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Scottish cities account for 24% of all major association meetings in the UK

Event Industry News

Scotland is bucking the trend with the number of major association events held in 2018 up 5% from 2017, despite the UK dropping two places in the latest ICCA Country and City Statistics report for total number of international association meetings.

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DCMS launches new £250,000 competition for conference venues

Event Industry News

The competition is part of the UK Government’s Tourism Sector Deal and allows conference centres across the UK to apply for funding to improve broadband infrastructure. Tourism Minister, Rebecca Pow, said: “We want the UK to attract the biggest and best international business events to help grow our economy and encourage trade and investment.

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BMA House – modern events with heritage

Event Industry News

BMA House has created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect the ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. BMA House places sustainability at the heart of everything they do, which has won them a Gold award in Green Tourism in 2017, just one of a few venues in London.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. Bern is the Swiss capital; hence, government business, association meetings, banking and consulting are the core business.

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And Then There Were 20

PCMA Convene

Winners received complimentary PCMA membership along with registration to both PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 this month and the 2018 PCMA Education Conference in June. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? The day I was told that I’d been selected to be part of PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties class of 2018.

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