New date and location for Italian events show

Moving to Rimini, BTC, the Italian trade show for the meetings, incentives, conferences, events and business travel industry, will take place in July this year, rather than its traditional autumn...

One of the world’s leading independent hotel groups has recently welcomed 54 new affiliates to its global portfolio. This is an increase of 12% on the number of hotels admitted by...

Major provider of meeting management, site selection and web survey software for over 35,000 users across the globe, Cvent, experienced significant growth of its employee base in 2009, with 102...

Meetings industry professionals keen to learn about the challenges involved in staging virtual events will be able to hear the inside track on Cisco's landmark 2009 Global Sales Experience in March.

A new organisation has been set up to provide provides sustainability, support and consultative services to businesses across the events sector.

The 2010 UK Event Market Trends Survey (UKEMTS) has recently got under way. This major research project, undertaken annually since 1993 and run by meetings and events association Eventia, measures...

The newly formed and largest European buyer-led business travel and meetings network has announced its first wave of advisory board members.

The serviced apartment sector is proving one of the early beneficiaries of increased corporate confidence as early 2010 sees a resurgence in business travel. Paul Constantinou, Chairman of...

Eaglewood Resort & Spa, a Benchmark Hospitality International property, has achieved the Green Seal certification, it was recently announced by Charles Reece, general manager for the pr...

The managing director of Ovation Global DMC says the destination marketing world needs to be far better at articulating its value proposition.

Against a back drop of global recession, you may think that incentive travel is a thing of the past. While the industry has indeed been having a tough time, both in terms of perception and...

The sales and marketing director at UK training venue Wyboston Lakes reveals the results of a poll of trainers and meeting hosts using the centre between September and November 2009.

Following the first meeting on the journey towards a new international standard for sustainable meetings, conferences and events, Ian Whiteling looks at the reasoning behind the initiative.

Hotelzon’s chief executive looks back on last year and says it wasn’t as awful as many reports have suggested.

Europe’s exhibition industry appears hardest hit by the recession than any other world region, and looks likely to be the slowest to recover, according to UFI’s Global Exhibition...

As the world mutters about the prospect of recovery in the face of one of the worst recessions in living memory, Pete Roythorne looks at how M&A activity has fared over the past 12 months and...

The president of global exhibition industry association UFI outlines key areas that trade show organisers need to address during 2010 and beyond.

It’s too easy to think that the latest audience participation technology is what’s needed to make your conference or seminar a success. However, using technology for its own sake can...