Spotlight
Experts’ Corner: Five Questions for Deborah Rothe
Deborah Rothe, the new Exhibition Director of ITB Berlin, has been with Messe Berlin since 2011 and has worked for ITB since 2014. She succeeds David Ruetz, who replaced Martin Buck as senior vice president for Travel + Logistics at Messe Berlin in December 2022.
Five Questions for Florian Müller
CIM: Mr. Müller, everyone is currently talking about the metaverse. Do hotels really need to get...
Visiting a metaverse
A virtual foray. The creative agency Schachzug, a company based in Erlangen, Bavaria, has created...
5 questions for Prof. Dr. Cornelia Zanger
CIM: Prof. Dr. Zanger, the event and trade fair industry offers great prospects for people,...
5 Questions for Sabine Loos
CIM: Best of Events (BOE) has had a complete makeover. What can visitors expect from 19 to 20...
Three years a CIM columnist, but change is on the way in 2022
A wonderful time. Don’t worry, this is not a farewell. We can leave our tissues in our pockets....
Five questions for Astrid Schormann
CIM: What are the most important innovations for you, as an expert in live communication, at the...
Attending an event as an Avatar
Virtual meetings. The Heidelberg-based digital agency imc marketing & consult laid on a...
Rules for starting up again
The rules enabling us to open up are on everyone’s lips, but a bolder approach was needed at an earlier stage. The opportunity has been lost now for 2021.
Five questions for Iwe Siems
CIM: The DGHO conference was held online for the first time. How well was it received by the...
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?
From product to customer mentality
The Accor hotel group is growing and rethinking. Its Global Meeting Exchange (GME) offered 130 planners a great venue and first-hand information in Montreux.
Robots may replace
Kit Lykketoft, Director of Conventions at WoCo, about the initiative “The Future of Congresses – fortifying impact”.
Going green
If you are looking for green meetings, Denmark’s capital is the place to go. Copenhagen offers planners many possibilities for sustainably designed events.
Event with friends
The first Madrid Agency Forum brought together 35 European MICE agencies. On the agenda: 700 meetings, exchange – unique Madrilenian hospitality.
Tough job congress pitch
Frankfurt really pushed the boat out for its successful bids for EBMT and EULAR. How do the players work together? A look behind the scenes.
Not reached their zenith yet
Florian Krug, deputy head of event management at University of Vienna, on the problem of fake conferences, how to deal with them and the challenges for the industry.
Meetings that do good
Foundations have been largely ignored by the meetings industry but are like hidden treasure. Their philanthropic motives are particularly relevant for medical conventions.
More pepper, less paper
How will association planners work in the future? At the “Associations & Meetings” Info Day players discuss the negatives and positives of digital transformation.
Multifaceted Dresden
Easy to walk around, Baroque buildings and modern meeting formats: Two bloggers tell us what makes MICE in Saxony’s capital so special.
