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We are living in a time of unprecedented technology change. How will these changes affect association meetings and tradeshows? Will they remain a central form of education, networking and marketing? Will virtual meetings and other communication technologies replace the need for face-to-face events…
Read MoreAre your event formats and content legacy-driven? Disruptive? Innovative? Tech-focused? Personalised? The word in the meeting room is, it’s time to rethink our approach to association meetings. Here are 4 of the major trends the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ team expects to see making a mark on the association meetings…
Read MoreThe Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact. A panel of independent judges from the association world each years determines which meetings have proven impact to…
Read MoreJane Cunningham, Director of International Associations at BestCities, breaks down this year’s winning associations, trends, and the key to success for Incredible Impacts 2019. What are the key factors judges look for in a winning Incredible Impacts submission? We had 19 fantastic Incredible Impacts…
Read MoreMeet the faces behind ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½'s famous First Time Attendee programme! ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ places huge importance on giving First Time Attendees (FTAs) at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Congress a very warm welcome. Each year, just before the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Congress begins, new attendees are invited to join a specialised session that aims to prepare…
Read MoreLegacy has now gone far beyond an industry trend: the concept is quickly becoming the meeting industry’s guiding principle, an ethos, and a way of doing business. Previously deemed unquantifiable, destinations across the world are gearing up to shout the untold impacts of meetings on their local…
Read MoreThe final results of the first-ever worldwide study on the economic significance of face-to-face business events were issued on 12 November 2018 by the Events Industry Council (EIC), who commissioned the research. The Global Economic Significance of Business Events was conducted by Oxford Economics…
Read MoreThe monetary value of information presented at this year’s European Congress of Radiology, in Vienna, amounted to €813m, according to a groundbreaking new report. Calculated by adding up the professional time spent compiling, and the research funding associated with, the content of 3,331 papers…
Read MoreSustainability takes on many forms, and not all are environmental! The Global Destination Sustainability Index, an initiative supported by major meetings industry organisations such as ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, IMEX Group and MCI Group, aims to promote the sustainable growth of international meeting destinations…
Read MoreIn July, Lviv Convention Bureau organised a workshop for the representatives of the meetings industry on how to win an international conference. The key topics covered by speakers from Istanbul/Amsterdam, New York and Ternopil included: What is ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½; how associations work; and how to write a winning…
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