Thinking of holding an event in China? It certainly makes sense commercially, but isn’t it a little – well – daunting? Deanna Holmes speaks to Robin Lokerman, CEO of the institutional division of MCI; and Philippe Fournier, managing director of the company’s Paris office, about their experiences of event organising in Shanghai. MCI is a world-leading global association, communications and event management group. Read >
With memories of summer holidays fading fast, a little bribery, sorry, incentivising, can go a long way, when your aim is to entice busy professionals away from their often frantic working environment. As such, a trip to a European island destination might be just the ticket. Read >
Superlatives seem inadequate when discussing Dubai, so a new one has been introduced: ‘wower.’ Having only just got our heads around The Palm and The World developments plus the concept of Dubailand, the most recent announcement is the £15.4 billion (wow, wow, wower…) Bawadi project, featuring 31 hotels and 29,200 rooms, which will be located within Dubailand itself. Read >
IMEX, the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry exhibition, will deliver more exhibitors and more buyers when it opens its doors in just a few days time in Frankfurt, predict the show’s organisers. Some 3,400 hosted buyers are forecast within an overall visitor number of 7,500 as well as more than 3,000 exhibitors. Read >
The mantra ‘work hard, play hard’ could have been invented with Las Vegas in mind. There aren’t many places that combine first class exhibition and event facilities with equally impressive resort facilities, irrepressible glamour, world-class entertainment and outdoor recreation, all year-round. Read >
With memories of summer holidays fading fast, a little bribery, sorry, incentivising, can go a long way, when your aim is to entice busy professionals away from their often frantic working environment. As such, a trip to a European island destination might be just the ticket. 
Superlatives seem inadequate when discussing Dubai, so a new one has been introduced: ‘wower.’ Having only just got our heads around The Palm and The World developments plus the concept of Dubailand, the most recent announcement is the £15.4 billion (wow, wow, wower…) Bawadi project, featuring 31 hotels and 29,200 rooms, which will be located within Dubailand itself. 
IMEX, the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry exhibition, will deliver more exhibitors and more buyers when it opens its doors in just a few days time in Frankfurt, predict the show’s organisers. Some 3,400 hosted buyers are forecast within an overall visitor number of 7,500 as well as more than 3,000 exhibitors. 
Even hard-bitten, stressed-out delegates cannot fail to warm to the Irish ‘craic’.
The mantra ‘work hard, play hard’ could have been invented with Las Vegas in mind. There aren’t many places that combine first class exhibition and event facilities with equally impressive resort facilities, irrepressible glamour, world-class entertainment and outdoor recreation, all year-round. 
