CIMunity: Conference & Incentive Management

Gothenburg launches Hybrid+ project

10/21/2021

Hybrid+ is the name of a new tool from Göteborg & Co for creating new and improved digital meeting experiences. Hybrid meetings play an integral part...

Cvent Connect Europe brings together Event Professionals

10/20/2021

Meetings technology provider Cvent brought together industry professionals across Europe for its annual conference, Cvent Connect Europe. Day one of...

ExCeL London gets approval for expansion

10/19/2021

ExCeL London secured Newham Planning Committee approval to expand the venue, representing a significant investment in the Royal Docks venue.

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ICC Sydney shares Insights into Digital Conferences

10/18/2021

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) has launched a conversational webinar program called af ‘Events in Focus'. A first series of...

Story Hospitality partners with Green Key

10/15/2021

Story Hospitality, a private institutional investment company based in Abu Dhabi, signed a partnership with international eco-label Green Key which...

SEC welcomes first post-lockdown conference

10/14/2021

Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC), has welcomed SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, as its first post-lockdown conference....

Survey: Attendees are confident towards live events

10/13/2021

A delegate confidence survey conducted by Bramcote International and the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) amongst 350...

EIC welcomes new Certified Meeting Professionals

10/12/2021

The Events Industry Council (EIC) has announced 57 professionals who earned their CMP designation in August 2021. The Certified Meeting Professional...

ICC Wales reports „busiest summer“

10/11/2021

International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales), which opened in September 2019 in Newport, South Wales, has announced its busiest month for new...

The Hague hosts European GovTech Summit

10/08/2021

British government-technology company Public has partnered with the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the City of The Hague and...

CWT and Tracker Software simplify compliance

10/07/2021

International travel management company CWT has signed a global referral agreement with Tracker Software Technologies (TST), a specialist in business...

IBTM World reveals safety measures

10/06/2021

IBTM World Barcelona, which will take place between 30 November - 2 December at Fira Barcelona, has revealed the health and safety measures for its...

CIM 2021/1
Things need to advance quickly now
Barbara Weizsäcker, Secretary General of the European Exhibition Industry Alliance (EEIA), represents the interests of the European trade fair industry in Brussels and ensures its voice is heard in EU institutions.
CIM: Ms Weizsäcker, what has been the strategy of the European trade fair industry in the face of the Covid 19 crisis?
Barbara Weizsäcker: Right from the outset of the pandemic, the European trade fair industry has been supportive and played its part, providing Covid hospitals and other forms of logistical support and then test centres. Currently,...
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CIM 2021/1
Stay safe and visible
While politicians are struggling with efficient strategies to end the pandemic, the event industry is working on stringent campaigns to restart analog meeting culture.
Perspective. Responding to short-term developments with a plethora of tactics is not a strategy, commented political scientist Herfried Münkler on the TV show “Hart aber Fair” on 29 March 2021. Precaution is the central challenge, which cannot be mastered by a trial-and-error-based COVID strategy. The state of emergency that is our handling of the...
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CIM 2020/5
Five questions for Iwe Siems
CIM: The DGHO conference was held online for the first time. How well was it received by the participants?
Iwe Siems: Very well. Many of them were thankful that this important German-language educational oncology conference was able to take place at all. We managed to switch the scientific programme to a virtual format in a relatively short space...
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CIM 2020/5
Under new circumstances
What will trade fairs look like in future – and how can distancing and hygiene rules be incorporated into cutting-edge modern design?
Vision. What will trade fairs look like in future – and how can distancing and hygiene rules be incorporated into cutting-edge modern design? The experts at the Neuss-based interior design agency Heilight, which has a particular focus on designing rooms for trade fairs, events and hotels, have been giving this question a lot of attention. They have...
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CIM 2020/5
Hybrid events are here to stay
This is quite a turnaround. A previously hollow term has now become reality. Hybrid events work, they are popular, and they cover the majority of ‧participants’ requirements. A plea.
Hybrid at last. At the beginning of the pandemic, when we were transferring all our events online, we spent a lot of time on the phone to others in the industry. One call in particular sticks in my mind: “David, when the pandemic is over, it will have had hardly any influence on the conventions we stage. They will continue pretty much unchanged.”...
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CIM 2020/5
The Meetings Show 2020 virtual is hailed a success
Guest contribution by Jack Marczewski, Event Director, The Meetings Show
Going virtual. The first virtual The Meetings Show has been hailed a success, with 83% of buyers ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to recommend the event to industry colleagues. The Meetings Show – the leading event for the meetings and events community – took place as a virtual show from 19–21 October. More than 4,000 event professionals from around...
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ITB Asia Virtual reports strong participation

10/05/2021

ITB Asia 2021, which takes place from 25 – 29 October 2021 virtually, is seeing a high demand from tourism organisations and partners, according to...

Triumph Group and Gigasweb sign M&A deal

10/04/2021

Rome based Triumph Group International (TGI) and Gigasweb (Gigas), a web marketing driven communication agency, have signed a M&A deal that...

Business Travel continues slowed Recovery

10/01/2021

Despite continuing to report an overall willingness and optimism for the return to business travel, business travel industry sentiment continues to...