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

Smart Meetings

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. Authentic encounters, sustainability and premium travel are growing trends. Conferences?

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The Meetings Show to reunite the sector

Event Industry News

Korea Tourism Organisation, VisitDenmark and Gibraltar Tourist Board are just a handful of the international destinations ready to help planners find the perfect location for their next meeting or event while a large number of UK destinations, including Conference Leeds, Meet Leicester and London Convention Bureau will be doing the same.

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Calling for a Regenerative Business Events Industry

PCMA Convene

The world has the tools and knowhow required to limit warming and secure a liveable future, but it is time to act, said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee, a professor who researches the economics of climate change, energy, and sustainable development at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment in Seoul. “We A World on Fire’.

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The City That Had It Going in 2018

PCMA Convene

He chose the destination as the host for his event — which brings thought leaders from all corners of the globe together to discuss topics like AI, fintech, and sustainability — because it was the “perfect place” to create and strengthen partnerships between government and business. “It Nothing is impossible,” said Sng. “I

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

PCMA Convene

Last September, when more than 9,000 beekeepers, researchers, and honey traders descended on Daejeon, South Korea, for Apimondia 2015, the 44th International Apicultural Congress, two groups of outsiders — a few dozen people in all — were among them. Illustration by Daniel Chang. You have to eat the elephant in small bites.

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Inside the Largest Conservation Conference in the World

PCMA Convene

For example, Korea was an excellent host [for WCC 2012], and we felt very welcome. But they learned a lot more about IUCN and the fact that this was the World Conservation Congress, not the Korea congress that IUCN helped them put together. Or sustainable agriculture there? But in practice, it’s anything but.

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Conferences that Work

They are built for onboarding, not for long-term growth, which means that they lead with cool features, not with promises of sustainability. Time will tell if subscribers are willing to pay for individual articles in sufficient quantities to sustain the service. And that means that they are built to generate value for their founders.