Business Events Sarawak | Press Release
Sector: Business Events
Thailand chosen to host AFECA AGM 2023
Bangkok, Thailand has been selected to host the Asian Federation of Exhibition and Convention Associations (AFECA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023 in October. The meeting will gather 155 member associations from 19 countries to discuss the elevation of the business events industry, emphasising Thailand as an international MICE leader. From BEAM…
Australia’s Associations to Unify Advocacy Efforts
The Exhibitions and Events Association of Australia (EEAA) and the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) have voted to merge their assets to form a new ‘peak body’ to support growth and industry development. Members of the Australian Convention Centre Group (ACCG) have also voted to unite the industry. From Association Meetings International…
A New Kind of Meeting Offset
SocialOffset.org, a nonprofit platform with a model similar to carbon-offset programs, helps organizations and their meeting attendees counter the effect of laws in a host destination that they oppose without resorting to boycotts. Attendees have an opportunity to offset the travel-specific and general sales taxes paid in a host destination during a meeting… From MEETINGSNET…
CLIMATE CRISIS: PCMA Engages AGU in Acceleration to Net Zero
At Convening Leaders this month, PCMA confirmed a partnership with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as it builds defences amid escalating climate crisis. The collaboration brings the largest earth and climate scientific community on side to confirm the data associated with the sector and to demystify the false narrative, the fake carbon footprint, being levied…
Old Dog, New Bone: What now for Melbourne Chief?
Outgoing CEO at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Peter King, reflects on the needs of the business events sector to have a ‘North Star’ upon which to attract talent. In a parting message, the former AIPC president hints that he still has a significant contribution to make to the broader wellbeing of the sector’s…
Elevating the Business Events Industry Starts With Advocacy
Iceberg Ambassador Tommy Goodwin, Vice President, Government Affairs for the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance, discusses the value and power of advocacy for the meetings industry. ECA has spearheaded a number of programmes to help small businesses and key stakeholders across the industry within the US. From Skift Meetings…
Dubai Wins 232 Bids for Business Events in 2022
Business events are poised to make a vital contribution to Dubai’s economic development and tourism growth, with another exceptional year of successful bids for international conferences, congresses, meetings and incentive travel programmes. Dubai Business Events said it won 232 bids in 2022, almost twice as many as in 2021. From Government of Dubai Media Office…
The Visceral Medicine Congress at CCH–Hamburg
From Boardroom: The official opening of the new Congress Center Hamburg in April 2022 has definitely put the city back on the national and international market of business events. CCH’s soft opening began already in fall 2021 with the ITS World Congress, with many events following, including the successful Visceral Medicine Congress in September. In…
PCMA Signs Publishing Agreement with Sarawak at Convening Leaders
Malaysia’s regional CVB, Business Events Sarawak has signed a collaborative agreement with the Professional Convention Management Association as a strategic partner to develop the International Journal of Business Events and Legacies. IJBEL claims to be the world’s first academic journal to merge business events and legacy topics under one title. From Conference & Meetings World…
Destination DC Highlights Meeting with Purpose in the Capital
At PCMA Convening Leaders 2023, Destination DC (DDC), the official destination marketing organization for Washington, DC, provides an update on the benefits of meeting in DC and the organization’s convention sales and services strategies to attract events of all sizes to the nation’s capital. From Destination DC…
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