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The Credit Crunch 1: Is it coming to a meetings venue near you?
0 Comment(s) 08/07/2008 +0100 GMT
A weak US dollar is battling against a strong Euro, and high oil prices are leading to escalating travel expenses. In the first of four features we look at how the Middle East’s meetings...
NO EXCUSES: How Motivaction is setting pace for carbon reduction
0 Comment(s) 01/07/2008 +0100 GMT
Confused over how to establish a green strategy for your company? Worried about the cost implications? Well here’s one business that has all the answers and is putting them into practice. So...
REVIEW The Meeting Architect: a new dawn for meeting planning
0 Comment(s) 24/06/2008 +0100 GMT
Do meetings and event planners place too much emphasis on wowing delegates and not enough on meeting real objectives through better content? The author of a new book certainly thinks so. Elling...
AIMING HIGH: Is the MIA’s accreditation scheme working?
0 Comment(s) 17/06/2008 +0100 GMT
Meetings and event planners and organisers are always looking for ways to assess the quality of venues and suppliers. Jo Carpenter asks if the Accredited in Meetings scheme from the Meetings...
ACTION AND IMPACT: Why Garbett’s made the move to the Gulf
0 Comment(s) 10/06/2008 +0100 GMT
Former Jack Morton Worldwide UK managing director Jeremy Garbett reveals why he’s joined Dubai communications agency Action Impact, while talking to James Latham about the creativity,...

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ISES New York turns 20
0 Comment(s) 09/07/2008 +0100 GMT
At the recent Annual Big Apple Awards Gala, the New York Metro Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) celebrated its 20th anniversary by honoring 20 individuals and/or...
ISES launches in Middle East
0 Comment(s) 09/07/2008 +0100 GMT
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) is soon to be established in Dubai to “educate, advance and promote the special events industry and...
FIRST SITE 1: Incentive travel and its vital corporate role
0 Comment(s) 08/07/2008 +0100 GMT
In the first of two reports from the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE) European Conference, James Latham looks at the global nature of the incentive travel industry and why it...
MIA breaks new members record
0 Comment(s) 07/07/2008 +0100 GMT
The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has recorded its highest intake of new members with a record 37 applications in six weeks.
Industry duo to take gruelling Indian driving tour for charity
0 Comment(s) 07/07/2008 +0100 GMT
The heads of two of meetings and events industry organisations will join forces later this year in the renowned Global Enduro Rally in a bid to raise in excess of £20,000 for charity.
AGM sums up Eventia’s year
0 Comment(s) 07/07/2008 +0100 GMT
UK-based events association Eventia held its 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Le Meridien Café Royal in London recently, attended by a record number of members, more than double that of...
Gulf Air strikes deal with Middle Eastern events body
0 Comment(s) 02/07/2008 +0100 GMT
The Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority (BECA) announced this week that Gulf Air will be the official carrier for all the events it organises in Bahrain and abroad.

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