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Five Trends for Industry Recovery: UFI’s Team Looks to 2021

We are in unchartered territory with a global pandemic disrupting lives and livelihoods. But with improved knowledge about the virus, more efficient testing and now with mass vaccinations, the tide is turning. Kai Hattendorf, Managing Director and CEO of Iceberg partner UFI, offers with his team five trends to drive industry development. From UFI…

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Taubie Motlhabane, CTICC CEO, Considers Career, COVID and CSR

The CEO of CTICC (the Cape Town International Convention Centre), Taubie Motlhabane, had been in postition for about three months when coronavirus took hold. She has been talking about her earlier career journey, about CTICC’s role as the Hospital of Hope, and about working with soup kitchen Ladles of Love. From Exhibition World…

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Five CVBs Discuss the Intellectual Capital Destination Role

The pandemic has questioned the role of the meetings industry and the function destinations now play. Five European convention bureaux, part of an informal alliance, share perspectives on how emerging as intellectual capitals may be key to staying relevant beyond the crisis: Glasgow, Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels and Barcelona. From Boardroom…

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How Meeting Venues Are Adapting to the Demand for Hybrid

When looking for hybrid meeting sites, over a third of respondents to the Convene Recovery Dashboard surveys conducted in late summer and autumn were seeking venues with broadcasting facilities. As a result, convention centres around the world have worked quickly to meet the demand, with facilities designed as spaces to reflect the destination. From PCMA…

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Julian Agostini: Let the Events Sector Manage COVID-19 Vaccinations

During the pandemic meeting venues have already been used as field hospitals. Why shouldn’t the sector also play a role in rolling out of the coronavirus vaccine? It boasts exactly the right set of skills to help deliver such logistics at scale. So argues Julian Agostini, Managing Director at Iceberg partner Mash Media. From Exhibition World…

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UFI’s Global Congress Hears Keynote Speaker Gloria Guevara Manzo

A live keynote was given at the 87th Global Congress of Iceberg partner UFI by the President and CEO of the World Travel and Tourism Council Gloria Guevara Manzo. Her address presented WTCC research, outlined WTCC efforts to jumpstart recovery, and offered key learnings from past crises that relate to the current pandemic. From UFI…

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The Role Played by One Virtual Meeting in the Race for the Vaccine

Coronavirus vaccinations are already happening, the success of their rapid development owed to many factors. One is the rise of virtual meetings which let delegates around the world work collaboratively on solutions. Organiser Keystone Symposia moved “Vaccinology in the Age of Pandemics: Strategies Against COVID-19 & Other Global Threats” online this June. From PCMA…

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15 December 2020

ASAE | Aligning Norms, Core Values & Codes of Conduct: A CEO...

Good governance prescribes that board members uphold their Duty of Obedience. Acting in a manner consistent with the association’s code of conduct is an essential requirement of that responsibility, however current times have put that obligation to the test. Join this CEO dialogue to hear insights from CEOs and industry experts on how they are…

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14 December 2020

ASAE | Delivering a Successful Hybrid Event

For many organizations there are many unknowns regarding hybrid events. It’s a new cost, new requirements, a new customer mix, and new technology with a delicate balance between the in-person and online experience. Join us as two experts with many years of experience supporting hybrid events discuss what the new breed of hybrid events will…

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