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How to Host a Brava Meeting in Italy

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6 tips for a smooth European event from an international DMC expert If it seems to you everyone is taking their incentive meeting to Europe this year, you are not alone. News & World Report highlighted the most popular European cities for 2023 and three of the top 10 were in Italy.

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What is Stopping International Attendees from Returning to U.S. Conferences?

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As that eases, it could not only help increase the ability to bring attendees to conferences from China, but other countries as well as Chinese visitors have been rerouting through neighboring destinations to get to their California events. Conferences? appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

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tops the 2021 country rankings, with the UK, France, Germany and Italy rounding out the top five list. We see intellectual capital engagement as a key to success for a meetings destination. The first edition of the report focused only on board members of international associations organizing meetings with 500 attendees or more.

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Meet in Europe

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Let’s look at the meetings scene in each of these Euro Destinations. Planners hosting in Mannheim have access to numerous hotels with roughly 9,000 beds across the city—the majority of which have space to meet. Read More: Non-stop London Events: All Roads Lead to ExCel And attendees can meet in elegance in London.

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Buenos Aires Delivers a Fresh Pitch to Revive Its Once-Dominant Meetings Market

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Buenos Aires is gearing up to reclaim its position as a top destination for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions – the MICE market – in South America. About 2,500 people signed up, including 81 international buyers, of which half set up meetings with Visit BA. Buenos Aires might also be getting a hand soon.

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JW Marriott’s Scented Supper Made Meeting Memories

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The idea for a multisensory event came about in 2021 at an Incentive Research Foundation conference when JW Marriott and Jo Malone London were both exhibiting and the fragrance gifting company really drew a crowd to test the base and finished products, said Amanda Cox, director of sales and marketing with JW Marriott Marco Island. “We

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Prescribing a Hub-and-Spoke Approach

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Re-Think MS, a multi-hub, one-day medical conference organized by AIM Group International, was broadcast from a main studio to 13 sites across Italy. The joint event was simulcast in the morning from Rome and projected on big screens at the 13 hotels hosting the event throughout Italy. Courtesy of AIM Group International).