CIMunity: Conference & Incentive Management

Nancy Mollett on running a world class...

03/18/2019

Nancy Mollett is the Convention Centre Director at ICC Wales and Celtic Manor in Newport, South Wales. Being part of the expert team behind these two...

Outletcity Metzingen celebrates...

03/18/2019

On April 5th the Big Opening will be celebrated in the Outletcity Metzingen. A total of 16 other well-known brands will then present themselves mainly...

25th Anniversary SITE ITB Get-Together...

03/15/2019

The 25th Anniversary SITE ITB Get-Together took place at ITB Berlin on Wednesday, 6 March 2019. 40 SITE members and friends came together for welcome...

St. Petersburg’s Expoforum focusses on...

03/14/2019

Expoforum, St. Petersburg’s newly built congress and exhibition centre, is taking steps to increase its profile as a leading venue and destination for...

Brisbane: BCEC’s tech women ‘light’ the...

03/13/2019

Female workforce at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) is increasing, especially in the traditionally male dominated AV and technology...

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre...

03/12/2019

Over 50 of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre’s team members dressed in purple, white and green – the 2019 IWD colours – and enjoyed a walk around the...

Join the Advocacy & Campaigning Workshop...

03/11/2019

The Advocacy & Campaigning Workshop 'Advocating for Systemic Change' will take place on 15 March 2019 at The Hotel Brussels. Together with David...

Messe Berlin will be organising ITB...

03/11/2019

Messe Berlin, one of the world’s leading trade fair companies, will be organising the inaugural ITB India in 2020. The 3-day business-to-business...

BCD Meetings & Events closes strategic...

03/07/2019

BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) has completed its first three-year strategic plan resulting in growth for the company: 141% increase in total sales,...

Focus
Two-way process
Advocacy is to bridge the “partnership gap”. This requires clear goals, good storytelling and coalitions with other industries. – The meeting sector has great potential.
Understanding. The description of Senior Manager for EU Transport & Regulatory Affairs Ludovic Cartigny from Logos MCI Paris office, who represents IAPCO, sounds confusing. But it offers orientation: “One can do advocacy without lobbying, the converse is not true. Lobbying without having something to advocate for is impossible. Lobbying can also be...
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Focus
Advocacy requires strategic thinking
Rosa Armesto, Deputy Director General of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), explains how to influence public policy in a democratic manner.
CIM: How much advocacy is part of your task as Deputy Director General of the FESE in Brussels?
Rosa Armesto: The Federation of European Securities Exchanges is a European industry association that represents operators of European exchanges and other market segments, encompassing stock exchanges, financial derivatives, energy and commodity...
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Listening to be understood
What is advocacy? Definitely a trend and far more than simple lobbying. The multifaceted dialogue functions of the digital media challenge the meeting industry.
Puzzling but still a trend: Advocacy is a concept that is difficult to define. Representing interests, supporting others are the most apt descriptions, but the term means a lot more “Advocacy is essential to achieve our goals,” says Cyril Ritchie, President of the Union of International Associations, at the UIA Round Table Europe (see page 34). For...
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CIM 2018/5
Decidedly European
Pádraic Gilligan, Chief Marketing Officer SITE and SITE Foundation, on the progress of the Association, its roots in Europe, and the Incentive Travel Industry Index 2018.
CIM: What are the key findings of the latest SITE Index? Pádraic Gilligan: This year’s Index – now known as the Incentive Travel Industry Index (ITII) - is a joint undertaking with Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), attracting input from over 1,000 incentive travel professionals in 81...
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CIM 2018/5
Incentives - on the rise
At IMEX America 2018, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) launched the Incentive Travel Industry Index, a research into the state of the Incentive Travel industry.
Healthy growth. Partnering with Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) – two organizations with a huge focus on incentive travel – SITE produced the largest research study ever conducted on incentive travel, by volume and geographical spread.

Conducted in association with J.D. Power, the...
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CIM 2018/5
Red carpet for trainees
In a „people business” employees are a company’s most important resource. The hotel industry demonstrates how to train and retain them.
Next generation. Digital transformation and a shortage of skilled staff are slowing economic growth and presenting companies with significant challenges when it comes to personnel planning. Investment in further training is a big priority now. Those wanting to push forward with the digitalisation of workflows need well-functioning teams and often...
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