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Next stop: Business Travel Show 2012

07/02/2012 Industry insider, United Kingdom, Events

The 2012 MICE industry events diary kick-started with an action-packed month in January and it looks like February will carry on this exciting series of exhibitions and conventions. The Business Travel Show 2012 will[…]

AIME higher in Melbourne

31/01/2012 Industry insider, Australia

This year’s AIME conference looks set to be the number one event in the Australia and Asia-Pacific region for the meetings, incentive, and events industry. 2012’s conference will showcase destinations, venues and a wide[…]

EMEC

EMEC 2012 Budapest

24/01/2012 Industry insider, Landing place

The European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) will be held in Budapest, Hungary from January 29-31, 2012. The theme of “Innovation. Re-imagined.” defines the 3 days of 28 sessions featuring speakers from 22[…]

New York City

January, February conventions in NYC

03/01/2012 Industry insider

Winter is here, so it’s the perfect occasion to stay inside and avoid the cold, biting winds! A convention is the perfect excuse. New York City is the most populous city in the United States and is often considered[…]

2012 Business travel forecast

03/01/2012 Latest news, Industry insider

2011 was a year of political and financial crises, revolutions, and volatile weather, all of which negatively affected travel. Now that the New Year has arrived, there’s no telling what it will ultimately bring. But[…]

Hotel d'Angleterre Geneva

Leading Hotel Group Hosts Convention in the City of Canals

12/12/2011 Industry insider

The Leading Hotels of the World recently hosted its Annual Convention at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam, from November 17 to 20. The theme of this year’s meeting was ‘Collaborative Innovation.’ Attendees comprised[…]

Secret Santa

Secret Santa for meeting planners

12/12/2011 Industry insider

Secret Santa is often played among large families, but it is most typically played in the work place, as it is a unique way to get to know your colleagues and to boost morale. And since everyone is involved, everyone[…]

SPIN logo

SPIN Network celebrates 3rd year

05/12/2011 Industry insider

The Senior Planners Industry Network (SPIN) has reached its 3 year anniversary in October 2011. Although SPIN as an independant organization is still very young, it is actually based on those MICE professionals that[…]

Room 3120

Spend a night in the room of the future!

05/12/2011 Industry insider, France

Taking the hotel experience into the future, Novotel has teamed up with Microsoft to launch the world of tomorrow’s first hotel room. Unveiled earlier this week, the ‘room-of-the-future’ is called 3120 and will be[…]

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China set to beat USA in number of hotel rooms

28/11/2011 Destination reports, Industry insider, Landing place, Place to be

The United States is thus far the largest hotel market in the world. But researchers estimate that by 2025, China will enjoy the right to this title by having more than 6 million hotel rooms. This report was issued by[…]