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Portugal: Festival plan to be presented to government

Event Industry News

The associations and promoters of shows will present, on the 13th, to the Government, proposals to make feasible the holding of festivals and music events in the context of covid-19.

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‘Red Light’ Demonstrations Unite an Events Industry in Need of Emergency Funding

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Events are stuck between a rock and a hard place: Many government assistance programs are set to expire, but events are nowhere near a real comeback. With recent protests in the US, the UK, and Portugal, the events industry is gaining momentum in the […].

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The Meetings Industry Association reacts to the government’s Step 4 delay

Event Industry News

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has reacted to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government’s move to Step 4 of its roadmap will be delayed until 19 July at the earliest. We fully appreciate that any delay continues to fuel that uncertainty and is potentially going to damage confidence even further.

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UFI Global Policy Leadership Series: Enabling Trade & Society

Event Industry News

As a global industry we must strengthen our ties with governments throughout the world to reinforce our critical role in rebuilding economies and societies, and to assure authorities, as well as customers, that we are a safe and effective manner of bolstering business, trade, and tourism.”. Click here to view the full discussion.

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Web Summit to license its conference software. First customer is the United Nations Development Programme

Event Industry News

Istanbul Innovation Days has established itself as a meeting place for edge-thinkers and doers with leaders from government, academia, the arts, politics, science, and technology. Web Summit will return to an in-person conference in November 2021, gathering 70,000+ attendees in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Winter is Coming: The Cause and Effect of the European Energy Crisis 

Management Events

Also, Spain and Portugal have put a price cap on the gas used for electricity. But I think the energy sector will evolve in terms of consumer behavior with guidance from governments and industries. The long-term solution for Europe is to diversify energy sources and look for alternatives.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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So he defaulted to another set of criteria: He looked for “a smallish place where government and the people in the city are pleased to see you,” and that was reasonably priced, where attendees could walk to the conference center. Why go from Portugal to North Carolina’s eighth-most-populous city? Hutton said. “No, No, there wasn’t.”.