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

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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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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

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Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

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Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. Shaffer has spent over two decades in tourism and hospitality sales. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Visit Greater Palm Springs welcomed Foster as director of Palm Springs tourism.

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A Collective Effort to Address Racism

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If executive buy-in is any indicator, the new Tourism Diversity Matters organization has a huge chance of making a difference in the travel and events industry. Tourism Diversity Matters, a new organization focused on fostering diversity and inclusion in the travel, tourism, and events industry, launched February 1.

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

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Responses were collected in a touching interview called, “ Five Questions About Race, Answered by Black Tourism Professionals.” It’s time for non-Black tourism colleagues to call out comments that are not appropriate, bring the right people to the table and make equality part of DMO core values and hiring practices. Tourism Richmond.

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Vienna launches €4 MILLION Meeting Fund

Event Industry News

The City of Vienna is providing the Vienna Tourist Board and its Vienna Convention Bureau with an additional €4 million to support national and international organisers of meetings held in the city, from 1 May 2021 to 31 December 2023, paving the way for the sector’s growth offering up to €60,000 of funding per event. What is subsidised?

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DCMS launches new £250,000 competition for conference venues

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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.