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BestCities, the international Alliance of business events destinations, has announced three new appointments to its Board, taking over as of May 2021:...

Bespoke education and insights designed for different audiences within the business events community is set to be launched by the IMEX Group....

 As an international association, IFES (International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services) gets insights into many trade fairs markets...

The ECM International Conference & General Assembly, March 17-19, 2021 will be live and virtual. In this new format, the conference will be more...

The Netherlands' first live event in times of corona: Under the denominator "Back to Live", 500 to 1500 visitors participated in one of the four trial...

In response to the pandemic, the IMEX team took a fresh approach to the IMEX-MPI-MCI Future Leaders Forums, re-working them for the online world....

SITE Global’s Past President Annamaria Ruffini has published a statement about the role of the industry associations over the current Covid-19 crisis.

Fragmented travel regulations and restrictions within the EU and globally remain a major barrier for international exhibitions and professional events...

IACC has published two guides which define new approaches to serving food and beverages at business events, conferences and meetings. The IACC Guide...

‘Surviving and Thriving!’, the theme of the IAPCO Day was reflected in the highest audience figure for an IAPCO General Assembly, to date. The virtual...

A roundtable, convened by UK based Positive Impact Events, bought together experts from the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is planning to hold its signature European event, the 2021 European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC) on...

Cvent has recently published an e-book around the top 15 meeting and event trends for 2021 and recommendations to accelerate venue business recovery....

The Meetings Show will take place on 30 September and 1 October 2021 at ExCeL London.

International Event Agency Global DMC Partners (GDP) has published the results of its Q4 Meetings & Events Pulse Survey. Conducted from December 3-29,...

IACC CEO, Mark Cooper, has been appointed 2021 Chair of the board of the Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events...

UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has appointed Marie-Laure Bellon as its next Chief Operating Officer.

The European Exhibition Industry Alliance (EEIA) welcomes the European Council decisions related to rapid antigen tests and vaccinations, the...

The ICCA UK & Ireland Chapter has grown its board to ensure it reflects the diversity and geography of ICCA UK&I members.

Lorenzo Pignatti, President of Terraevents, a DMC Network Company, is the new President of the Association of Destination Management Executives...

Due the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, AIME 2021 has been cancelled. The event was due to take place from 15 to 17 March 2021.

The Brussels European Association Forum (BEAF) aims at establishing a global association community and knowledge exchange platform, called...

IBTM World provides it‘s Trends Watch Report 2021 as an online magazine. The 68 pages document pledges insights and knowledge planners need to adapt...

Reed Exhibitions has announced its commitment to donate $1M over the next five years to selected charity partners around the world who are working to...

ABPCO’s executive board has released its strategic plan, focused on helping members raise their profile and prove their value proposition as...

The 2nd ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter Summit (ICCA AP Summit) from 15 to 16 December 2020, hosted by the City of Yokohama, Yokohama Convention & Visitors...

Reed Exhibitions Mexico, organizer of IBTM Americas, announced that the event scheduled for May 19 and 20, 2021, has been postponed to August 18 and...

Reed Exhibitions has released its first ‘Covid-19 and How it’s Changing the Event Industry’ White Paper, highlighting findings from its Covid-19...

The second Plant IMEX online edition in October had a very different look and feel to the first iteration in May. The virtual show took viewers on a...

IBTM has unveiled its annual IBTM World Trends Report, which underlines the role that the meetings and events industry has to play in ‘building back...

The annual Best Cities Global Forum returned this year with a difference – blending ‘physical’ and ‘virtual’ to create a hybrid event experience for...

With the launch of IBTM World Virtual 2020, which will take place online from 8-10 December 2020, IBTM will present its new online event platform,...

The IBTM Events portfolio will now be managed by Claude Blanc.

For its annual customer conference, Cvent Connect Europe, on 10 and 11 November, meetings technology provider Cvent brought together more than 8,000...

IBTM has announced new dates for IBTM Asia Pacific in Singapore. The event will be rescheduled from April to 8 – 9 June 2021 in Singapore, at the Mari...

Nearly three-quarters of planners are moving their face-to-face events to virtual or hybrid in 2021. This is a key result of Global DMC Partners Q3...

Angeline van den Broecke, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre’s Director of Global Business Development & Marketing, has been elected to the...

The first virtual The Meetings Show, which took place from 19-21 October this year,  has been claimed a success, with 83% of buyers ‘likely’ or...

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has announced jointly with the city of Kaohsiung, the „Kaohsiung Protocol Framework“ as...

IBTM has announced first details of Hosted Buyer and exhibitor sign-ups for IBTM World Virtual 2020, with some of the world’s largest and best-known...

Geneva International Association Forum, which was set to take place as hybrid event from 5th to 6th November at the Intercontinental Hotel Geneva, now...

Andy King’s keynote was the final session of the three-day virtual The Meetings Show, which saw nearly 2,000 pre-qualified buyers attend meetings with...

A new Imex Report, called „The Regenerative Revolution, A New Paradigm for Event Management“, calls on the global events industry to embrace circular...

Technology Provider Cvent unveiled the agenda for its two-day industry conference, Cvent Connect Europe Virtual on 10-11 November, while also...

From today, 19 October, The Meetings Show is going on virtual for three days until October 21. The show has been rescheduled due to the ongoing impact...

On 20 November 2020, the Brussels European Association Forum (BEAF) will become the first face-to-face association community event to take place in...

Ahead of The Meetings Show, which will run virtually this year from 19-21 October 2020, more than 6,000 messages have already been exchanged and...

The 2020 edition of Meeting Professional International’s (MPI) World Education Congress (WEC), was scheduled in June in Grapevine, Texas. The event...

IMEX has collaborated with its industry partners to bring shared experiences and learnings to Community Day, taking place on Friday 16 October as part...

New ICCA research reveals the importance of face to face meetings and flexibility of associations and suppliers in a post-Covid world. ICCA Research...

On 10th September, the #PowerOfLiveEvents initiative, which started out as a social media campaign in May, left the virtual space and converted into...

The Convention Bureaux of Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, São Paulo and Quito Tourism, officially presented the creation of the South American M.I.C.E...

Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) will host a one-day hybrid event that will feature workshops to build the practical skills and...

IBTM Events today announces that IBTM World 2020 will transition to being a virtual event this year.

Planet Imex is returning 12 to 16 October to deliver „personal and collective transformation“ with a series of headliners from the business events...

The IAPCO led Strategic Global Task Force of National PCO Associations, formed of 11 National PCO Associations, have created a new 22 pages „Advocacy...

Event planner Andy King, known for planning the Fyre Festival, is to share learnings from his 30-year career and tips for success in a session for The...

IBTM has announced a raft of new exhibitors, including Meliá Hotels International, Titanic Hotels, Ibiza Convention Bureau and Canary Islands as well...

Imex shares  two replays from EduMonday’s „sustainability superheroes“. In their 30 minute sessions Guy Bigwood, Chief Changemaker & Managing...

Former tennis professional and high profile events producer Pancho Campo will be the first keynote speaker for IBTM World 2020 in Barcelona from 1-3...

ECM (European Cities Marketing) and ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) have agreed to launch a European partnership to solidify...

IBTM World will be held in Barcelona from December 1 to 3. Reed Exhibitions now announced the first keynote speaker at the three day event: Pancho...

The Barcelona Convention Bureau is the first confirmed Regional Destination Partner to support and engage with the Geneva International Association...

In his „presidential message“ ICCA President James Rees gives an outlook for the industry and the 59th ICCA Congress this November.

Rees: „An innate...

The Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) has launched the Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement), a platform to...

Meetings technology provider Cvent announced that it has trained and certified more than 20,000 marketers, event planners, and hospitality...

Last week’s ICCA UK & Ireland Chapter meeting was attended online by more than 90 delegates from destinations, venues and suppliers. It was moderated...

Almost 30 sessions, held on Imex‘ Edu Monday in May, are now freely available for replay. The sessions, which last between 30 and 60 minutes, were...

To help the industry face the new challenges, Global DMC Partners is hosting a free virtual open forum at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 24.

Moving away from merely looking at the financial benefits of hosting an academic event, PhD dissertation by Thomas Trøst Hansen and Wonderful...

Global meetings and events industry trade show organiser, IBTM has announced first details of its rescheduled IBTM Asia Pacific, which will take place...

ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance have renewed heir partnership for a further three years. The annual ‘Incredible Impacts’ grant programme –...

Read the message from Ray and Carina here.

The Meetings Show team is developing an exciting hybrid event to keep business meetings and events professionals connected and informed, wherever they...

Due the impact the international travel restrictions would have on the quality of the event, IBTM Americas, scheduled on August, will now take place...

Due to the Covid-19 Crisis, the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AIOP)  had to re-organise the annual two-day Mediterranean Meeting originally...

ECR 2020 Online is set to be one of the largest and most dynamic online medical congresses to ever take place.

With Japan’s expanding commitment to become sustainable, the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index), MCI and JCS join forces to...

80 per cent of Corporate Sponsors are interested in investing in virtual events but they need interaction, according to a new survey by AIM Group.

CPhI and P-MEC China will host a special Virtual Expo Connect in June (18-24, 2020). The new online platform is designed to facilitate ongoing and new...

ICCA and AC Forum announced a three-year partnership on creating a high-level annual signature event on the Future of Healthcare Meetings, starting in...

CIM asked IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer what to expect from PlanetIMEX.

The Meetings Show – due to take place on 24-25 June – is being postponed to the autumn as a result of the continuing situation with COVID-19.  

Organisers of the Sustainable Event Awards have announced event software company Evessio as their official partner and platform provider for the...

The UK Events Industry believes that September 2020 is expected to be the most significant month when it comes to post COVID-19 recovery, as it...

AIOP on Air taking place from 30th April to 2nd May will be a fully digital, immersive and realistic scientific congress that enhances knowledge...

In its desire to give back to the international business events, meetings and incentive travel industry following the massive outpouring of support...

This Earth Day event professionals have the opportunity to remind the world of the importance of events by engaging in conversations on Twitter and...

Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB)-CEO  Ashwin  Gunasekeran has  been  elected  as  the  new  Chairman for the ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter...

The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. 

Daejeon is the newest, and second city in South Korea to join the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index).

Pieter Allaerts, Chair of MPI's European Advisory Council, shares a message about how we can weather these difficult times together as a community.

VisitBritain Business Events has shared an ‘open letter of support’ to the international business events industry, showing unity to the community as...

Join SITE President, Jenn Glynn, CIS, CITP as she poses your questions on contracts to Attorney Jonathan Howe and Maritz Industry Vetera Meg Pisani.

A message from ICCA CEO Senthil Gopinath.
 

The online series is free to watch and aims to support the event community worldwide.