1 HR AGO - Copenhagen puts sustainability and digital development strong suits back on the events catwalk. In recent weeks, the Danish capital city’s convention bureau, DMO Wonderful Copenhagen, has pushed forward a number of campaigns to help kickstart tourism in the city. One of these is a multiple market meetings and incentives campaign on LinkedIn, with the key message that Copenhagen is ready to meet again and to host meetings and events in safe surroundings. The bureau is also working on a wider 2021 business tourism strategy for Copenhagen, together with more than 140 partners across the industry. The new strategy follows on from the 2017-2020 campaign, ‘Copenhagen means business’. The bureau says it will continue the effort in the field of sustainable development, and to pursue the goal of becoming the world’s first Co2 neutral capital by 2025. Developing digital solutions within the business events sector is another focus. Safe to visit The focus on creating a safe city environment is Collapse

18 HRS AGO - The UK’s leading event industry exhibition, International Confex, has announced its decision to secure new dates for the 2021 show which was due to take place at ExCeL in March. The post International Confex secures new dates with ExCeL London appeared first on CMW. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM has announced first details of hosted buyer and exhibitor sign-ups for its IBTM World Virtual 2020 event. Major exhibitors confirmed include Luxembourg Convention Bureau, Melbourne Convention Bureau, Latvia Convention Bureau, Visit Finland, Switzerland Convention and Incentive Bureau, Hungarian Convention Bureau, Arabella Hospitality Munich, Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Barceló Gestion Hotelera S.L., Hankyu Travel DMC Japan, San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara. Organisers say that almost a quarter of hosted buyers signed up to date are completely new to IBTM World. Buyers confirmed include representatives from associations including the European Society of Urology, the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), World Confederation for Physical Therapy, The International Ecotourism Society, International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, and Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The International Congress and Convention Association rallied its global network for the ICCA Congress Broadcast on 22 October. The online event came a month after the launch event for this year’s hybrid ICCA Congress and is part of a strategy of extending the life of the Congress. Recent weeks have been an opportunity for ICCA members to connect and reconnect, and be part of a huge knowledge exchange across a Storytelling week, a Crowd-sourced topic week and the Kaohsiung Protocol strategy week. ICCA, which has acknowledged it has not always been quick to move with the changing trends and requirements, has realised it has now had to be brave and take risks in the knowledge that the congress could not be business as usual. ICCA CEO, Senthil Gopinath, said: “This year’s ICCA Congress is a platform which showcases member engagement, adaptability, networking and more importantly the need to understand the future of the association meetings industry. The Congress is a perfect opportunity Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - The Virtual Events Institute and The World Indigenous Forum (WIF), the largest indigenous-focused conference and tradefair, have announced a strategic partnership to help deliver training and certification in virtual events to a cohort of indigenous business owners and marketing agencies globally. WIF links indigenous leaders, politicians and indigenous rights advocates together with local indigenous business owners and leading investors to create partnerships that promote, protect and/or preserve indigenous prosperity, autonomy and economic justice. The event will be running its annual conference virtually 18– 19 November. There are 476 million indigenous people across 90 nations globally, representing a major business community and trading partner. The WIF works to regenerate indigenous economies on the indigenous population’s terms. Speaking of the partnership, World Indigenous Forum, CEO Kevin Jackson said: “We exist to support indigenous business owners globally – and to connect Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - Singapore is introducing, this month, a pilot scheme of pre-event testing idesigned to identify the best model for implementing to enable large-scale events to resume safely. The island state’s minister for health Gan Kim Yong announced the plan, which will see event participants tested either at directly the event venue or at a separate testing facility. Only those who have tested negative will be allowed to attend the event. The health ministry said it would work with event organisers to keep the pre-testing process discreet, possibly carrying it out in a function room on the side of a wedding or business event. The test is valid for 24 hours, so multi testing would be required for multi-day attendance. Pre-event antigen rapid tests (ARTS) are expected to be piloted at Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW), 26-30 October. Such tests can return “fairly accurate” results within about half an hour, according to the health ministry. The tests are also more comfortable to endure, Collapse

6 DAYS AGO - Mash Media has been nominated in three categories in the UK’s 2020 Professional Publisher Awards. In what has been a turbulent year for most, the events industry has been hit disproportionately hard and Mash Media has not shied away from standing up to Government and to advocate for the sector to national and regional press. Mash Media in a nominee for Independent Publishing Company of the Year and Coronavirus Response while editorial director Martin Fullard is up for Editor of the Year. The awards will take place online, 18 November. View the full shortlist here. Commenting on the nominations, Mash Media managing director Julian Agostini said it was testament to the team’s genuine love of the events industry. “No one wanted to be in this situation, with an entire industry shut down,” he said. “At Mash, everything we do, we do for the love of the industry. Not everything is to everyone’s taste sometimes, but we live in an age where you have to innovate and think beyond Collapse

6 DAYS AGO - Hospitality, events and travel professionals across the UK and Europe have been invited to take part in two research projects ahead of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International’s HSMAI Europe Curate online conference, which will be taking place 3-4 November this year. The research focuses on both discrimination and diversity in the industry as well as the future of events; identifying current challenges and potential solutions faced by the industry. The two surveys which will shape the discussion and agenda during the virtual event can be accessed here: your vision on the future of events, and diversity as an employer of talent within the hotel, event and travel industry in collaboration with Google Europe. Breakout sessions, facilitated by a moderator, will focus on the top themes identified. HSMAI Europe Curate is a bi-annual event open to all HSMAI members. It aims to provide “an informal environment for the industry to discuss emerging trends, Collapse

7 DAYS AGO - Adding to its B. staycation and daycation series, Bvlgari Hotel London is to launch B.Business, an elevated workation that provides use of an expansive suite, the hotel’s pool and gym, and includes refreshments throughout the day and lunch. Designed for those who may no longer hold offices in London and day workers alike, B.Business offers guests the ability to work, meet, entertain and relax safely during the day in a secure setting. Available from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, B.Business includes: 12hr access to a private suite Day spa membership Day gym membership All day refreshments (water, coffees, tea) 2 course lunch including soft drinks After work aperitivo Rates are available upon request for: Junior suite, priced for one person; Deluxe Suite, priced for four people and for Bvlgari Suite, priced for six people. Ten percent of proceeds from each B.Business workation go to the Jenner Institute via the Bvlgari Virus Free Fund – a new corporate philanthropy fund from Collapse