Russian study shows scale of job and wage cuts if lockdown continues
2 HRS AGO - Russia-based R&C Market Research Company has conducted a study into the impact of Covid-19 on Expand
2 HRS AGO - Russia-based R&C Market Research Company has conducted a study into the impact of Covid-19 on the Russian event industry. The results reveal potential losses to the sector of US$1.55bn if the industry can’t get up and running in 2020. The research was carried out jointly by the Russian Convention Bureau, the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs and the Union of Exhibition Developers, with the support of the Roscongress Fund. The research is the product of analysis of information in the public domain as well as of an opinion survey of 245 leading companies in the industry, including exhibition organisers and other events providers. The sample accounted for 12% of the total number of active market players. Russia’s event industry, together with tourism, was the first to suffer from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and companies, like in other countries, have been forced to cancel and postpone events. The study reviewed various scenarios of the industry’s further Collapse
NexTech AR acquires virtual events webcaster Jolokia
6 HRS AGO - US-based NexTech, the first publicly traded ‘pure-play’ AR company, has acquired virtual events Expand
6 HRS AGO - US-based NexTech, the first publicly traded ‘pure-play’ AR company, has acquired virtual events webcaster Jolokia.com. The new combination is set to roll out AR conferences. Jolokia’s customers include, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, Viacom, Polycom and its platform generated US$1m in SaaS revenue for 2019. The transaction was an all stock purchase with an initial payment to Jolokia shareholders of 1 million common shares of NexTech AR Solutions in restricted stock at a deemed price of US$1.00 per share. The terms included a 12-month earn out if the platform generates up to $4m. Pete Mastin, CEO of Jolokia commented: “With the integration of NexTech’s augmented reality holograms, our Inferno platform is well positioned as the most advanced event management and digital video learning platform in market today. Combining live broadcasting with interactive video, artificial intelligence and holograms, corporations are now able to rapidly deliver immersive, engaging learning Collapse
ICCA, AIPC and UFI release Good Practice Guide
1 DAY AGO - The International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC), the International Congress and Expand
1 DAY AGO - The International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC), the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) and the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) have announced the release of a global good practice guide for business events. The ‘Good Practice Guide: Addressing Covid-19 Requirements for Re-Opening Business Events’ was jointly produced by all three organisations. The guide identifies and promotes globally emerging standards, protocols, and good practices, as authorities around the world increasingly clear business events to run again, meaning organisers of conventions and exhibitions, as well as venue and centre operators need to put respective measures in place that create safe environments for participants. The third in a series of Covid-19 related guides, it is being shared with the associations’ respective memberships, in order to support their work to create conditions and safeguards in order to enable the safe re-opening of Collapse
COVID-19 and Event Cancellation
1 DAY AGO - From music concerts to sporting events and conferences, all organisations are facing the Expand
1 DAY AGO - From music concerts to sporting events and conferences, all organisations are facing the cancellation or postponement of events for the foreseeable future as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and hard lockdowns in place across the globe. Even once the lockdown is uplifted, events will not be business as usual for some time. The COVID-19...
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Oxford Business Group Launches Africa COVID-19 CEO Survey
2 DAYS AGO - A new CEO Survey on Africa carried out by the global research and advisory company Oxford Business Expand
2 DAYS AGO - A new CEO Survey on Africa carried out by the global research and advisory company Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with BASF looks in detail at how countries across the region are responding to Covid-19, which sectors of the economy have been most adversely affected and what form recovery is likely to take. OBG...
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Cvent reduces headcount by 10% worldwide
5 DAYS AGO - Event tech giant Cvent, has which has grown exponentially in recent years and which was acquired Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Event tech giant Cvent, has which has grown exponentially in recent years and which was acquired last year by Vista Equity Partners in a record US$1.65bn deal, has released the following statement, 22 May, announcing a major programme of lay-offs and furloughing of staff: “Furloughs and lay-offs have greatly impacted professionals across the meetings, events, and hospitality industries – industries that we directly support. “As the pandemic initially took hold, we aggressively pursued multiple expense reduction measures. Unfortunately, today we have had to follow others in taking the expense reduction of last resort, reducing our headcount and furloughing some employees, a decision we have not taken lightly. “While decisions are not yet final for our UK workforce, in total, 10% of our global workforce is impacted by this reduction in force. These Cventers were valued members of our team who made great contributions to the business, and we will miss them. They were more than Collapse
Austria ramps up for events after Minister steps down
5 DAYS AGO - The Austrian government has said it will allow cultural events for up to 100 spectators from 29 Expand
5 DAYS AGO - The Austrian government has said it will allow cultural events for up to 100 spectators from 29 May as the country continues emerging from its coronavirus lockdown. The number of spectators permitted will go up to 250 people from July 1, when cinemas will also be able to reopen. And, from 1 August, events for up to 1,000 people could be allowed if organisers present safety measures that meet government approval. The government in Vienna acted after coming under criticism for failing to present a plan for reopening cultural venues. Culture Minister Ulrike Lunacek, a member of the Green party and former Vice-President of the European parliament, had been forced to resign 15 May, after coming in for heavy criticism for what many in the sector said was the government’s insufficient support for venues and artists. The Salzburg Festival is scheduled to go ahead this August but in a reduced format. Austria has so far recorded 16,000 novel coronavirus cases with 628 Covid-19 related Collapse
What can the UK learn from other countries?
5 DAYS AGO - The International Viewpoint: what can the UK learn as countries begin to open up for international Expand
5 DAYS AGO - The International Viewpoint: what can the UK learn as countries begin to open up for international business? As part of Hire Space’s digital event series, Conference & Meetings World and Exhibition World editor Paul Colston was joined by two representatives who share insights into the current situation in both Germany and China. What the guidance is for the events sectors locally, how it impacts events happening now as well as those that are on the horizon, and any learnings the UK can take from this?
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Tourism Survival Survey
5 DAYS AGO - In support of the sector recovery plan which is being collaboratively developed between TBCSCA, Expand
5 DAYS AGO - In support of the sector recovery plan which is being collaboratively developed between TBCSCA, NDT and SAT, a Tourism Survival Survey has been launched. With scenarios for re-opening the sector having recently been shared, this survey is developed to understand the ability of tourism businesses to survive the gradual re-opening that is currently envisaged. The...
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HKCEC ready to welcome events back
3 HRS AGO - The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) has announced that it is ready to welcome Expand
3 HRS AGO - The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) has announced that it is ready to welcome events back to Hong Kong, following the city’s first exhibition since the Covid-19 pandemic. The 98th Hong Kong Wedding Fair, a three-day local consumer exhibition, was held successfully, 22-24 May. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Management Limited (HML), the private management company responsible for daily operation of the venue, put in place a series preventive measures designed to ensure a safe and hygienic environment for both exhibitors and attendees. HML’s Managing Director, Monica Lee-Müller, said: “HML is all set to welcome events back to the HKCEC. Health, safety and well-being of staff members and visitors have always been our top priority. The HML team has been working closely with organisiers to reschedule events impacted by the pandemic, and to implement necessary measures to address health and hygiene concerns. With the success of the Hong Kong Wedding Collapse
Grimaldi Forum readies its welcome back
7 HRS AGO - Some staff at The Grimaldi Forum (TGF) convention centre in Monaco have been back at work on the Expand
7 HRS AGO - Some staff at The Grimaldi Forum (TGF) convention centre in Monaco have been back at work on the venue site since 4 May and are starting to ready the venue for reopening for business when regulations permit. Teams have been mobilised to set up the necessary systems for organising events in strict compliance with current health requirements. TGF’s management says its event calendar is busy, starting from September, and its online ticket-office is now open again. Although necessary employees are on the site, remote working remains the rule until 18 June. Staff must comply with strict health and safety measures that are likely to foreshadow processes for future visitors. The list of measures is likely to be the kind of blueprint we could see across Europe at its major venues and includes the following: Temperature measurement on arrival Passage over a disinfectant mat The compulsory wearing of a mask in all shared parts of the building and during meetings. The distribution of washable Collapse
80 years of Messe Stuttgart
1 DAY AGO - Messe Stuttgart – an indispensable showcase for the economic strength of the state of Baden- Expand
1 DAY AGO - Messe Stuttgart – an indispensable showcase for the economic strength of the state of Baden- Württemberg – will turn 80 years old on 28 May 2020, although the staff will only celebrate be able to celebrate the anniversary virtually in their home offices. Messe Stuttgart is and has been an innovation platform for new developments from around the world and, notes CEO Roland Bleinroth, “for the recovery of the economy, the successful tradefair platforms created for many industries will be extremely valuable”. With a turnover of around €200m in the Group, 2020 was set to have been the most successful financial year ever, were it not for the pandemic. Messe Stuttgart President Stefan Lohnert is hopeful, however, events can resume in the autumn. The company has taken exception measures, introducing short-time working on 1 April and shelving planned new investments at the trade fairgrounds for the time being. But, says Lohnert, there are intense preparations for the restart. The Collapse
ICCA Announces Record Number of Association Meetings in 2019
2 DAYS AGO - ICCA’s 2019 statistics captured 13,254 rotating association meetings, the highest ever recorded Expand
2 DAYS AGO - ICCA’s 2019 statistics captured 13,254 rotating association meetings, the highest ever recorded annual figure in its yearly statistics, with an increase of 317 from last year’s record-breaking figures. Year on year, ICCA has seen a promising consistent growth pattern in the association meetings market. The ICCA Association Database now includes 21,000 regularly occurring meeting series, 260,000 meeting...
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Australian tourism chiefs’ pin funding hopes on Jobkeeper programme to help stricken sector
2 DAYS AGO - The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has welcomed suggestions the country’s tourism Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has welcomed suggestions the country’s tourism industry may benefit from unallocated funds from the Jobkeeper programme which would be redirected to the stricken industry. “Export tourism has been the hardest hit export industry this year. From the bushfires which saw our peak tourist season disappear, to the fact we will not see any international visitors before next summer, 2020 will be remembered as the year from hell for export tourism,” ATEC Managing Director Peter Shelley said 25 May. “Tourism is a huge part of Australia’s economy and export tourism has been one of our strongest growth industries over the past decade, delivering more than A$45bn (US29.36bn) in visitor spending last year – it’s an industry we can’t afford to lose.” Shelley said while domestic tourism would see some recovery in coming months, the inbound industry would continue to have little income well into next year, and even then at a greatly diminished Collapse
Ad astram: IMEX launches new virtual experience
5 DAYS AGO - IMEX CEO Carina Bauer talks to CMW about the Frankfurt show cancellation and beyond to the launch Expand
5 DAYS AGO - IMEX CEO Carina Bauer talks to CMW about the Frankfurt show cancellation and beyond to the launch on 6 May of PlanetIMEX. Was postponement of IMEX Frankfurt to another date possible? I assume the Messe and the GCB were supportive to the last? Firstly, Messe Frankfurt have been amazing partners to IMEX. First, in their rapid response as we began to look into the options available to us, as well as in the aftermath of cancellation. The availability of their top team, together with their willingness to help us on costs, has been above and beyond and we thank them for this. A part of this support was looking at alternative dates. The issue was that, in making a decision to postpone, the question is when do you postpone to a time that gives any certainty? We did not feel that postponing to June or July, from May, was sensible given the situation and we did not want to put the industry in a position of continually having to ‘wait and see’. Further out than July was not sensible due to the Collapse
Comair Confirms Options for Holders of unused Reservations
5 DAYS AGO - Comair and its business rescue practitioners have confirmed the options for customers, companies Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Comair and its business rescue practitioners have confirmed the options for customers, companies and travel agents or groups holding unused reservations. Persons who have purchased a kulula.com or British Airways (operated by Comair) flight ticket for a departure between 14 March and 31 October 2020 with a ticket number starting with 161, should complete and...
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ICC Sydney to host Stand Tall 2020 livestream
5 DAYS AGO - Stand Tall, an Austalian youth mental health charity, has announced that its 2020 event will be Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Stand Tall, an Austalian youth mental health charity, has announced that its 2020 event will be live-streamed to thousands of high school students across Australia from the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney). The event has been converted into a digital format so that it may still go ahead under Covid-19 restrictions. Stand Tall 2020 will bring together young musicians, athletes and inspirational speakers to share stories of hope, courage and resilience with the more than 20,000 students expected to watch the broadcast. This year’s line-up includes Sam Cawthorn, Michael Crossland, Emma Carey, Timomatic, Derek Rabelo, Anna Cocquerel and Tony Hoang, among others. The event aims to address the increasingly high incidences of mental health issues in young people and inspire attendees to change the course of their lives. More than half (55%) of secondary students say they don’t have any hope for the future, and some experts have warned that Covid-19 may have a potentially Collapse
Desert Island Discussions – Conversations with Brella Launches on PlanetIMEX
5 DAYS AGO - A quick hop and a jump onto PlanetIMEX’s latest Networking Island now offer visitors the chance to Expand
5 DAYS AGO - A quick hop and a jump onto PlanetIMEX’s latest Networking Island now offer visitors the chance to register for ‘Conversations with Brella’, a peer-to-peer networking platform based on self-selected discussion topics. Registration for Conversations with Brella, which is free of charge, is open to everyone in the business events industry. It provides an opportunity to enjoy...
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The AXICA/CMW Podcast, Episode 3: Berlin’s Sleeping Beauties
5 HRS AGO - Our roving Berlin Prince Charming, Mark Felstead moves out his AXICA comfort zone to deliver an Expand
5 HRS AGO - Our roving Berlin Prince Charming, Mark Felstead moves out his AXICA comfort zone to deliver an exclusive interview for CMW with Ivor Cummins, a leading bio chemical engineer and globally respected thought leader on Covid-19. He is also author of Eat Rich Live Long. This podcast is essential listening, especially for those over 40 and, in the course of the talk, Ivor Cummins reveals to Mark the most powerful thing you can do (right now) to reduce your chances of a severe coronavirus outcome or even death! Listeners will find out it’s a lot simpler than they may think. There is also discussion around insulin resistance and the best way to reduce the risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes and its many associated illnesses, including arteriosclerosis and CVD (Cardio Vascular Disease). Mark also relates how he found Ivor, what he learnt from his book and shares his own emotional journey of the last 18 months – and how he could have possibly avoided some of the severe bumps in that road. Collapse
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games bolsters local businesses
1 DAY AGO - The organisers of the UK’s Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have confirmed which local Expand
1 DAY AGO - The organisers of the UK’s Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have confirmed which local businesses it will be working with to deliver the event, as part of £300m (US$ 369m) worth of contracts. Businesses include full-service agency DRPG, which will deliver supporting events alongside TBA Group and Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces (OPUS). In what is a welcome boost for the region’s marketing and creative services sector, other West Midlands-based businesses include Rainbow Productions, which will manage mascot design and production, McCann Central will take care of design and creative services, and BMG Research will handle consumer insights and polling. Additionally, Gung Ho, Grayling and Pitch Marketing Group have been contracted for PR support, and Goodform hired for customer relationship management. The businesses contracted to help run the games have made commitments that include creating apprenticeship roles, up-skilling local people on creative disciplines, school outreach Collapse
INCON launches Covid-19 resource page
1 DAY AGO - Global PCO and AMC partnership INCON has created a COVID-19 resource page, providing tips and Expand
1 DAY AGO - Global PCO and AMC partnership INCON has created a COVID-19 resource page, providing tips and advice on creating online and virtual events and conferences. Ten of INCON’s Global Partners contributed their latest recommendations on how to create, manage and market events or conferences during Covid-19. Patrizia Buongiorno, INCON Co-Chair and VP at AIM Group International said: “We are delighted to come together to offer this resource and hope the expertise and guidance gives some relief and support to an industry in crisis.” The new page covers a broad range of topics, such as how to move a scientific congress online, how to forecast participation, how to create engaging virtual meetings and why digital marketing is so relevant. Other tips include how brand marketing has changed, what are the best technologies to market meetings, how to pivot content marketing and how to implement sanitary measures for events. A raft of articles can be consulted across a number of other themes, such Collapse
New STR data show China’s hotels on road to recovery
2 DAYS AGO - Latest figures from specialist hospitality industry analysts, STR shows some noticeable growth in Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Latest figures from specialist hospitality industry analysts, STR shows some noticeable growth in Chinese hotel RevPAR over past few weeks as the country starts to recover from the coronavirus outbreak. Regional cities have been coming back strongly in particular both in terms of RevPAR and occupancy. Zhengzhou’s hotel occupancy rates, according to STR, have gone from 25% to 60% in just six weeks. Of the larger tier one cities, Shenzhen is leading the way for recovery. STR says it is the midscale and economy class hotels driving the recovery. Despite the upturn in recent weeks, there is still a hefty 61.2% drop in RevPAR overall for the year to the end of April and occupancy down 52.1% when year-on-year figures for China hotel occupancy are compared, according to STR. When looking at April performance, the resort area of Sanya was the only market in China to post a positive year-over-year percentage change in ADR. General growth trends, easing of restrictions and the meeting of the Collapse
From face-to-face to virtual
5 DAYS AGO - Silke Hoersch on how to turn your event into a virtual experience. Just a few weeks ago, we were Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Silke Hoersch on how to turn your event into a virtual experience. Just a few weeks ago, we were feeling optimistic about holding Ungerboeck’s yearly APAC and EMEA Unite conferences in March. What happened next was out of our hands, with the Covid-19 pandemic. We did not want to give up on Unite, so we worked on a virtual conference concept that would still cover the great content we were eager to share with our customer community. We had one week to revamp the agenda and to elaborate the technical set-up. Our decision to make this a free event for our customers allowed us to increase our reach tremendously. So, how do you turn a multi-day conference, filled with educational sessions, presentations, product trials and networking opportunities, into an engaging virtual experience? 1) Online event format When moving a multi-day event online, you have to reconsider the duration and the content. People don’t have the same attention span in front of their screen. Consider delivering Collapse
SA Travel Bloggers Launch Platform in Aid of Local Tourism
5 DAYS AGO - South African travel writers, Di Brown aka The Roaming Giraffe and Ryan Enslin famed for My Lime Expand
5 DAYS AGO - South African travel writers, Di Brown aka The Roaming Giraffe and Ryan Enslin famed for My Lime Boots, have launched an innovative online platform called Virtual Bucket List.Guru, which seeks to contribute towards the medium to long term recovery of the South African domestic tourism industry. SA travel bloggers launch platform in aid of local...
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Engagement: found in translation and ‘transcreators’
5 DAYS AGO - By Alan White Face-to-face meetings and events already feel like a distant memory for many Expand
5 DAYS AGO - By Alan White Face-to-face meetings and events already feel like a distant memory for many businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But for international organisations that rely on engaging with clients, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders on a global scale, how can they effectively communicate when much of the world is in lockdown? Companies can, however, continue their operations and strengthen their relationships during these unusual times. Speaking the same language Video conferencing tools like Skype and Zoom have soared in popularity, with the latter platform seeing its number of daily users rise from 10m a day in December 2019, to 200m in March 2020. Such technology provides a great opportunity for businesses to carry out meetings, workshops or conferences virtually. But what happens when organisations need to communicate with an international audience? In these instances, companies can make use of multilingual remote interpreting platforms. These work by Collapse
MMGY launches global Travel Safety Barometer
5 DAYS AGO - Global marketing firm MMGY’s Travel Intelligence division has launched a sentiment tracking tool, Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Global marketing firm MMGY’s Travel Intelligence division has launched a sentiment tracking tool, Travel Safety Barometer, designed to monitor American travellers’ perceptions of how safe it is to engage in specific travel behaviours as the country embarks on its reopening and recovery efforts. The Barometer measures Americans’ perceptions of safety on a scale from 0 (Extremely unsafe) to 100 (Extremely safe). It is based on a nationally representative survey of all active travellers in the country that is conducted monthly using MMGY Global’s proprietary Travel Intentions Pulse database. Barometer metrics are published for both domestic and international travel, as well as category-specific metrics for transportation, lodging, cruising, dining and entertainment. “Travellers’ perceptions of safety are shaped by everything from the latest news headlines and personal experiences to social media. The Travel Safety Barometer will highlight how consumer perceptions of safety evolve as Collapse
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