Senior Olympic experts, Neil Beard (Senior Operations Manager – Accommodation, LOCOG), Chris Foy (Head of 2012 Games Unit, VisitBritain) and David Evans (Project Director 2012, BSIA) will...

The Event Services Village will once again be a key part of this year’s European Incentive Business Travel and Meetings show, playing host to some of the meetings and events...

With the recent wild fires in Russia disrupting flights and increasing air pollution in Moscow, environmental quality is a growing factor in attracting tourists. Crisis events...

Eventia has launched an ambassador programme in order to recognise a small number of high-profile and influential industry people who have been outstanding contributors to the association in the...

“Business travelers do not get enough travel health and security training, especially those venturing into high risk areas” was one finding to emerge from a new report...

Warwick International Hotels is now offering mobile booking through Pegasus Solutions at warwickhotels.mobi. The renowned international collection of more than 40 hotels and resor...

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) conferred its highest level of professional recognition - the President’s Award - on Aileen London, Senior Ma...

For the first time this year, IMEX in Frankfurt surveyed over 1,000 hosted buyers immediately after the show for their views on social media, industry blogs and Smartphone usage. ...

UNWTO Secretary-General, Mr. Taleb Rifai, met with the Croatian Prime Minister, Ms. Jadranka Kosor, and the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Damir Bajs, to discuss tourism development in ...

Amadeus and Hermes Management Consulting have released the results of an in-depth study entitled "Understanding Online Travel Agencies’ Cost Drivers and Ways to Optimis...

Maxvantage, an alliance formed between American Express Business Travel and Maritz Travel, released data from its Travel Buyers Survey. Among the findings, 60 percent of responden...

In a speech in central London on August 12th, UK Prime Minister David Cameron described tourism as “fundamental to rebuilding and rebalancing” the UK economy and &ldqu...

World Travel Market is expanding its technology seminar program for 2010 with the introduction of a presentation theatre on the exhibition floor within the technology and online t...

Agoda, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Pricelince.com, released some hot hotel rates for September, just in time for Fashion Week in the world's m...

The Latvian national airline airBaltic has announced an international design contest in early August by inviting world’s architects to submit their ideas/concepts for the ne...

Just because sourcing is typically a complementary or no-fee service in the corporate meetings and events industry, doesn’t mean it should be devalued, says the president and chief executive...

With CIBTM just around the corner, Daniel Tschudy looks at the performance of the Asia-Pacific region's top cities and the differences in how succesfully they promote their product to the...

In the wake of the bashing of the meetings and events industry on both sides of the Atlantic last year, could there be signs that the British Government is starting to open its eyes to real...

Sustainable event management has proved to be a massive opportunity for leadership, cost savings and an added unique selling point for many companies, so why is it still relatively unnoticed by...

Sicily remains largely unknown to many if not most international meeting planners, yet as Paul Kennedy reveals it has plenty to offer the meetings industry. From Catania, a city of significant...