Sarah Mayo, (pictured top) co-founder of newly launched POINT3 Wellbeing (a UK company that supports people and business with health and wellbeing programmes) speaks to CMW about POINT3 Wellbeing, while shedding light on health and wellbeing within the international business events sector. Stress management and positive mental health are increasingly on the agenda of companies that recognise the urgent need…
International Association of Conference Centres’ CEO Mark Cooper discusses some essential elements for measuring the meeting experience. Food and wellness-based trends can be fleeting by nature; however we’re seeing an unprecedented increase and they may be here to stay. In IACC’s recent Meeting Room of the Future report we found that 57% of venue operators said “experience creation”…
By Geoff Andrews, CEO of WorldHotels People have been telling stories for thousands of years, and still they have a powerful effect on people. But how does successful storytelling work in the hospitality world? In this Q&A session, WorldHotels CEO Geoff Andrews explains why storytelling is particularly important for independent hotels, and which hotels he…
Generating CAD$1.8m (US$137.5m) in tourism revenue for Montréal and Québec, the Palais des congrès de Montréal Convention & Exhibition Centre is set to host the international final of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO), 13-15 November 2020. Organised by Zone01, the event will draw 2,000 participants to Montréal. This international competition attracts students between the ages of seven and 25 from…
Ramy Salameh says Flanders’ recent hosting of the Associations World Congress will have impressed these influential meeting planners who experienced the region’s ease of access and depth of heritage first-hand. The new Flanders Meeting & Convention Centre Antwerp (FMCCA) played host to the Associations World Congress (AWC) in March, with some 500 association professionals stepping through…
Stephanie Ackland’s Morocco MICE tour takes us to Tangier The North African city of Tangier is enjoying a resurgence. Situated at the northern tip of Morocco and Africa, it lies 20 miles (32.1km) from Spain and is raising its business profile and MICE offering. Tangier is a melting pot of cultures, but with a firm…
Plans for the expansion of Copenhagen’s Bella Centre have been released and, if realised, operators claim it will then become Northern Europe’s largest congress hall. Allan L. Agerholm, CEO of BC Hospitality Group, which owns and operates the Bella Centre, said of the major new investment: “With the growing demand for international congresses in recent…
David Chalmers, senior marketing director, Europe, Cvent looks at how the industry can embrace the spirit of GDPR post the law now in effect. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now legal. There’s no going back, no Brexit-like revisions or potential U-turns. Whichever way you look at it, GDPR has and will continue to be a…
Melbourne CEC chief executive Peter King on the importance of embracing the customer journey. These days centres need to put a major effort into staying ahead of the competition by understanding who their customers are and what’s important to them. At the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) that has meant a specific initiative focusing…
CMW welcomes IACC CEO Mark Cooper who kicks off the first in a series of columns from the international venue association. There is plenty of nourishment in this inaugural article. Food and wellness-based trends throughout the globe can be fleeting by nature; however we’re seeing an unprecedented increase in them and they may be here…
