Stories for destinations

Stories for destinations

by | 19.03.2020 | CIM 2020/1, Product

Initial contact. Clara Fernandez Lopez emphasised how important convention bureaus (CBs) are for association convention planners at the Union of International Associations (UIA) Round Table Europe in Brussels in November 2019. According to the UIA’s 2018 Survey on...
Meeting place for planners

Meeting place for planners

by | 05.12.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Product

Changing times. Every new year starts with good resolutions and fresh plans. In this vein, 2020 will kick off with a novelty in the world of meeting fairs. Originally based in Munich, mbt Meetingplace is now part of the Best of Events (BOE) trade show for expe­rience...
Heated atmosphere

Heated atmosphere

by | 04.12.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Product

Buzzwords. It was the number one non-neurological topic at this year’s congress: “How did you travel to the event?” As usual in this often emotional debate, opinions differed widely. On the one hand we have the “ecofascists”, as one doctor put it sharply. On the...
Global markets in view

Global markets in view

by | 03.12.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Product

Optimism. Germany is the world’s leading trade fair host. AUMA, the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry, estimates the revenues of German trade fair companies in 2018 at around 4bn euros. Five of the world’s ten largest trade fair companies are headquartered...
Digital economy live event

Digital economy live event

by | 03.12.2019 | CIM 2019/6, Product

CIM: What proportion of your portfolio is taken up by conventions?Stefan Köster: Here in Hanover we have hardly any pure trade fairs or conventions now. There is barely a trade fair without a meeting component. The aim is to strengthen the content offered by the...
Almost anything goes

Almost anything goes

by | 09.10.2019 | Product

Location. “With leading international trade fairs occupancy and capacity utilisation with external customers is not always easy,” says Andrea Bisping, describing a challenge for her team. Since 2008 she has headed the ICM – International Congress Center Munich with 20...