Videos
Video: CMW speaks to Russia’s National Convention Bureau Director
Alexey Kalachev, Director of Russia’s National Convention Bureau, speaks to CMW editor Paul Colston at IBTM in Barcelona about e-visas, ‘info passports’, Kamchatka, Sochi and much more.
EMEC 2019 wins Best Conference Award
MPI's European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC) 2019 has been awarded the Best Conference Award by Best Events Award (BEA) World.
Meetings Mean Business Canada showcases Canadian business events
Meetings Mean Business Canada, a group which advocates for the meetings industry in Canada, has released its latest video, highlighting the importance of meetings business.
UK hotel conference breaks record for attendance
Questex’s Annual Hotel Conference (AHC) took place from 9-10 October, with a record-breaking attendance.
Emirates unveils passport-free facial recognition flying at GITEX
Emirates airline demonstrated new technology at GITEX 2019 that will allow customers to fly with no passport, no boarding pass, and no fingerprints.
Video: Luxury Carribean resort opens conference centre
The luxury Caribbean Resort of Casa De Campo in the Dominican Republic has announced the opening of a new event space, ‘Marina Riverside Centre’, in November 2019.
Inside the Dubai Exhibition Centre, host venue of Expo 2020
The team behind the in-construction Dubai Exhibition Centre has released a ‘fly-through’ video of the venue, ahead of its opening on 20 October 2020.
Vancouver Convention Centre celebrates 10th anniversary
Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) is marking the 10th anniversary since it opened the doors to its West building; 5,561 events later, the facility has become an icon for the city. The addition of the West building tripled the facility’s capacity, with the Convention Centre welcoming over nine million guests from around the world and generating over CAD$2.4bn (US$1.8bn) in direct spending for Briti...
Belfast launches its largest ever dedicated business tourism campaign
Belfast’s official tourism marketing agency, Visit Belfast, has launched a brand new marketing campaign designed to rapidly accelerate the volume of inbound business conferences and events taking place in the city. Emphasising the importance of business tourism to Belfast and Northern Ireland, and developed by Visit Belfast with 13 major partners from the city’s thriving tourism industry – Belfast...
Faroe Islands to close for weekend of ‘maintenance’
If you were thinking of taking a meeting or incentive to the tiny Nordic nation of Faroe Islands in April, then think again, as the country is set on restricting tourism for one weekend because, according to visitfaroeislands.com, “The Faroese people are keen to keep their green islands unspoiled”. The 18-island archipelago in the North Atlantic, halfway between Iceland and Norway, welcomes around...