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Book a Spy at Your Next Event—Yes, You Read Right

Smart Meetings

The skills and lessons learned by these experts in intelligence can be fascinating—and useful in the nonespionage world—and now many of these specialists from the CIA, FBI, KGB and Mossad are for hire for your next meeting or training session for keynotes, corporate training and team development.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

Event Industry News

CWT Meetings & Events, a division of global travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), today unveiled its predictions for the top ten cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in M&E. Moscow, Russia (6/-). 2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). Barcelona, Spain (5/2).

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Arabian Travel Market Swears by Live Events, But Won’t Give Up on Virtual Yet

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The winner will also get an opportunity to compete for an additional $500,000 of investment as part of the television show — Meet the Drapers. Even at ATM, we still have health and safety measures across the venue, we adhere to the rules of the government. While we’re still in Covid, we’ve reached an endemic stage.

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#EventProfs to discuss collaborations at Baltic-Nordic Event Forum

Event Industry News

The Strategy also welcomes cooperation with EU neighbouring countries (Russia and Norway). The goal of the strategy was to strengthen cooperation between the countries in order to meet common challenges, and to benefit from the common opportunities facing the region.

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Science and Art Meet in Heidelberg

PCMA Convene

I joined a group of nine hosted buyers — eight from the United States and one from Russia — all on their way to IMEX 2017 the following week, on a two-day fam hosted by the German Convention Bureau. It’s hard to imagine a more romantic setting for a meeting than the red-sandstone Stadthalle convention center, our next stop.

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16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast

PCMA Convene

And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. What is one trend that meeting planners should be keeping an eye on in 2017 and beyond? The United States will continue to outperform the global exhibitions market. Airfares will be up 2.5 percent worldwide. EXHIBITIONS. and France.

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Australian events technology showcased at APEC

Event Industry News

Leading Australian events software platform, EventsAIR, was chosen to undertake the mammoth task of keeping track of more than 30,000 delegates, officials and observers at this month’s APEC meeting held in Papua New Guinea. That involved linking 28 access control points located in seven separate venues.