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19 May 2025

CVB Café 2025, Frankfurt, Germany

At the occasion of IMEX Frankfurt 2025, the CityDNA Meetings Industry Knowledge Group would like to invite you and your colleagues from the Convention Bureau to attend a session specifically curated to exchange and discuss current challenges amongst peers. This CVB Café will take place on Monday, May 19. More info in the beginning of…

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IMEX Policy Forum: Overcoming the Pitfalls of Democracy

The BE Sector’s foremost forum for political and policy engagement is the IMEX Policy Forum held annually in Frankfurt, hosted by IMEX Director for Impact & Industry Relations, Natasha Richards. In this video insight from the Forum, Pádraic Gilligan – the CMO of the Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) and latest recipient of the…

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Iceberg Ambassador Heike Mahmoud Becomes COO at Estrel Berlin

From tagungswirtschaft: Heike Mahmoud is now the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and authorized signatory at the Estrel Berlin . With the planned expansion to include the Estrel Tower at the end of 2025, Mahmoud will have many tasks to do in Europe’s largest hotel, entertainment and congress complex. Born in Weimar, she is returning…

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Intentional Action: Impact from IMEX

From Destinations International: At this year’s IMEX, the central focus was Impact through business events with a key emphasis on sustainability. This event brings the global business industry events community together to do business, inspire change, and lead the way with impact at the forefront of every decision. In the coming years, IMEX plans to…

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Sarawak Releases IJBEL Special Edition on Sustainability at IMEX

From Business Events Sarawak: The International Journal of Business Events and Legacies (IJBEL) Strategic Advisory Tripartite has launched the special edition of the journal today at IMEX Frankfurt. Volume 2 Issue 2 of IJBEL focuses on sustainability and underscores the dedication to promoting sustainable practices within the business events industry. IJBEL is the first international…

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4,000 Buyers Gear Up For IMEX

With just over two weeks to go until the 2024 edition of IMEX Frankfurt, around 4,000 buyers are expected through the doors at Messe Frankfurt. With buyer, exhibitor and meeting numbers currently tracking ahead of 2023, the demand for the show, taking place May 14 – 16, is reflective of the sheer business momentum and…

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First Future Meeting Space Research Meeting in Frankfurt

From German Convention Bureau: Emerging opportunities, persisting classics, fading models: business events in a transformative era. This year’s research phase of the Future Meeting Space innovation network – the result of a collaboration between the GCB German Convention Bureau and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO – focuses on the question: “What’s coming, what’s…

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Adapting to Change – Association Focus at IMEX Frankfurt

Adapting to change is a top priority for association planners today – whether it’s shifting member needs and demographics, or balancing budgets, policies and partnerships. It’s a topic that runs throughout Association Focus, sponsored by Amsterdam Convention Bureau – a dedicated day of education for association professionals. Taking place on Monday May 13, the day…

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In-Person Events Are More Popular Than Ever

From German Convention Bureau: MMGY Global released new findings from wave IV of its study “Portrait of European Meeting & Convention Travel”, for which event planners and event attendees from Europe were surveyed in late 2023. The study – supported by the GCB and other partners – underscores Germany’s top position among European meeting destinations,…

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Business Events in a Transformative Era

From German Convention Bureau: Megatrends such as New Work, demographic change, and Artificial Intelligence are on their way to becoming firmly established in our daily lives. In the context of business events, these and other trends have already driven enormous developments in certain fields. With its 2024 research focus, the innovation network Future Meeting Space…

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GCB Unveils Insights into the Future of Business Events

By Matthias Schultze: The German Convention Bureau Bureau unveils insights into the Future of Business Events with a new Whitepaper co-created alongside the ebx.lab Community and with scientific support from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO. How can AI shape the next phase of the Business Event landscape? Dive into our latest Whitepaper, born…

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Are the German ‘Messes’ Party to Monopolism?

From Skift Meetings: The German exhibition industry faces a potential upheaval. Some consider long overdue reforms, while others view them as a threat to a well-established system. This conflict arises from the growing scrutiny over how “Messes”—the German term for trade fairs—operate and are regulated in Germany. A recent article in the German business and…

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