Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

The competition is part of the UK Government’s Tourism Sector Deal and allows conference centres across the UK to apply for funding to improve broadband infrastructure. Tourism Minister, Rebecca Pow, said: “We want the UK to attract the biggest and best international business events to help grow our economy and encourage trade and investment.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Home to the British Medical Association since 1925, their venue now boasts 22 unique and versatile spaces for up to 320, including 11 purpose-built meeting rooms, all fitted with cutting edge AV technology. Take a step out of your meeting into the Courtyard and Garden, a rare asset within a city.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2019

Yet that’s only a thought of the uneducated, say tourism leaders in this region. They’ll let you in on a little secret that experienced meeting planners know: Midwest destinations continue to mean business all year long, and events held there during winter are typically a raging success—even in sub-zero temperatures seen this week.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. Everyone at this stage is concerned with being associated with a “spreader event”. Full destination spotlight video.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago. It was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with everyone, knowing that the meeting had been such a success. Alexandra Adsit.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2022

Travel Association meets on March 8 with the U.S. Travel Association on promoting business travel and how to best help the travel and tourism sector recover. With no more worker visas available until October, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves will host a roundtable with the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 10, 2024

He recently had dealt with a life-threatening health crisis and, after five years working at Tourism London, had left his business development position after his contract ended. The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) is a registered trademark of the Events Industry Council. In 2019, Marc Forgette found himself at a crossroads.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

“Everyone seemed excited to see us there, because the conference hadn’t been to the United States since 1967,” said Nathan Hermiston, director of destination sales for Meet Minneapolis, whose colorful booth at Apimondia 2015 was the culmination of an 18-month-long bid for Apimondia 2019.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 2, 2018

. & YOU, an international digital health congress focused on bringing patients and patient perspectives into medical meetings. Plus, live-streamed sessions and social media can capture much of what is going on, and meeting content — papers, PowerPoints, PDFs, videos — all can be made available online after the fact.

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