sexton of PCMA. From Meetings & Conventions…
Vegetarian Only Meetings: Further Sustainability Questions
When about 2,000 meeting delegates sat down for lunch at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference, they were fed all plant-based food all conference long.Ā In addition to the conferenceās first-ever all-vegetarian menu, the organiser made another big move in 2017 by eliminating breakfast from the menu. From PCMA…
Transforming Events: Seven Fears to Face
Fear has been described by the acronym False Expectations Appearing Real. Change is often accompanied by it, so here’s a look at seven fears that come up with big changes to meetings, conferences and trade shows. Can we can flip those fears around and think about transformation in a whole new light? From PCMA Convene…
Indianapolis: An Eventful MPI World Education Congress 2018
Meetings Professionals International’s World Education Congress has just concluded in Indianapolis, having welcomed around 2,200 attendees. Since WEC 2017 MPI had totally reimagined the event, and the 2018 running was certainly eventful, even to the extent of a Sudanese-Australian speaker being unable to attend because of a US visa waiver refusal. From Meetings & Conventions…
Sustainable Meetings: Six Areas to Shine a Light Upon
With an ever-increasing focus on the environment and growing demand for sustainable practice, green event and conference planning is now an established trend within the global meetings industry.Ā Here are six areas to consider for a greener approach: the venue, carbon offsetting, the accommodation, the catering, technology and lighting, and the materials used. From the Event…
Vegetarian and Pescatarian Meetings: The Sustainability Question
In the GDS-Index white paper The Iceberg just published in Research, Finland’s Visit Espoo is committing to serve only locally-produced vegetarian food and sustainable fish to association delegates. Would you ever serve only vegetables and fish to your event attendees? Would they accept such a proposal? From editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
Rotation: The Right Thing or a Big Risk?
As any youngster with a fidget spinner will tell you, rotation can be fun. But when a UK convention bureau suggested to the organiser of an event that had stayed in the same city since it started that they should be rotating destinations, there was surprising friction. From editor’s blog at Meetpie.com…
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