UK conference and events show visitors up 2%

Pre-officially audited figures for International Confex, held recently at Earls Court in London, showed the event attracted 11,058 visitors, up 2% on the previous year’s figure of 10,857.

Reed appoints The Vision as ground handler for GIBTM and ATM

The Vision Destination Management has been appointed official ground handler for GIBTM in Abu Dhabi from 29-31 March 2010 and for the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai from 4-7 May 2010.

Berlin convention market strong despite economic crisis

Around 6% extra room nights and 4% more events were booked in the German capital during 2009, compared with the previous year – an impressive performance during one of the deepest global...

JMIC membership grows

The Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) has expanded to 12 members, following the recent addition of the European Federation of Associated Professional Congress Organisers (EFAPCO).

TABEE 2010 Melbourne continues to build for business events

Inspite of the global economic turmoil, Melbourne is continuing to invest in its business events infrastructure, with developments ranging from new hotels and world-class arts attractions, to...

TABEE 2010 Sydney delivers inspiration to Asia’s incentive groups

Business Events Sydney (BESydney) has announced significant wins in its incentive business securing 11 events from the Asian incentive market in the past six months, generating an economic impact...

TABEE 2010 Gold Coast offers expanding infrastructure and developments

Australia's Gold Coast is experiencing rapid growth in the development of infrastructure which will strengthen the destination's capabilities to host major business events into the future.

TABEE 2010 New Tasmanian partnership offers unique wilderness conference opportunities

New Tasmania Convention Bureau members Tall Timbers Tasmania and Tarkine Forest Adventures at Dismal Swamp have joined forces to offer unique wilderness conference facilities to businesses looking...

TABEE 2010 takes Australia to Beijing

A great example of Australia’s commitment to serving the Asian marketplace with high-quality meetings and events starts today in the Chinese capital of Beijing. The innovative Team...

Even in this digital age, the human touch in relationships between hotels and intermediaries has never mattered more, says the chief executive of a £200m-a-year hotel and travel...

The first major German trade fair company to have committed itself to sustainability as its principle for responsible business management has recently received the Green Globe Certificate,...

Many perceive South Africa to be an unsafe third world state, but with all eyes on how the country will manage the forthcoming Fifa World Cup, Meetings Africa 2010 and the UN World Travel...

Senior executives in the US and Europe appear to be emerging from recession mode and priming themselves for a return to growth, according to results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2010...

The quality of content, interaction, technology and networking were seen to be the main quartet of factors behind an effective and exciting event, according to the initial research from the...

Meetings indutsry consultant, Daniel Tschudy, sees a real reason for optimism at Meetings Africa.

All the focus at the moment is on how technology will effect and change the meetings industry over the next 10 years. With its powerful real-time collaboration capabilities, could Google Wave be...

FaceTime, the newly launched marketing body for the UK’s multi-billion pound live events industry, has recently announced the findings of the industry’s first-ever psychological...

Grass Roots’ managing director, venue procurement picks up on the key trends of 2009 and considers how they will affect 2010.