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Ficoba cierra el primer semestre con 146 eventos, 93.000 visitantes y la mejor cifra de facturación de la serie histórica: una cifra de negocio de 1,3 millones

50 Years Old, 50 Years Young – euromic celebrates a half-century of service and quality delivery to the incentives, meetings and events industry

IBTM World set for a more successful show than 2019 with a total of 60,000 pre-scheduled meetings are confirmed to take place over the three-day event.

The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) has appointed Annette Gregg, CMM, MBA, as its new CEO, serving both SITE and SITE Foundation

This year, the honorary award of the German MICE industry, “the MICE Achievement Award, for outstanding achievements, life work or social commitment” goes to the owners and executives of the family owned agency VOK DAMS.

2nd annual International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Congress, scheduled for 12-15 November 2023, will bring the global association meetings industry together in Bangkok, Thailand

Over 700 exhibitors confirmed for ISE 2022 Barcelona

Madrid, the best congress destination in Europe 2021. For the fourth consecutive year, it wins in the Europe’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination category of the prestigious World Travel Awards.

IBTM World, part of RX (Reed Exhibitions), has won Best International Trade Show in the Exhibition News Awards for its 2019 event

CWT relaunches the newly designed, 12,000-property, Easy Meetings small meeting booking platform that gives organizers access to hotel meeting rooms and event spaces in more than 90 countries.

BTM Events has announced the first details of IBTM World Virtual which will take place online from 8 – 10 December 2020

Etihad Destination & Leisure Management and MCI Middle East, today announced a partnership agreement, to offer special rate MICE packages for programmes serviced by MCI in Abu Dhabi throughout 2021 and 2022

PCMA president and CEO Sherrif Karamat, CAE announced the appointment of Bruce MacMillan as Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. Bruce previously served the organization as the Chief Marketing Officer.

The World Education Congress (WEC) will be held from 3 to 6 November 2020, in order to adapt the travel protocol and the safety of the attendees as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

CWT Meetings & Events restructures its global operating model by designating division chiefs. The CWT global meetings and events division has announced the restructuring of its management team under the direction of Derek Sharp with the announcement of six new positions that will cope with the new operating model ofered to its customers. The structure will be composed by Kari Wendel, as vice president of strategic clients; Ian Cummings, will be commercial vice president; Saskia Gentil, as global vice president of sales and marketing; Nathan Brooks, will be global responsible for supplier management; Cristina Scott, is assigned global vice president of operations and Stuart Whatley, serves as director of product and technology strategy.

The spanish association of MC presents its awards in IBTM World. This will be the eighth edition of these consolidated biennial awards in which a total of 36 companies, who are all members of the association, will recognize and reward the merits of companies as well as individuals who have made important contributions to the MICE sector.

Agencies from 30 countries – the highest number ever – have applied for the 14th Best Event Awards – and are now waiting for the shortlist that will be determined by a preliminary online voting session and will be announced on 16 October

IBTM World, which takes place in Barcelona from 19-21 November 2019, has launched ‘Event Business Accelerator’, an investment and mentoring programme for young entrepreneurs. The programme will give people with an idea, product or service relevant to the events industry the opportunity to participate in an intensive mentoring programme, culminating in a live pitch for funding to a panel of potential investors at IBTM World.

Madrid awarded as the Best European MICE Destination in the World Travel Awards. David Noack Pérez, director of the Madrid Convention Bureau (MCB), received, on behalf of the Madrid City Council, this award at the gala held in the city of Funchal (Madeira). In addition to this award the Madrid Convention Bureau has just received from the US magazine Smart Meetings: the Smart Stars Award in the Best Convention Bureau International 2019 category.

SITE has announced that its Global Conference 2021 will take place in Dublin from 4-7 February 2021.