Europe

Radisson Hotel Group to offer new ‘unbounded’ meeting vision with AI-powered Dream Machine

Radisson Hotel Group has unveiled a new value proposition Radisson Meetings Unbound and its AI-powered Radisson Meetings Dream Machine. Using a customised generative AI tool, the Radisson Meetings Dream Machine enables event professionals to go beyond the conventional boundaries, from conceptualisation to visualisation, using the platform to create visually stunning representations of their of dre...

Amsterdam and New York most visited cities for European business travellers, says new BCD report

Amsterdam and New York are the most visited cities for European business travellers. According to BCD Travel’s Cities & Trends Europe 2023 edition, The most popular countries are Germany and the United States. The report is based on BCD flight and car rental data in 2023 in a range of European markets. Top 10 business travel cities Overall, business travel spend in Europe in 2023 has recovered...

VOK DAMS Digitalisation Index: How digital is your event marketing?

International event and live marketing agency VOK DAMS is offering companies worldwide he opportunity to assess their current digital maturity in event marketing for free via the agency’s own Digitalisation Index. The Index uses defined dimensions to determine to what extent a company has progressed in the digitalisation of event marketing. Companies receive an objective overview of their current ...

How to shake it up on stage for maximum effect

Paul Colston talks to international broadcaster, presenter, events host and MC, Paul Coia, who imparts a wealth of stories, experience and tips for public speaking.   How did you first get involved in the corporate events world? Was it a natural step from your TV and radio work and how are those skills transferable? I was presenting the Holiday Show on BBC1 in the UK and Thomas Cook asked if ...

On International Women’s Day, Lyn Lewis-Smith discusses women in leadership

The CEO of BESydney, Lyn Lewis-Smith, talks to CMW about the recent report commissioned by the bureau, jointly with the PCMA Foundation and released at Convening Leaders 2024 in San Diego, Advancing Women in Business Events: What was the objective of producing this research and what were its findings? There has always been a focus on women in leadership. I’ve been a huge advocate of enabling...

MacroArt rolls in to rebrand with Moss

Following its acquisition last year by US-based Moss Inc, a private equity-backed, global provider of experiential marketing solutions for events, UK branded environment specialist MacroArt is transitioning to the Moss name. Aligning with the other global businesses within Moss group, which has additional offices in Germany and the UK, the companies say the change is a strategic positioning that p...

borabora studios appoints Luis Uribe partner and design director

Cologne-based borabora studios, which specialises in creating immersive experiences and games for retail, events and permanent installations, has appointed Luis Uribe (pictured) as partner and design director. Uribe is a former art director at demodern and will be based out of Cologne and work across a client base including Samsung, Montblanc and BMW. Florian Woegerer, Founder, borabora studios, s...

New director of conventions appointed at Rotterdam Ahoy

Karin Segers (pictured) will join the Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre team as director of conventions, starting 1 May. She will be following in the footsteps of Mirjam van de Kamp, who will be departing 1 July for a personal adventure.  Segers is currently the segment leader for MICE at 35 NH hotels in The Netherlands. In her new role, she will be responsible for further establishing brand awaren...

Singapore Tourism Board launches new campaign

Singapore Tourism Board has launched a new campaign, Unreal. Made In Singapore, in the UK to show visitors how ordinary experiences can be made extraordinary in Singapore. The campaign follows new research commissioned by STB revealing 93% of Brits cannot tell the difference between real and AI-generated imagery of the destination. Additional findings of the research carried out by Markettiers bet...

UK business events industry reacts to hike in Air Passenger Duty

Business travel industry associations in the UK have reacted to the government’s decision to increase Air Passenger Duty. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a hike in the tax paid for those on “non-economy flights”, such as business class and first class as part of his 2024 Budget. “I will make a one-off adjustment to rates of Air Passenger Duty (APD) on non-economy flights only to account...

IMF-World Bank Summit: How tech can transcend language barriers at a global event

Chris Demeulemeester, international sales manager at EMG focuses on the technology needed to provide seamless communication in high-stakes event planning environments, especially when in a multilingual conference:  At last October’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Summit in Marrakech organisers needed to create a tailored venue from the ground up. This involved the orchestration o...

ECR gathers 25,000 in Vienna with focus firmly on AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was front and centre at the European Radiology Congress (ECR) at the Austria Center Vienna, 28 February-3 March. The latest technologies were presented under the motto ‘Next generation radiology’ and, once again, the ECR proved it was one of the largest scientific congresses in Europe, with around 25,000 participants attending. In a plenary lecture entitled ‘Radiology,...