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Sector: Meetings
Melbourne: Meetings Drive Destination Growth
The recent staging of Iceberg partner AIME (the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event) was not only a platform to showcase the strength and resilience of the region’s events industry, but also as always of destination Melbourne itself. Last October Melbourne Convention Bureau posted record results for the financial year 2018 – 2019, with over…
Luxembourg: Green Meetings and Sustainability
Luxembourg has a new convention bureau aiming to punch above its weight in business events. The CVB is prioritising green meetings, so wants to register with Iceberg partner the Global Destination Sustainability Index. As not only a city, Luxembourg will be registered as a country, the first to be benchmarked in the index. From Boardroom…
Innovative Events: Science Meeting Experiments
In January two scientists wrote an article asking why conference design for those involved in scientific research has been slow in evolving. While some science meetings are surely guilty as charged, others do have an appropriately innovative approach. Here are ten that break with tradition toĀ design experiences with big impact. From PCMA…
Convention and Exhibition Centres as Temporary Emergency Facilities
This AIPC and UFI guidance aims to help convention and exhibition centres prepare for and perform in an exceptional role they were not designed for but are increasingly being asked or forced to perform: as temporary emergency facilities. The immediate worldwide concern and context for this guidance is the COVID-19 pandemic. Convention and Exhibition Centres…
How is COVID-19 Changing the Business Events Industry?
The speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic hit the business world – and the totality of its damaging effects in every corner of the hospitality, destination marketing, travel and live events sectors – cannot be overstated. To get a sense of the pandemicās impact, PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) Convene sent an email invitation on…
Coronavirus: A Virtual GMID Talks Recovery
During education sessions of the suddenly virtual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), leaders from Meeting Professionals International, IMEX and other sector organisations advised fellow professionals to focus on long-term recovery and to work together to help the industry come back stronger than before. From Northstar Meetings Group…
Coronavirus: UK Event Suppliers Facing Ruin
About 60 percent of the UK event industryās supplier base faces ruin unless the government offers more support, according to a survey just published. Around six percent of businesses polled said they were unlikely to survive until the end of April.Ā Some 1,490 companies took part from all across the UK. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
Coronavirus: NHS Using Harrogate as Hospital
Harrogate Convention Centre is the latest UK event venue to become an NHS Nightingale temporary hospital. HarrogateĀ has joined ExCeL London, the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre and the Manchester Central Convention Complex, with the SEC Centre in Glasgow also set for use as a hospital. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
Coronavirus: US’s AHA Leads Mask Challenge
A nationwide initiative led by the American Hospital Association is working to ramp up production of the personal protective equipment (PPE) that healthcare workers need during the COVIDā19 pandemic. The 100 Million Masks Challenge joins up manufacturers, community businesses and individuals to leave a life-saving legacy. From Associations Now…
Coronavirus: Swedish Venue in Hospital Use
StockholmsmƤssan in Sweden has now been set up as a field hospital to manage the current COVID-19 crisis, in joint partnership with the Swedish Armed Forces plus Region Stockholm and Locum. 140 beds were ready by the end of March, with 50 additional staff members preparing a further 600 for Easter. From Boardroom…
Coronavirus: Adelaide Venues Keep Cooking
Adelaide has been doubly hit by bushfires and coronavirus, causing unemployment and food poverty. So the Adelaide Convention Centre and other venues of its parent operator are now using their big commercial kitchens to make tens of thousands of meals for food charities to send out into the community. From Boardroom…
Coronavirus: UAE Files New Expo 2020 Dates
The UAE Government has filed a formal request to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai due to the COVID-19 crisis.Ā The proposed new dates are from October 1st 2021 to March 31st 2022, butĀ the government has also asked BIE (the Bureau International des Expositions) for the official name to remainĀ āExpo 2020 Dubaiā. From Association Meetings International…
Coronavirus: Minister Meets UK Event CEOs
The UKās Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, Nigel Huddleston MP, has held an online discussion with over twenty industry CEOs about the governmentās Ā£70 billion fund for business events.Ā Leaders from across destinations, event venues and creative agencies were asking whether the economic assistance was enough. From Meetings & Incentive Travelā¦
Coronavirus: Virtual AAT-AD/PD™ Held
The 2020 2nd AAT-AD/PD™ Focus Meeting has been held as a wholly virtual event. The Alzheimerās and Parkinsonās diseaseĀ conference was attended by 1,143 sector delegates from 56 countries across four days. 250 speakers pre-recorded lectures, and fourteen forums and “Meet the Professor” sessions were streamed live. From Meetings International…
Coronavirus: ExCeL Use Confirmed Rent-Free
CEO of ExCeL London Jeremy Rees has confirmed that the UK’s National Health Service is using the exhibition and conference venue free of rental fee. The Sunday Times had reported that the venueās owners, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, were charging the NHS Ā£2-3 million per month. From Conference News…
Coronavirus: ASAE in Association Aid Plea
Iceberg partner ASAE plus almost 3,000 associations have asked the US Congress to provide further aid for trade and professional groups during the COVID-19 crisis, and to make such not-for-profits eligible for small business interruption loans. The recent $2.2 trillion CARES Act does little to assist associations. From Associations Now…
Coronavirus: ICCA Data Powers Joint Research
Iceberg partner ICCA and CIMERT (Center of International Meetings Research and Training) have jointly monitored since February the status of meetings in the ICCA Association Database affected by theĀ COVID-19 crisis. Based at Chengdu University, CIMERT has had fifteen students and three lecturers working virtually on the project. From the Event…
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