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SpotMe to Join Forces with Swiss Post

SpotMe Blog

SpotMe is headquartered in Switzerland, with offices in the United States, Singapore and Bulgaria. The management team, the product and services lineup and all existing contracts remain unchanged. SpotMe announced today that Swiss Post has acquired a majority stake in the company.

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Omicron Event Cancellations Abroad, Travel Bans and Returning Resident Restrictions

Smart Meetings

Yet in just two weeks, the variant is known to have spread to 17 countries: South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, as well as Hong Kong and Reunion, a French island.

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How a Quick Switch to Hybrid Saved This Pharma Event in Vienna

PCMA Convene

Norbert Rau, founder of RauCon, said venues should be more flexible in contracts “so that the risk is shared. I think this would help … convince organizers to start booking again.”. The euroPLX 73 Vienna marketplace event — held Sept.

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California Continues to Attract Global Visitors

Smart Meetings

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. Martin Walter, managing director with Visit California Germany, Austria & Switzerland, said California was seen as role model for following rules.

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A powerful & purposeful business experience – IMEX America returns October 10 – 13

Event Industry News

Joining them are a host of major global destinations from across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East such as: Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bahamas, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey and New Zealand.?Ras?Al Al Khaimah is one of the destinations exhibiting at the show for the first time.

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Swiss Sustainability Forum to lead a sustainability agenda in Bern

The MICE

Bern’s positioning as a leader in the energy and environmental sector, and its easy accessibility within Switzerland and from neighbouring countries, make it the most suitable city to host the Swiss Sustainability Forum. For example, will speakers be able to travel to the conference, or what happens if they contract COVID?

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Confident planning strategies for the return of incentive travel 

The MICE

As COVID has not completely gone away, what is your contingency plan if one of your team members, an employee or a speaker contracts the virus? So in the contract, it has already mentioned these six guests from Ukraine and Russia and they cannot travel. You always need a backup. We negotiate exit windows with the suppliers.

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