Sector: Conventions
18 November 2024
CVB Café 2024, Barcelona, Spain
At the occasion of IBTM World, the CityDNA Meetings Industry Knowledge Group would like to invite you and your colleagues from the Convention Bureau to attend a session specifically curated to exchange and discuss current challenges amongst peers, before a networking reception. This CVB Café will take place on Monday, November 18, 2024 in Barcelona.
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22 June 2025
AIPC Annual Conference 2025, Shenzhen, China
AIPC – the International Association of Convention Centres – is the industry association for professional convention and exhibition centre managers world wide. AIPC is committed to encouraging and recognizing excellence in convention centre management, while at the same time providing the tools to achieve such high standards through its research, educational and networking programs. The…
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The Business Events Industry Can Help to Create a More Peaceful World
From Meetings International: The President and CEO of Seoul Tourism Organization, Ki Yon Kil, says “Although we are successful even now, the MICE industry is still beginning its development in the Republic of Korea. The business event industry in Seoul and South Korea has great potential, so we are developing this potential of the whole…
Barbara Jamison-Woods
President, City Destinations Alliance
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Barbara Jamison Heads up the European Business Team at London & Partners (London Convention Bureau), the Mayor’s official promotional agency for London. Barbara’s experience in the industry has covered every aspect of tourism in Global markets… youth and educational tourism, tour operating, Destination and Event Management, Major Events including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic…
New Zealand completes ICCASkills Training Programme
From TTG Asia Media: Eighteen 18 business events professionals from New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, and India have completed their ICCASkills Training Programme, equipping themselves with cutting-edge insights and best practices from across the globe. The three-day event – Australasia’s first in-person ICCASkills Training Programme – was hosted at Te Pae Christchurch Convention & Exhibition Centre…
Despite the PM’s Barb, Convention Centres are Crucial Investments
From The Post, by Lisa Hopkins: When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon took aim at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre last week, he unknowingly targeted the heart of the business events industry. As he quipped to the audience, “it’s very nice that politicians like us have another expensive room to deliver speeches in”, he missed…
New Zealand PM Brands Wellington’s Tākina a White Elephant
From Wellington.Scoop: The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has highlighted Tākina, Wellington’s new convention centre, as a prime example of wasteful council spending – particularly with another water main bursting just down the road, and also considering its unprofitability. He was speaking at the Local Government New Zealand conference, which is being held in Tākina. “The…
Trailblazing CEO of ICC Sydney, Geoff Donaghy Bids Farewell
From ICC Sydney: After an extraordinary thirty-year career at ASM Global, Geoff Donaghy steps down from his full time role as Chief Executive Officer of ICC Sydney and Group Director – Convention Centres, ASM Global (APAC) this month, leaving behind a legacy that will last well beyond his departure. Throughout the month, Geoff has been…
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