The World Energy Congress, which takes place every three years, is expected to attract around 5,000 delegates to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in the UAE in 2019. It is the first time the event has taken place in the Middle East. The announcement comes after a meeting of the Executive Assembly of the […]
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Building on the emergence of the UAE as a top destination for Chinese visitors, this year’s Chinese Visitor Summit (CVS) welcomed 75 travel buyers and a host of media representatives from China to meet 68 key suppliers from across the UAE and Indian Ocean destinations. Held at Rosewood Abu Dhabi on August 25 and 26,
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The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) is to host 28,000 delegates across 10 international congresses between 2015 and 2018, generating £45m for the local economy. The first event to kick-off in the UAE’s DWTC will be the Global HSE Conference (Health and Safety Environment) in February 2015, followed by the Nuviun Digital Health and Medical Technology Conference 2015 in
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Pan Pacific Hotels Group announces the opening of the 319-room Pan Pacific Tianjin hotel in China. Part of mixed-use development, the hotel is situated along the scenic Haihe River and offers extensive business events facilities including a 640-sqm ballroom and 750 sqm of flexible meeting space. Northern China’s largest coastal city, Tianjin is 30 minutes
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The Meetings Industry Marketing Awards welcomed a record number of guests to the Lancaster London for a ceremony honouring the industry’s top marketing minds. Buyers from MCI UK, Grass Roots Group, The Turner Agency, Zibrant, drp, Top Banana and Pure Events were among those at the event on Monday, 20 October. And guests
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Several European national convention bureaux have launched a new alliance to promote the continent’s position for business events. From an initial idea conceived over a year ago by Eric Bakermans, marketing manager for the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions and Matthias Schultze from the German Convention Bureau, the initiative has expanded to 17 members.
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Leveraging the exponential power of technology, Suntec Singapore has launched its new customer portal for virtual event planning, allowing MICE planners real-time access to their booking information. Set to transform the way Suntec Singapore work with its planners, the interactive portal provides organisers a ‘live’ dashboard displaying the full details of their bookings including meeting
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While on location in Las Vegas last week, we caught up with Chris Meyer, vice president of global business sales for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, to talk about IMEX America and the show’s impact on the city. The Show “IMEX is going to be crazy this year,” Meyer said–but emphasized that this
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The World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2014 was held at The Oberoi, New Delhi on October 10. Chinese companies were among the biggest winners, receiving a host of awards and proving the country’s status as an emerging tourism powerhouse. Chinese tourism group HNA took the title of Asia’s Leading Travel Management Company, while
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You’ve been tossing the idea around for a while. You think it’s time to bring in more international exhibitors and visitors to your U.S.-based events, but you don’t know how. Here are seven ways to begin the journey and build those international contacts: 1. Get educated. Attend IMEX America next week in Las Vegas, November’s
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