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ASM Global partners with Playeasy digital platform

ASM Global, has entered into a strategic partnership with Playeasy, a major digital network in the sporting event and sports tourism industry, with a deal designed to maximise sporting events bookings for ASM Global’s Convention Centers portfolio. The exclusive relationship will provide ASM Global direct access to more than 600 sports event operators in over 100 types of sports and activities. Alo...

Business Events Adelaide celebrates 20 years of Destination SA with hosted programme

Destination SA, the annual business events showcase organised by Business Events Adelaide, in Australia, is celebrating its 20th year in 2024. From 18 March, 39 top business event decision makers and industry media will join a fully hosted programme demonstrating the very best of South Australian ingenuity and hospitality. Guests will enjoy activities including hotel site visits, tours of Adelaide...

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...

Amora Hotels & Resorts unveils five-star property in Brisbane following $20m transformation

Brisbane, Australia, has welcomed a newly transformed five-star hotel, following a US$20m refurbishment of the property in the CBD. Amora Brisbane is a 296-key hotel and debuts in a city that says it has a packed programme of global events in its MICE calendar for the year – and in the years to come. This US$$20m transformation is the latest property opening by Thai-owned Amora Group, following th...

Destination DC hosts inaugural Sustainability Summit

Destination DC (DDC), the official destination marketing organisation for US capital Washington, DC, held the inaugural Sustainability Summit, 13 March, an event highlighting the power of federal and local partnerships. The collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and the local hospitality community was designed to explore avenue...

Zadro Agency wins pitch to secure IAPCO advocacy project

Sydney-based Zadro Agency has won a global competitive pitch to lead on the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO)’s advocacy campaign. IAPCO provides the only international accreditation for professional conference organisers and has members in 45 countries. Felicity Zadro, founder and managing director, Zadro Agency, attended the 54th IAPCO Annual Meeting and Gener...

ASM Global appointed to manage KAFD Conference Centre in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Financial District Development Management Company (KAFD DMC) and global venue management company ASM Global have signed a deal for ASM Global to manage the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Conference Centre in Riyadh. The Conference Centre is designed by the American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and ins...

Web Summit’s debut in MENA sets records

The world’s largest tech event’s debut in the Middle East and Africa, Web Summit Qatar 2024, ended on a high note at the end of February with a huge turnout from international tech giants, startups, industry experts and tech enthusiasts from all over the world. The event, held at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, set several feats and records. Over four days the summit hosted 15,453 attendees...

Aussie tech company streamlines high-level security protocols for ASEAN-Australia Summit

Australian tech company EventsAir provided the highest level of accreditation and access control to assist streamlining security at the recent ASEAN-Australia Summit in Melbourne for the 12 heads of state and the thousands of support staff and participants of the three-day meeting, 4-6 March. Prime minister Anthony Albanese’s hosting of leaders from Lao PDR, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia,...

Oman CEC deal with TotalEnergies set to generate all centre’s electricity from solar rooftop

The Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies Renewables Distributed Generation Middle East & Africa (DG MEA), a wholly owned affiliate of TotalEnergies, to develop a rooftop solar photovoltaic project able to produce over 7,000 megawatts-hours (MWh). Venue management hopes the collaboration will make OCEC Oman’s premier green venue. The 4.6 megawa...

Auckland wins World Dairy Summit

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland will host the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit in 2026. The conference is anticipated to attract over 1,000 industry leaders and scientific experts to the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC). The summit is the flagship event for the 120-year-old Federation, which spans 40 member countries, representing over 75% of the world’s milk p...