Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Five or 10 years ago, the term “cannabis tourism” was virtually nonexistent. Few know that better than Michael Gordon, owner of Seattle-based travel company Kush Tourism. But after seeing how places like Amsterdam weren’t exactly keen on providing cannabis access to tourists, he saw a gap in the tourism industry. “I Up in Smoke.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Phil Cross , head of sales, Barcelona International Convention Centre. EDUCATION I studied business, leisure, and tourism at the [U.K.’s] WHAT I DO NOW My current role is head of sales at an international venue in Barcelona — the CCIB. Phil Cross. s] GNVQ [General National Vocational Qualification] level.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ll Always Have Paris…Until Beijing Takes Over A new study from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) shows Paris is the world’s most powerful “city destination” with almost $36 billion USD in 2022 in terms of direct GDP contribution to the city, but it also reveals that Paris will cede its place to up-and-coming Beijing by 2032.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 30, 2019

I wanted to show that this was not really about the Edinburgh festival, but was about the global impact of tourism and of course the role of events within that mega industry. Slides 10 and 11 are from Barcelona. And here’s an article about the impact of tourism on Barcelona. The example of PCMA Convening Leaders.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 19, 2024

With support from nearly 30 national tourism offices and convention bureaus throughout Europe, the new Climate Tech Summit will happen alongside PCMA’s Convening EMEA conference in Barcelona but deliver sessions online for U.S.-based based planners.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IBTM World 2021 is taking place from 30 November to 2 December at Fira Barcelona. We’re very much looking forward to being on the show floor in Barcelona feeling the buzz of business meetings and networking taking place again.”.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

After successfully launching the initiative, #bringchangewithME, at IMEX America 2019, Pacific World expanded the conversation about global issues at IBTM World 2019 in Barcelona this month. The initiative takes a hands-on, bottom-up approach to address key global issues at specific destinations around the world.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The survey findings will be unveiled at IBTM World, taking place from 28 th to 30 th November 2023 in Barcelona. David Boyce, Head of Emerging Markets and Business Tourism, Meet in Ireland, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting The Business of Events’ Global Destination Report in 2023.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With less than a week to go until IBTM World, which will take place at Fira Barcelona from 29 November to 1 December, the organisers have reported that visitor registration and pre-scheduled appointment numbers have surpassed 2019, reflecting a solid return to global business for the industry. .

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SmartMeetings

JULY 26, 2017

Photo credit: Korea Tourism Organization Darmstadtium Location: Darmstadt, Germany Size: 60,000 sq. Photo credit: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center Fira Barcelona Gran Via Location: Barcelona, Spain. Photo credit: Fira Barcelona Milano Congressi Location: Milano, Italy. Size: 2,583,338 sq.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

IBTM World 2023 , which returns to Fira, Barcelona from November 28 to 30 has announced Julius Solaris and Christine Renaud as its final keynote speakers, bringing innovation to the fore of its dynamic conference programme. This will be followed by a comprehensive round table discussion focusing on the future of event tourism.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

Noble was president and CEO at Galena Country Tourism in Illinois. Before working with Galena Country Tourism, Noble worked as an art fair coordinator for DubuqueFest in Iowa. She has also worked at Royal Palm South Beach Miami as associate director of sales and Mondrian South Beach Miami as international sales manager.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 6, 2019

The Business of Events Global Policy & Practice Forum, created in partnership with IBTM, The Barcelona Convention Bureau and PCMA, will take place on the 18 th November 2019, ahead of IBTM World, at the newly opened Hotel Seventy in Barcelona.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 13, 2019

This year’s programme will focus on opportunities surrounding the government’s recently announced Tourism Sector Deal and Business Events Action Plan. This is an excellent opportunity for us all to start talking about the new Tourism Sector Deal and the International Business Events Action Plan and what it means for the sector.

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Gallus Events

MAY 10, 2017

I have covered the impact of tourism / events in Barcelona in previous posts. The more events we run, the more of an opportunity we have to make a positive impact in the locations we run our events, or at least to minimise the negative impact we may have. Understand the power of Live Video.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2023

He will draw on this expertise to identify, develop and execute sports tourism strategy in Baton Rouge. He will additionally retain his current position as Area Vice President Operations and will now oversee Mandarin Oriental hotels in Barcelona and Canouan as well as the opening of the Costa Navarino location.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

Pickpocketing is common in Europe , with the most frequent sites being Barcelona, Rome, Prague, Madrid and Paris. Check out this comprehensive guide on where to find mobile data in the most popular countries for tourism. Speaking of cards, consider purchasing a prepaid card for your trip abroad. Download a VPN App.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 18, 2022

It was unusual and yet right on trend: A potential client wanted to take their team to Barcelona for what would be the company’s first-ever retreat in its 16-year history. “I And rather than make an anticlimactic, slow return to the office, a team trip to Barcelona felt like the best way to celebrate the start of a new chapter.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 11, 2019

Again, these goals were achieved through strong local partnerships with area authorities, such as the Barcelona City Council, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council, and Fira Barcelona. On a larger scale, the carbon neutrality program aims to reduce the impact of business on the environment, including at the office.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

During the pandemic-driven drought of meetings & events, Las Vegas doubled down on winning tourism which recovered faster, and certainly saw success there. The World Travel & Tourism Council recently announced that Orlando was the largest U.S In fact, the city recorded 38.8 million visitors in 2022 (which is only 8.7%

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Eventscase Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I Agora of Sustainable Tourism GREEN & HUMAN – HOSTELTUR . This event, which actually uses Eventscase as its technology platform, will take place in Barcelona on October 5th at the World Trade Center. It was organised by the MICE Forum, which brings together several events associations in Spain.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

EventsCase was one of the exhibitors at the recently concluded IBTM World in Barcelona, Spain. The event, which ran from November 29 to December 1 at the Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue is the biggest trade exhibition in Europe for the business tourism, congress and incentives industry.

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Gallus Events

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In Barcelona the city struggles to cope with Europe’s largest tech event, Mobile World Congress, but even the socialist mayor was keen to persuade the event to stay. Across the globe the events industry as a whole, fails to address raised by their hosts. Here’s a detailed post on the impact this event is having on its host city.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

One meeting professional, William Thomson, founder of Gallus Events in Barcelona, organized Homeless Hackathon Glasgow last year, after reading statistics about homelessness in Glasgow, Scotland, his hometown. Meeting professionals have a lot to contribute toward finding innovative ways to address the problem, Thomson told Convene last year.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

IBTM’s much anticipated IBTM World Trends Watch report has been unveiled today to a global audience of meetings and events professionals at IBTM World in Barcelona. The report paints a picture of a changing world but one with myriad exciting opportunities for the meetings and events world to seize.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

“It happens everywhere, in hotels and airports, and we are uniquely positioned to say something if we see something,” Karamat said.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2022

De Oliveira has also held hotel management roles at seven other Ritz-Carlton properties, including Hotel Arts Barcelona, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong in China and The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago in Chile. A 17-year hospitality veteran, De Oliveira was previously general manager of St. Regis Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

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Gallus Events

JANUARY 16, 2022

Over tourism (and events has a major role to play in that) causes significant problems for popular destinations. A city like Barcelona is struggling to balance an almost insatiable demand from the events industry. Tourism is impacting the locals. Many other cities are feeling the strain.

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Gallus Events

JANUARY 21, 2020

It is about over-tourism. You will have no doubt read about the over-tourism concerns in many European cities and I have written on the impact of an ever growing number of tourists in Barcelona. These scenes are being played out, in many different guises, across the globe. It’s the story of too many AirBnBs in Tokyo.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Don’t Neglect AI In DMA West’ s first general session, “Your Introduction to AI for Tourism & Hospitality,” Brian Matson, senior director of strategy and education of full-service tourism marketing agency TwoSix Digital , began with a story about the discovery of the early internet’s ability to connect people.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation can have a big impact on a destination, helping spur tourism and economic development. Often, an increase in tourism and meetings is a byproduct effect. organizations that work with UNESCO. Why does this matter? cities, can have a similar effect. We are not making up the authenticity.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 8, 2019

But, in the case of homelessness, addressing the issue is “critical to the future of this industry and the sustainability of travel and tourism communities,” Joe D’Alessandro, president and CEO of San Francisco Travel, said Jan. Neither homelessness nor sex trafficking is easy to talk about. 8 at Convening Leaders. PCMA announced Jan.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Izquierdo has also worked in food and beverage at The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel in New York City, as well as The Peninsula New York, Hotel Arts Barcelona and The Ritz-Carlton London. Before this, she was the public relations manager for Sonoma County Tourism in Northern California.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

IBTM World November 28 - 30, 20223 – Barcelona, Spain Join 15,000-plus industry professionals at the leading global event for the meetings and events industry. With an expert panel of speakers and deep networking opportunities, attendees will hear from fellow tourism marketers and walk away with actionable takeaways.

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