Category: News
Malaysia and China Trial Open Borders
From TTG Asia: In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, both countries have introduced visa-free travel policies for their citizens. Malaysians enjoy visa-free entry to China until the end of 2025, while Chinese travellers to Malaysia benefit similarly until the end of 2026. These initiatives have sparked a significant surge in bilateral…
Wellington Doubles Down on Conferences
From WellingtonNZ: Electricians, plumbers and internet experts are converging on Wellington next week as its convention centre gears up to host two large conferences at the same time. The conferences are being held at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre – New Zealand’s newest convention centre in the heart of Wellington that has been open…
ICRS Receives 2024 Incredible Impacts Programme Seed Grant
From Boardroom: The International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) has been awarded the 2024 Incredible Impacts Programme (IIP) Seed Grant by the BestCities Global Alliance and the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The $5,000 USD grant will support the launch of the ICRS Global Access Fellowship, aimed at fostering diversity and inclusion…
AIME says ‘We Matter!’ with new Knowledge Programme Advisory Committee
From Conference & Meetings World: Melbourne-based Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) has announced details of its 2025 Knowledge Programme. The AIME show returns to Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) in Australia in February. Organisers say the theme for 2025, ‘We Matter!’ seeks to highlight and celebrate the global business events industry as…
Kai Hattendorf to Leave UFI
From Exhibition World: UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, has announced that its CEO Kai Hattendorf will leave his role at the association at the end of 2024. He has been the CEO since 2015. “I joined UFI in 2015, and these past ten years as the association’s CEO have been an amazing…
Destination Canada Launches Canada’s Business Events’ Sustainability Storybook
From Event Industry News: Destination Canada’s Business Events team has launched the latest resource to come from its Canadian Business Events Sustainability Plan, Canada’s Sustainability Storybook. This sustainability storybook shares initiatives from communities which actively host business events and presents turnkey solutions to inspire and challenge business events decision-makers, planners, sustainability professionals and host destinations,…
Are Associations Still Relevant?
Barcelona Convention Bureau partnered with ASSOCIATION WORLD in London to convene UK-headquartered associations to address the relevance, resilience, and strategic development of their organisations. Pick of the speakers, Paul Rulkens, a global expert in strategic high performance and popular TED speaker who offers advice and support to organisations including McKinsey, KPMG, Siemens, DuPont, Exxon Mobil,…
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