The whole world in the same boat, facing questions about “the new normal”.
The whole world in the same boat, whatever the local variations in pandemic spread may be. If there is one overarching theme that emerges from all content published in this 80th issue, it is that of “the new normal”. What is “the new normal” now going to be? Are clients and delegates going to be accept and put up with it or stay home? Will policymakers think it enough to permit industry reopening and recovery?
In News this issue of Business Events World, the NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London has been placed on standby and will no longer admit patients. The facility opened at the start of April and treated 51 people in its first three weeks. Meanwhile, the Cape Town International Convention Centre is being turned into a temporary COVID-19 hospital for up to 800 patients. CTICC is waiving its hire costs.
In other pandemic News, Expo 2020 Dubai will officially now run from October 1st 2021 to March 31st 2022. Two-thirds of the Bureau International des Expositions member states have voted to delay the event a year. Certification from the Global BioRisk Advisory Council could help to restart face-to-face events and to assuage attendee concerns. The USA’s two largest convention venues have already signed up. UFI, the exhibition industry’s global association, has posted a framework for the safe and controlled resumption of exhibitions and trade events internationally. The Iceberg partner also welcomed a call by Germany to segment its classification of “mass gatherings”. This makes trade shows and exhibitions events that are allowed again now by German states under certain conditions.
Also in News this issue, Iceberg partner the International Congress and Convention Association has been terribly busy. ICCA and CIMERT (the Center of International Meetings Research and Training) have released a first report on their research into the effects of COVID-19 on the events industry. A brand new summit to improve global healthcare meetings has been launched by ICCA and AC Forum. The first Future of Global Healthcare Meetings is scheduled for Spring 2021. 2019’s ICCA statistics list 13,254 rotating association meetings, the highest ever figure, and an increase of 317 over 2018’s record peak. Paris has taken the top city spot for the second year in a row, pulling even further ahead of other European destinations. Plus, as mentioned stop press at the end of last issue, Iceberg partner AIPC (the International Association of Convention Centres) has appointed Sven Bossu as its first CEO. Bossu was previously MD for Innovation at ESTRO (the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology). Up to 15,000 sector professionals will descend on Copenhagen in 2023 when the Danish capital will also be named World Capital of Architecture and host the World Congress of Architects.
There are two more venue stories on The Iceberg itself (click View all News). New Zealand entered Alert Level 3 on April 28th, so construction has restarted on the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre. Finally, the 2023 Gateshead Quays arena, conference and exhibition centre has just passed a major milestone with its planning application now submitted.
All twelve Opinions this issue are fresh, and four are about associations. In the third piece of a series, Iceberg partner Boardroom’s Advisory Board talks about “standing stronger together”. Early this year the Geneva International Association Forum (GIAF) was launched. The meeting was scheduled for June, and right now is still set to go ahead face-to-face. Trade associations have a vital role to play in both industry and wider world recovery. So argues Jennifer Jenkins, PCO Lead and Director at British agency Worldspan. Plus Martin Sirk, International Advisor of our partner the Global Association Hubs Partnership, has recorded a great podcast interview with James Lancaster of AMI. Listen to what he says about event legacy at 25’50”. Apologies for the cheeky “selfie” intro Martin, and the new GAHP website looks great (see below).
The theme of “the new normal” continues for other sectors in Opinions. COVID-19 implications cut to the heart of what incentive travel is. Will the pandemic in fact kill off this sector? It will not, says SoolNua and SITE’s Pádraic Gilligan. What does the pandemic mean for exhibitions in future? Reed Exhibition’s former Chairman and CEO Mike Rusbridge, and former Commercial Director Nick Forster, offer thoughts. Smyle Founder and Group Executive Director Rick Stainton, has a long-range view on current economic conditions, delegate appetite for business travel, and also the mix of virtual and hybrid. Meetings professionals will need to have a flexible mindset and to adapt and evolve after coronavirus. Patrick Smith, Senior Vice President and CMO of Cvent, said as much during EduMonday on the Iceberg partner IMEX’s new virtual platform PlanetIMEX. “The new normal” is itself an irritating phrase. While the transition to virtual is one “new normal” we can take seriously, is anything else about “the new normal” actually “normal” at all? Plus, if you’re planning to attend the Voice of Healthcare Summit 2020 in Boston this August, you’ll be signing a waiver releasing organiser Metrock from liability, taking an initial COVID-19 test and then having daily checks of temperature.
Two final Opinions are about destinations. European Cities Marketing just published “The DMMO COVID-19 Continuity Checklist” (already available in Research). In an exclusive ECM webinar the Iceberg partner’s co-publisher Toposophy guides you through the document. Scotland has just sent a resounding message to the world’s business events community in the wake of the country’s lockdown: “we will wait for you”. I’ve illustrated this story with the tale of Scottish King-to-be Robert the Bruce learning a famous lesson in patience from a spider spinning its web. As I think about it, I should have just quoted Auld Lang Syne (“Should old acquaintance be forgot”…).
There are two fresh articles in Features this issue. Toulouse recently joined Iceberg partner the Global Destination Sustainability Index, and its imminent LEED certified MEETT Convention Centre shows further green commitment. Plus, how July 2019 saw a new era begin for Malaysia’s youngest after the 2nd Sarawak Conference on Inclusive Early Childhood Education. Pre-school is never too early to be creating meetings legacies!
In Research you’ll find added two papers by Iceberg partners already mentioned, UFI’s Global Framework for Reopening Exhibitions and B2B Trade Events alongside ICCA and CIMERT’s The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the International Meetings Industry. BVEP (the Business Visits & Events Partnership) has now published The UK Events Report – How Events Deliver the UK’s Industrial Strategy. The latest PCMA (the Professional Convention Management Association) Convene’s COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard is also up, with the last one relabelled for date clarity. Plus, the webinar mentioned above have been added to the existing page for European Cities Marketing and Toposophy’s The DMMO COVID-19 Continuity Checklist.
This issue’s parish notices start with previously published coronavirus resource pages from within our own partner community: the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC), the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), IMEX Group, the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), plus publications Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT), Association Meetings International (AMI) and Boardroom. The latter has just launched “Digital Boardroom” to help readers curate preferred content (see LinkedIn or Twitter video and details).
UFI’s resources page is updated with the association’s new Global Framework for Reopening Exhibitions and B2B Trade Events, published also in Research. UFI has posted as well an infographic on industry losses of socio-economic impact, an article on China clearing the way to restart exhibitions, details of the upcoming Global Exhibitions Day (June 3rd), and a May message from President Mary Larkin.
The European Exhibition Industry Alliance (EEIA), a partnership between UFI and EMECA (the European Major Exhibition Centres Association) has posted Exhibitions and Live Events are the Fast Track to Economic Recovery.
UFI’s UFI Connects sessions have reached first milestones. Iceberg partner IBTM’s IBTM Connect – Keep the Conversation Going is launching a series of interviews with industry personalities. IMEX Group’s PlanetIMEX is now live.
Iceberg partner GainingEdge has posted the advisories COVID-19 and Destination Promoters, Putting Some Order to the Chaos, What to Ask Associations Beyond “Will You Be Rebooking?”, and Partnerships and Collaboration: Now Even More Essential, plus Bulletin: COVID-19 Issue #1, Issue #2 and Issue #3.
Iceberg partner European Cities Marketing has posted “A New Tomorrow” ECM COVID-19 Response.
To these we add ASAE’s Associations Now Today’s Coronavirus Tracker. ASAE will now deliver a Virtual Annual Meeting and Exposition the week of August 10th.
There are also association resources aplenty at the new website of Iceberg partner the Global Association Hubs Partnership (GAHP).
There are further resources at the Events Industry Council (EIC), the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) and at Meetings Mean Business. Northstar Meetings Group has posted a running list of New Dates for Events and Conventions Postponed Due to Coronavirus. Northstar has also Launched a New Survey to Gauge the Future of Meetings and Events in the Era of COVID-19.
Iceberg partner Positive Impact Events is seeking 100,000 event professionals to build the future of the industry. There is a great video here.
The Meetings Show 2020 in the United Kingdom has been postponed until October due to COVID-19.
Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban scheduled for May 12th – 14th has been cancelled.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has made a statement on turning the Cape Town International Convention Centre into a COVID-19 hospital.
Event agency trailblazer David Hackett has died aged 70, after a long battle with cancer.
Iceberg partner Talley Management Group, Inc. has appointed Virtual Meeting Expert Derrick Johnson to its team.
Iceberg partner Meetings International has written an article about the new website www.openupforbusiness.com, which provides free access to information on virus restrictions so people can plan their next business or family trip.
Finally and as always, The Iceberg reiterates its call for you to join our Global Ambassador Program. You can see ambassadors listed on The Iceberg homepage, Ambassadors page, and in Business Events World below. Visit Call for Ambassadors 2019 & 2020 to find out more.
Until the next time (in lieu of “the old normal”)…
Robert Coren, Curator of The Iceberg
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The legacies of business events should start early on in life. July 2019 saw a new era begin for Malaysia’s youngest children on the back of the 2nd Sarawak Conference on Inclusive Early Childhood Education. Organised by Fu Yuan Kindergarten, the three-day meeting brought together more than 800 people from over 20 countries. From Boardroom…
Toulouse recently joined Iceberg partner the Global Destination Sustainability Index, which measures and benchmarks cities’ green strategy and performance. The opening of the new LEED certified MEETT Convention Centre, scheduled for the end of 2020, shows the environmental commitment of the city’s partners. From Boardroom…
As the world’s population grows, the percentage of people living in cities is rising steadily. The future success of humanity is therefore more and more tied to, and even defined by, the future success of the city as a model. In that, of course, business events have a critical role to play. Professor Greg Clark has…
Australia’s business events landscape is surveyed here in a rich collection of articles. BESydney’s Lyn Lewis-Smith, ICC Sydney’s Geoff Donaghy, ACC’s Simon Burgess, MCEC’s Peter King, Brisbane Marketing’s Juliet Alabaster, plus the team behind JMIC’s (the Joint Meetings Industry Council’s) case studies, all offer up viewpoints. From Meetings International…
When President Nelson Mandela opened the Durban ICC in 1997, it was South Africa’s first international convention centre. It has since then been voted “Africa’s Leading Meetings and Conference Centre” by the World Travel Awards no fewer than seventeen times. But some of the venue’s greatest legacies lie in environmental sustainability. From Boardroom…
The recent staging of Iceberg partner AIME (the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event) was not only a platform to showcase the strength and resilience of the region’s events industry, but also as always of destination Melbourne itself. Last October Melbourne Convention Bureau posted record results for the financial year 2018 – 2019, with over…
Luxembourg has a new convention bureau aiming to punch above its weight in business events. The CVB is prioritising green meetings, so wants to register with Iceberg partner the Global Destination Sustainability Index. As not only a city, Luxembourg will be registered as a country, the first to be benchmarked in the index. From Boardroom…
In January two scientists wrote an article asking why conference design for those involved in scientific research has been slow in evolving. While some science meetings are surely guilty as charged, others do have an appropriately innovative approach. Here are ten that break with tradition to design experiences with big impact. From PCMA…
Melbourne’s AIME (the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event), with its more than 2,500 visitors and 300 exhibitors on the showroom floor, was one of the last significant industry gatherings successfully delivered in February before the coronavirus pandemic shutdown large meetings across the globe. The Iceberg partner’s buyers and exhibitors connected to conduct business at more…
Linda Pereira is CEO of the L&I Communications Group. A professional congress organiser firmly based in Portugal but with huge international experience, the “Destination Diva”‘s smile is a familiar sight right across the global meetings industry community. In this Iceberg exclusive video, however, Pereira’s assessment of the damage COVID-19 has now caused the sector is sobering to…
The President of the Joint Meetings Industry Council, which presents The Iceberg, has addressed on video the disruption of meetings, events and exhibitions worldwide caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Kai Hattendorf called upon all industry members to actively support measures to help restore and build confidence in event participation including: Making sure policies and procedures…
The torrent of business event cancellations precipitated by the coronavirus crisis has seen planners all over the world examining the small print of their insurance contracts. Indeed many have had to reassess their entire approach to purchasing coverage. Terry Waller is Managing Director of event insurance specialist Arc International. In this Iceberg exclusive video, Waller…
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Certification from the Global BioRisk Advisory Council, part of worldwide cleaning industry association ISSA, could help to restart face-to-face events and assuage any attendee concerns. The USA’s two largest convention venues, the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and McCormick Place Chicago, have signed up. From Northstar Meetings Group…
In Iceberg partner ICCA’s annual rankings for international meetings, Paris has taken the top spot for the second year in a row, pulling even further ahead of other European destinations. The city’s dominance validates the work of both the local sector and the Conference Unit of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau. From Meetings International…
Iceberg partner ICCA’S statistics for 2019 list 13,254 rotating association meetings, the highest ever figure in the annual tally, and an increase of 317 over 2018’s record peak. ICCA has seen consistent annual growth in association meetings, and the statistics are the most respected global comparison of destination performance in attracting them. From Meetings International…
Up to 15,000 architects will descend on Copenhagen in 2023, when the Danish capital, renowned for cutting edge buildings, will be named World Capital of Architecture. The city will be taking on the mantle, conferred by UNESCO and UIA (the Union of International Architects), as it hosts the World Congress of Architects. From Association Meetings International…
UFI, the exhibition industry’s global association, has welcomed a call by Germany on reopening exhibitions and trade shows. The county chose to segment its classification of “mass gatherings”, making trade shows and exhibitions types of events that can now be allowed again under certain conditions by the sixteen German states. From UFI…
UFI, the exhibition industry’s global association, has posted a framework for the safe and controlled restart of exhibitions and trade events around the world. The Iceberg partner’s ten page document is intended as a de facto standard to be used in dealing with national policy makers and also other relevant authorities. From UFI…
Expo 2020 Dubai will now shape a post-pandemic world and create a better future from October 1st 2021 to March 31st 2022. While the vote technically remains open until May 29th, already two-thirds of all of the Bureau International des Expositions member states have opted to delay the event by a year. From the Event…
CTICC, the Cape Town International Convention Centre, is being turned into a temporary COVID-19 hospital for up to 800 patients to make up a predicted shortfall of acute beds in the region. The CTICC is waiving its hire costs as a contribution to the battle against the pandemic. From Association Meetings International…
A new summit intended to improve global healthcare meetings has been unveiled by its co-creators. Iceberg partner ICCA along with AC Forum, a network of associations focused on both association leadership and congress management, have slated the first Future of Global Healthcare Meetings for Spring 2021. From Association Meetings International…
The NHS Nightingale Hospital based within ExCeL London has now been placed on standby and will admit no further patients. The facility opened at the beginning of April and treated 51 patients in its first three weeks of operation. 500 beds were installed at opening, with space for 4,000 if needed. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…
AIPC (the International Association of Convention Centres), an Iceberg partner, has appointed its first CEO. Prior to the move, Sven Bossu had previously been MD for Innovation at ESTRO (the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology). He is also known for a stretch at SWIFT, where he was responsible for SIBOS. From Boardroom…
Less than one month after Iceberg partner ICCA and CIMERT (Center of International Meetings Research and Training) began studying the effects of COVID-19 on the events industry, a first report has been released. The document maps pandemic impact on meetings across the world. From Association Meetings International…
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This project collected, analysed and synthesised the findings of all prior Joint Meetings Industry Council Case Studies to deliver a verdict on the broader contributions that conferences, congresses, trade shows, convention centres and bureaux deliver to destinations, communities, industries and economies. The cases were drawn from four continents: Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. The…
The China-LAC Summit is an annual meeting organised by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It is a key entrepreneurial event for companies from China and the Latin American and Caribbean countries. The Punta del Este Convention and Exhibition Center in Uruguay hosted the 11th edition of the…
The EuroHeartCare conference is one of the most important platforms for driving research publications, exchanging ideas, and forming and deepening collaborations within the field of cardiovascular nursing in Europe. It aims to support healthcare professionals in delivering the best care possible to patients with cardiovascular disease. The 2017 edition was hosted by Jönköping University in…
The study explores the benefits and barriers for individual researchers and universities when hosting research conferences. The study has been commissioned by the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy – an advisory body to the Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science. Thereby the study situates the hosting of research conferences as a potential…
London Tech Week is a festival of live events taking place once a year across the United Kingdom capital. Having been held now for four years, it has become a key gathering for the ICT industry in London. It connects the entire tech ecosystem both within the city and beyond, shapes the future of the…
Many international convention centres use sophisticated methods to measure the economic impact of business events in their host cities. Others recognise the importance of food in customer experience and promote programs like paddock to plate or food miles. ICC Sydney marries these two concepts together and takes them to a new level by measuring the…
Growing its business events sector is part of Malaysia’s strategy to achieve status as a developed nation by 2020. This case study presents the contribution made by the 55th ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) Congress towards developing the business events sector in the country. ICCA’s event engaged political leaders and the local community to raise awareness of the needs…
The Geneva Convention Bureau has adopted a policy of promoting Geneva not only as a destination but also as a center of economic, knowledge and innovation excellence. It does this by marketing meetings and events in relation to local key clusters of industry. As a result, a dynamic and virtuous feedback loop is established between Geneva’s economic or knowledge…
This research by Business Events Sydney (BESydney) demonstrates that business events offer delegates unrestricted exposure to innovative ideas and opportunities to develop new knowledge and skills. Part of the Beyond Tourism Benefits series, the new study by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – Conferences: Catalysts for Thriving Economies – provides further evidence showing that…
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The best we can do during the COVID-19 crisis is to continue to learn from each other as we try to plan ahead in an uncertain and rapidly shifting world. Here are the results of the second PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) Convene biweekly check-in, conducted during the first week in May, to determine how…
BVEP (the Business Visits & Events Partnership) has published The UK Events Report, an in-depth look at the £70 billion industry providing jobs for 700,000 people and how it will deliver the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, launched last year. The UK Events Report, which was compiled prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, illustrates the impact the UK…
Iceberg partner UFI, global association of the exhibition industry, has published a global framework for the safe and controlled reopening of exhibitions and B2B trade events around the world. The document is intended to become a de facto standard in exchanges with national policy makers and other relevant authorities. The framework is put together by…
Against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 outbreak, CIMERT (the Center of International Meetings Research and Training), supported by Iceberg partner ICCA (the International Congress and Convention Association) has released its first ever report The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the International Meetings Industry. The industry survey was initiated by Chengdu Municipal Bureau of…
In 2017 Iceberg partner European Cities Marketing, in partnership with Toposophy, published eight bold statements in The Future of DMOs: The ECM Manifest that set out a vision for what DMOs (destination marketing organisations) could and should become. The final of these statements warned of ‘‘The New Normal’’, a world in which ‘‘crises of every kind have…
COVID-19 has disrupted many things, including our sense of time. While the period of quarantining might seem interminable, our current reality and attempts to plan for the future have never been more fluid. The business events landscape used to take months and months to change. With the pandemic, it changed overnight and continues to evolve,…
Working jointly with the Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP), PR agency Davies Tanner created a short survey of the UK events industry, designed to assist venues, destinations and other key sector suppliers in planning recovery activity after the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey is designed to provide a snapshot of sentiment across the UK business…
This AIPC and UFI guidance aims to help convention and exhibition centres prepare for and perform in an exceptional role they were not designed for but are increasingly being asked or forced to perform: as temporary emergency facilities. The immediate worldwide concern and context for this guidance is the COVID-19 pandemic. Convention and Exhibition Centres…
The speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic hit the business world – and the totality of its damaging effects in every corner of the hospitality, destination marketing, travel and live events sectors – cannot be overstated. To get a sense of the pandemic’s impact, PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) Convene sent an email invitation on…
There is a rising tide in the use of, and engagement with, incentive programs, particularly among top performing companies. The IRF’s signature The 2020 Top Performer Study shows that the most successful companies have increased their support for incentive programs on numerous levels since the previous study was conducted approximately a year ago. While companies…
A joint initiative of Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), the Incentive Travel Industry Index (ITII) consolidates previous research undertaken by each association into a single pan-industry study. The study is at once an historical snapshot of where the industry has come from and…
A resource from Iceberg partners AIPC (the International Association of Convention Centres) and UFI (the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) for venues addressing the challenges related to COVID-19. The guide focusses on updated health and safety policies, plans and procedures. It includes both strategic and practical guidance in form of advice, suggestions and best…
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Many of COVID-19’s implications, not least restrictions on travel and social distancing, cut to the heart of what incentive travel is and pose the question: will the pandemic in fact end incentive travel? It will not, and for now here are five avenues for the market to pursue. From SoolNua’s Pádraic Gilligan at Padraicino…
The Iceberg is sorely missing a wide range of cancelled industry events. We’re also sorely missing the cheery Martin Sirk selfie posted from all of them. Fortunately, the International Advisor of our partner the Global Association Hubs Partnership has recorded a podcast. From editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
Ancient King of Scotland Robert the Bruce once learned a lesson about patience watching a spider spinning its web. Now modern Scotland has sent a clear message to the world’s business events community in the wake of the country’s coronavirus lockdown: “we will wait for you”. From Boardroom…
Event professionals will need to have a flexible mindset and to adapt and evolve business practice in a world after the pandemic. So said Patrick Smith, Senior Vice President and CMO of Cvent, during EduMonday on PlanetIMEX, Iceberg partner IMEX Group’s new virtual platform. From Meetings International…
What might face-to-face meetings with neither a coronavirus vaccine nor effective treatment look like? Perhaps signing a waiver releasing the organiser from liability, an initial COVID-19 test and then daily checks of temperature? Those are some of the requirements of Metrock’s Voice of Healthcare Summit 2020 set for Boston this August. From PCMA…
European Cities Marketing has just published “The DMMO COVID-19 Continuity Checklist” (posted in Research). In an exclusive webinar the Iceberg partner’s co-publisher Toposophy guides you through the document, with news of projects across Amsterdam, Barcelona and Hamburg as well. From European Cities Marketing…
Early this year a new event launched for associations. GIAF, or the Geneva International Association Forum, was hoping to draw together the sector and “tackle common challenges”. The meeting was scheduled for June, and at the moment is still going ahead face-to-face. From Boardroom…
Trade associations have a vital role to play in helping the industry and wider world to recover as pandemic lockdowns end. So there is real and pressing work now for them to do. The association champion Jennifer Jenkins is PCO Lead and Director at the British agency Worldspan. From Association Meetings International…
“The new normal” is an irritating phrase that has entered common parlance since lockdown measures began to contain further spread of COVID-19. While the transition to virtual events is a “new normal” we can take seriously, not much else of the “new normal” is “normal” at all. From editor’s blog at Association Meetings International…
Adapt, survive, thrive. Not a choice, but a necessity in the future. So says Smyle Founder and Group Executive Director Rick Stainton, here offering a long-range view on assessing the current economic conditions, lower delegate appetite for business travel, and the role in the mix of virtual and hybrid. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…
As the COVID-19 crisis has persisted, so has came the slow realisation that its impact will linger a very long time indeed. What does this mean for the exhibition sector in the future? Reed Exhibition’s former Chairman and CEO Mike Rusbridge, and former Commercial Director Nick Forster, offer thoughts. From UFI…
The COVID-19 crisis is a great time for associations to rethink the way they function and deliver value. In this third article in a series, Iceberg partner Boardroom’s Advisory Board, a mix of key association voices, talks about “standing stronger together” and offers ideas on partnership and collaboration. From Boardroom…
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Chat to other business event professionals and widen your circle of friends with one-to-one conversations. Networking live 26 May to 4 June, 9:00-17:00BST. In order to keep the spirit of IMEX alive and to bring people together and help build connections, the IMEX Group has created a virtual environment that reflects the core values and personality of IMEX and…
GED is open to everyone interested in increasing the visibility of the Exhibition Industry regionally and on a global scale. In the previous editions, this initiative mobilised thousands of industry professionals all over the world: associations, exhibition organisers, venues, service providers, universities and individual professionals, just to name a few. To make the biggest possible…
Due to public health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, ASAE has cancelled its in-person 2020 Annual Meeting & Exposition. ASAE is instead working with scheduled speakers, sponsors and industry partners to deliver a reimagined Virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition the week of August 10. Registration information, exact dates and industry partner opportunities for…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and the travel restrictions that remain in place in most Asian markets, UFI has decided to cancel the 2020 UFI Asia Pacific Conference and the Digital Innovation Forum which were originally scheduled to be held in Macau in March and were subsequently rescheduled in late August. The UFI team…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and the travel restrictions that remain in place in most Asian markets, UFI has decided to cancel the 2020 UFI Asia Pacific Conference and the Digital Innovation Forum which were originally scheduled to be held in Macau in March and were subsequently rescheduled in late August. The UFI team…
Due the impact the international travel restrictions would have on the quality of the event, IBTM Americas, scheduled on August, will now take place from May 19 and 20, 2021 at Centro Citibanamex. IBTM Americas brings together the who’s who of the events industry to meet in Mexico City for two days of inspiration, networking and education. All…
* Due to the ongoing effects of Coronavirus, IBTM China will not run in 2020 * Brought to you by the most experienced name in MICE exhibitions, IBTM provides a gateway to the Chinese and Asia Pacific meetings, events and incentives market with IBTM China. Our aim is to immerse you in a community that, through…
It is with great regret and disappointment that we have made the difficult decision to cancel IMEX America 2020. Our industry has been impacted heavily by the global lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we know how many of you were looking forward to coming together again in Las Vegas…
The TIC Expert Meeting offers a mix of incentive and exchange opportunities. This is why the diversity of participants is of great importance. This event is for managers and TIC front office professionals coming from small and large cities and working for either public or private tourist information organisations – whether they are ECM members…
The congress has a hybrid format and is themed: “Transforming Global Events Together”. The event will allow ICCA’s global community to connect with each other and explore new ideas, formats and technologies. ICCA’s global community of member-suppliers and associations can experience the future of global events live in Kaohsiung, at a regional hub or virtually….
UFI’s annual Global Congress is known as the “must attend” event for all industry professionals. With travel restrictions expected to continue over the coming months, instead of holding the event in one place, we will adopt a ‘glocalised’ approach – Dubai, UAE 15-16/11/20 | Basel, Switzerland 18-20/11/20 | Hong Kong (dates tbc) | Online 15-20/11/20
The BestCities Global Alliance is gathering industry thought-leaders, international associations and destination partners from around the globe under one digital roof for the anticipated return of their annual Global Forum – with a virtual twist. There has been much to learn from the challenges that the business events sector has faced over the last year, and…
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Flavie de Bueil has more than 20 years’ experience in the Tourism and Meetings Industry. She began her career with diverse experiences in customer relations in the insurance and hospitality sectors and then decided to specialise in tourism, mixing her avid passion for international relations, people and cultures. Having graduated in Tourism Management and Culture…
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