Japan’s former capital Kyoto, which boasts more UNESCO world heritage sites than anywhere in the world, is working hard to attract international conference business. Vikki Carley speaks to Kyoto Convention Bureau’s international marketing manager James Kent.
1-2, 1-2, CMW tests the technology being installed at a selection of venues worldwide.
Venues face the eternal problem of knowing when to invest in in-house technology and when to let outside suppliers make the running in terms of offering clients the latest (and often expensive) cutting edge products.
Vikki Carley meets James Rees, director of conferences and events at Excel
Like many people working in the events industry, James Rees fell into it. He wanted to be a popstar when he left university and was determined he and his band could make the big time. However, after one failed single, the band went their separate ways and he took up a temping job assisting a conference organiser.
Sarah O’Donnell gets carnival fever in Latin America’s largest, and still strongest, economy.
For the next decade, Brazil’s carnival atmosphere will be tried and tested outside the confines of the big annual jamboree in Rio. Proud hosts of both the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics and Paralympics in 2016, a series of high profile events is set to raise the country’s international meetings industry standing and boost infrastructure investment.
In a drive to broaden its economic base, Gulf state Qatar is working hard to raise its profile as an international business and meetings destination. The country remains overshadowed by Abu Dhabi and Dubai in terms of volume of international business. However, Qatar’s high rating for visitor satisfaction, coupled with its soaring amount of available venue space and accommodation capacity makes it a rising star in the Gulf/Middle East international events industry.
Japan’s former capital Kyoto, which boasts more UNESCO world...
