The new coronavirus is slowly spreading to more countries around the world and meeting organizers are faced with the question on what they can or should do, when it comes to the organization of their meeting, conferences or events. We have seen various organizers making adjustments, postponing or even cancelling meetings, conferences or events. In […]
Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced that it has postponed the inaugural edition of IBTM Asia Pacific in Singapore to 13-14 April 2021. The decision has been taken following the latest advice from its partners regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19), and as a result of in-depth discussions with customers and hosted buyers globally. Disappointing Shane Hannam, Portfolio Director […]
The Cologne Convention Bureau (CCB), which is part of the Cologne Tourist Board, is heading into the year 2020 in a new constellation. At the turn of the year, Filiz Ük became the head of this unit. In addition, Sandra Aufschnaiter who has been supporting the CCB since the summer of 2019 is now completing […]
Associationworld, in collaboration with the Geneva Convention Bureau and Congrex Switzerland, announce the launch of the Geneva International Association Forum (GIAF). The first edition of this annual event will take place on June 22-23, 2020. Gathering representatives of international and European Associations, Non-Profits, Federations, Societies, NGO’s and Universities, the GIAF aims at establishing an international […]
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has started a liveblog on the Coronavirus outbreak. The goal is to help meeting professionals find reliable information about the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak and to share meetings industry-related resources with the global ICCA community of meeting suppliers and associations. When facing uncertainty or crisis, identifying reliable and […]
Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) announced the launch of Exceptional Experiences, a two-day conference and ideas showcase dedicated to experiential marketing and live events. The inaugural event will take place at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from 2-3 December 2020, alongside its international business events trade show, IBTM World which takes place from 1-3 December. Creative […]
Cisco has chosen RAI Amsterdam as the location for its grand annual Cisco Live! Europe user conference. Smart City Amsterdam will host this event – expected to attract more than 18,000 visitors from around the world – over three years starting in January 2021. Cisco Live! The European edition of Cisco Live! is an important […]
The World PCO Alliance has welcomed Italy-based Ega worldwide congresses & events into its association. With offices in Rome, Milan and Basel, Switzerland, Ega worldwide has worked with over 1,000 clients and boasts a team of more than 30 meeting experts. Specialized in international association conferences Founded in 1965 by Emma and Cristina Aru, Ega […]
Global meeting management platform Meetingselect announced a partnership with enterprise event automation platform Certain. On 8 January the partnership agreement has been signed at the international technology show CES in Las Vegas in the presence of Royal Highness Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands. Integrated strategic meetings management This partnership will provide integrated strategic meetings management […]
Silicon Valley-based start-up Wordly is the overall winner of the IBTM World Tech Watch Award. The People’s Choice Award winner of this competition is Lineup Ninja. The awards were presented on stage at IBTM World 2019, taking place this week at Fira Gran Via Barcelona from 19-21 November. Intelligent interpreting services Wordly was crowned the […]
