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GDS-Movement and Tripadvisor identify sustainable destinations

Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement) and Tripadvisor have partnered to recognise and promote sustainable travel destinations to consumers through Tripadvisor´s Travellers’ Choice ‘Best of the Best’’ Destinations Awards. The GDS-Movement and Tripadvisor have launched a new subcategory for 2024, ‘Best Sustainable Destinations’, combining review data on social, economic, an...

SkyTeam Global Meetings reveals January’s top destinations

SkyTeam, a global airline alliance, has announced that its data for January can reveal January’s top MICE destinations. One offering, Global Meetings, is designed to cover MICE events in North and Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Greater China, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. According to SkyTeam, data from Global Meetings demonstrates the most popular MICE destinations for 2024 thus far. T...

Everything PCMA announced during convening leaders 2024

PCMA Convening Leaders took place in San Diego, California, 7-10 January. At the event, PCMA and CEMA president and CEO Sherrif Karamat, CAE highlighted the global business events industry’s growth and transformation during his business keynote. “By 2025, PCMA plans to connect with over 10,000 business event professionals at live events on four continents, with a global community exceeding 35,000 ...

AI focused research highlights need to upskill

A comprehensive white paper authored by The Hague & Partners Convention Bureau and Ottawa Tourism has been released, highlighting the accelerating integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the global association conference and event sector. It underscores the need for widespread upskilling in the use of the technology and a need to understand the ethical implications of its use. The resea...

ICCA and Destination Canada survey explores sustainability best practices

At a joint webinar on 18 January, ICCA and Destination Canada presented a survey on the integration of sustainability into business events. The survey explored how associations and their event partners are engaging with sustainability, highlighting the integral role sustainability plays in the issuing and actioning of Request For Proposals (RFPs). The live webinar featured: Virginie de Visscher – ...

International airfares lose altitude as capacity and competition take off

New data from Flight Centre’s flagship corporate divisions, FCM Travel and Corporate Traveller, has revealed new data about the average international outbound Economy airfares across all carriers in 2023. Fares universally decreased 12.9% in the second half of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, equating to an average saving of $280 per ticket. Flight Centre Corporate reported that all cabi...

hubli partners with BeCause to power sustainable meetings

BeCause, a technology focused on data, has announced a partnership with the online MICE venue booking platform hubli. This partnership will allow hubli to provide better visibility on a listed hotel’s environmental footprint, allowing users to book options that comply with their environmental, social, and governance policies. With the BeCause sustainability API, hubli will be able to collect...

Net Zero Carbon Events publishes best practice guide

Net Zero Carbon Events (NZCE) has officially published seven documents that provide “actionable insights and strategies” to help organisations reach net zero. The documents, produced by dedicated action area workstream teams, were launched at ExCeL London on 11 December 2023. They cover priority areas identified by the roadmap published a year ago, including – venue energy; smart production and wa...

Marriott International introduces neuroinclusive practices at events

Marriott International has announced its commitment to incorporate neuroinclusive practices at Marriott-hosted customer events of 250 people or more globally. This commitment is a result of joining forces with The Neu Project, an initiative from Google’s Experience Institute (Xi) to educate event professionals on the design of more neuroinclusive experiences through a guide and checklist. The part...

Association Impact Masterclass launches

The Association Impact Masterclass was launched 30 November: an initiative designed to improve the effectiveness of association partnerships. The inaugural class, supported by BESarawak and co-created by ICCA, Meet4Impact, and GainingEdge, will take place 25 – 27 April 2024 in Kuching, Sarawak. The programme will align with the ICCASkills certification programme, with participants receiving the Ce...

IBTM World Trends Report 2024 launches, ‘addressing the biggest problems of our time’

IBTM World, has opened its 2023 edition with the launch of its World Trends Report 2024. The annual report addresses some of the biggest macro-economic, political, ecological, and next-generation technological issues affecting the meetings and events industry in 2024. Authored and presented by Alistair Turner, managing director of Eight PR & Marketing, on the IBTM Main Stage on days one and th...

White paper shows concern at ethics of event organisers using AI

A white paper authored by The Hague & Partners Convention Bureau and Ottawa Tourism will be released in December and will explore the ethical implications of AI usage across the global association event industry. The white paper will also show that 63% of association respondents think governments should legislate on the use of AI in event organising. However, 65% also think those same governme...