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One Third of MI Professionals Experience Mental Health Issues

One in three UK event industry workers experience a mental health problem. The national average is one in four. The findings are from a survey for the industry campaign EventWell, which starts on September 18. Three quarters of respondents suffered stress due to their workloads, and 13 percent were currently experiencing a problem. From Meetpie.com…

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Copenhagen Legacy Lab Wins GDS Award

Copenhagen Legacy Lab, the project run by convention bureau Wonderful Copenhagen, has won the Global Destination Sustainability Movement’s Innovation Award for 2021. The trophy was presented at the 60th ICCA Congress’ Paris hub in recognition of CLL’s efforts to focus the industry on legacy work. All three are Iceberg partners. From Association Meetings International…

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Meetings Africa: SANCB Focuses on Recovery

The sixteenth edition of Iceberg partner Meetings Africa has taken place at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The flagship trade show of SANCB (South African National Conventions Bureau) drew together some 161 buyers and 216 exhibitors from 13 African countries, to focus on sector recovery. From Conference & Meetings World…

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Hopin Raises a Further $450m of Investment

Hopin has raised $450 million in Series D investment. Since February 2020, the virtual meetings platform has raised over $1 billion in all. The new round values Hopin, formed in 2019, at $7.75 billion. It has scaled from six to over 800 employees in over 47 countries since the start of 2020. From Conference News…

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Sustainability Study Maps Greener Travel

New GBTA (Global Business Travel Association) research has collected industry and external stakeholder insights to benchmark perceptions, priorities and actionable opportunity for more sustainable business travel. Barriers to making business travel more sustainable include higher costs, limited data, and lack of access to information. From Meetings International…

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Berlin Offers Recovery Relaunch Programme

The German capital has launched initiatives to help the recovery of business events, conferences and trade shows. The city’s Relaunch Programme will include marketing campaigns, a MICE Acquisition Task Force, international customer event BESTIVAL 2022 and the extension of the Berlin Congress Fund, as well as other plans over two years. From Association Meetings International…

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White Paper Recovery Roadmap Released

The pandemic offers a chance for the global business events sector to reinvent itself. So says a white paper and recovery roadmap just jointly released by PCMA, the Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau, Singapore Tourism Board, as well as Iceberg partner UFI. But the paper also details havoc already wreaked upon the industry. From PCMA…

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Knowledge Sharing and Organisational Development Through EuroHeartCare 2017

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…

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Australian Workplace Skills Survey

A skills survey of the business events sector, coordinated by Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) in partnership with the Australian Association of Convention Bureaux and the Exhibition & Events Association of Australasia (EEAA), has found that critical skills gaps are considerably impacting the business events industry. With a significant survey response rate of 39 per…

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Association Community Launched by ICCA

ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, has invited senior association executives, meetings managers and volunteer leaders to join its newly founded Association Community. By making associations themselves part of its family, the Iceberg partner will now gain direct input from a key voice in the association meetings sector. From Boardroom…

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Study Identifies Academic Benefits of Chairing and Attending Events

Academic events such as congresses, conferences, symposia and meetings are part and parcel of most academic careers. Endless hours are spent for both attendees and chairs on travelling, logistics, socialising and many other activities not directly related to core tasks such as teaching, research and knowledge dissemination. Despite the entrenched nature, and the general wave…

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Coronavirus: Australia’s AU$35.7bn Event Losses

Australia’s economy is on course to lose AU$35.7 billion in direct spend over the next twelve months, while nearly all business events scheduled for 2020 are cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19. That’s according to latest figures from the Business Events Council of Australia. 92,000 industry job losses are expected. From CIM Business Events…

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