Sector: Conventions
Controversial Laws Make Some States a Harder Sell for CVBs
Convention and visitor bureaus are not political entities; their job is to attract and welcome travelers. Given that charter, nearly all try to keep hot topics out of their messaging. But when divisive legislation has a growing number of meeting planners opting to go elsewhere, how should they respond? From Northstar Meetings Group…
‘Anti-Woke’ Bills are Costing Florida Millions of Dollars
A slew of new bills signed into law by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has draped the Sunshine State in controversy, spurring protests, lawsuits and travel advisories warning the state is ‘openly hostile’ toward people of color, immigrants, women and LGBTQ+ community members. From CNN…
PCMA Convene Magazine | Adjusting to Changes
A European medical association has found that its pre-pandemic siteselection strategy, which prioritized a legacy engagement project, has not proven to be viable in the current environment. By Michelle Russell: The pandemic has upended destinations’ view of business events as some kind of “subsidiary of tourism,” UK-based global urbanist Greg Clark, who spoke at the…
Associations Creating Impact – Not a Trend, the New Normal
By Maraika Black, Advocacy, Policy, and Public Health Coordinator, European Association for the Study of the Liver: Health conferences have traditionally focused on actors directly involved in the field – specialists, medical experts, general practitioners, researchers, nurses, and allied health professionals. It has long since been a source of prestige and professional mobilisation for delegates…
Western Canada’s MICE Destinations Are Pillars of Success
By Jeff Heilman, from Meetings Today: Destination Canada’s Business Events team has a remarkable record of creating innovative initiatives, backed by in-depth market research and analysis, to promote, amplify and advance the Canadian meetings industry. This evolving program is geared principally to Canada’s priority economic sectors. These comprise life sciences, agribusiness, advanced manufacturing, finance and…
AIPC Delivers Ongoing Legacies Through Future Shapers Program
AIPC’s second Future Shapers intake graduated on Tuesday 18 July, following a competitive on stage pitch to solve convention centre industry challenges, at the AIPC Annual Conference in Luxembourg. In the grand finale of their eight-month accelerated leadership programme, two teams competed to convince the industry’s CEOs and senior leaders… From The Association Magazine…
PCMA Project Spark: De-Mystifying & De-Stigmatising AI
PCMA and its Singapore-based event tech partners, Gevme, unveiled the launch of Project Spark at IMEX 23 in Frankfurt in response to the growing fears within event planner communities of the impact that AI will have upon their productivity and jobs. But Sherrif Karamat CAE, the organisation’s Chief Executive, explains that it isn’t AI which…
2 November 2023
AIPC Future Shapers
This unique, international programme is tailored for our developing leaders who are ready to shape the industry around the globe. The programme has three components: Masterclasses: a series of 7 expert led masterclasses; Industry challenge: working with your group, you will collectively identify an industry challenge, create a proposed solution, and develop a business case…
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7 November 2023
AIPC ASIA Summit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Join industry leaders, event professionals, and innovators to explore cutting-edge trends, strategies, and technologies driving the future of event management. Delve into global outlook, technological advancements, customer insights, sustainability, economic impact, AI utilization, business development, and thought-provoking debates. Unleash the potential of your events.
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12 May 2024
AIPC Sales and Marketing Summit, Frankfurt, Germany
For each of the past 18 years, the AIPC Sales and Marketing Summit has proven to be the perfect kick-off for member participation in IMEX and all the client and industry interactions it entails. Summit participants have the opportunity to compare notes on current issues, consider the latest industry trends and hear from representatives of…
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