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Gemmeke has over 15 years of experience in the meetings industry. She advises especially international associations on how to develop positive impact on the longer term with their conferences or events within Flanders (Northern Belgium) and Brussels together with the different stakeholders in the Quadruple Helix. Based in the capital of the European Union, Gemmeke…
From Skift Meetings: With a Barefoot Business yacht cruise in Croatia and its own Slack channel, Club Ichi might just be the sexiest group to ever hit the meetings industry. But is it – and are other communities like it – a threat to industry associations? Liz Lathan, Nicole Osibodu and Kamryn Bryce started Club…
From Conference & Meetings World: Can business events play a role in helping to tackle global issues like over-tourism? This is one of the topics to be discussed at this month’s IBTM World Forum for Advocacy, in partnership with The Business of Events. Eloísa Urrutia (pictured), head of global sustainability, meetings & events at American…
From The Economist: Had Kamala Harris won on November 5th, Europe would have heaved a huge sigh of relief, turned over, and promptly gone back to sleep. Donald Trump’s first presidency, followed by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, had served as a pair of noisy wake-up calls, forcing Germany’s chancellor,…
From Exhibition World: Globus Events, formerly known as VNU Exhibitions Asia, has completed three major acquisitions in China since February, part of an ambitious expansion strategy, backed by its majority owner (since February 2024), private equity investor Advent International (‘Advent’). Since becoming part of Advent’s portfolio, Globus Events has made majority acquisitions in key sectors…
Business Events Sydney (BESydney) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for financial year (FY) 2023/2024 where it announced strong results for the fiscal period and an even stronger forward events pipeline through to 2030. BESydney CEO and business events industry visionary, Lyn Lewis-Smith also announced that she had advised the Board of her decision not…
From M&IT: The IBTM World Forum for Advocacy promises to be a crucial moment for the industry, according to Martin Fullard, director, The Business of Events. In an industry that contributes over US$1.6 trillion to the global economy, the true value of business events extends far beyond the staggering financial statistics. A preview of The…
From HQ Magazine: ‘Disruption’, ‘holistic approach’, ‘retargeting’, ‘added-value’, each industry has its own buzzwords in order to navigate discourses and guide collective thought processes. Words are essential to instigate organised reactions, to sew in letters a manifesto, but if they are stripped of their real meaning and chewed on incessantly, they end up falling into…
From Conference & Meetings World: AIPC has announced 14 successful applicants for its 2025 AIPC Future Shapers programme, which commences next month. The 2025 AIPC Future Shapers programme, is a seven-month accelerated leadership course, which aims to propel the industry’s developing leaders to the next level in their careers, through a series of masterclasses, ideation…
Destination Canada’s multimillion-dollar International Convention Attraction Fund (ICAF), launched in March 2024, has already supported 21 successful bids made by Canadian Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) to host high-value major international conferences. Created and administered by Destination Canada, and funded by the Government of Canada, the ICAF is a vital component of Destination Canada’s strategy to…
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