by editors’ office, 1122

Radisson Hotel Bangkok Sathorn is set to unveil City Life Dining, an utterly chic and innovative dining concept designed for the three new restaurants opening at the hotel this October 2009. This campaign redefines the dining experience in Bangkok’s central business district. The Radisson Hotel Bangkok Sathorn is set to open on mid October 2009, and is part of the Radisson® Hotels & Resorts, the leading upscale, full-service brand of Carlson Hotels Worldwide.

by editorial office, ch

The hotel industry is growing, with several hundreds of new hotels being built and planned in Germany. There are no signs of a slump in hotel development. According to a recent analysis by tophotelprojects.com, 334 new hotels comprising a total of 60,453 rooms are currently being developed. Of these projects, most (almost 53% percent) are positioned in the first-class segment, with twelve percent ranging in the luxury segment.

Frankfurt, Germany, 28th May 2009 – IMEX 2009 closed today on a high note as Ray Bloom, IMEX Chairman, declared the show a remarkable demonstration of the determination and desire of the international meetings industry to overcome the challenge of the global economic downturn and shape a positive and reassuringly profitable future.

Well over 3,700 hosted buyers combined with more than 5,100 unique visitors attended the Messe Frankfurt show making a total of nearly 9,000 over the three days. Records were also broken by the number of countries represented – 157 – by the 3500 companies who exhibited at IMEX this year.

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New partners Lufthansa, NH Hoteles and Veranstaltungsplaner.de – expanded exhibition program; new stage featuring free trade presentations

“Business Travel Show”, Germany’s leading trade fair for business travel, will be taking place from September 30 to October 1, 2009, employing an optimized concept. Exhibition Organizer Centaur Exhibitions has now increased the show’s budget in order to expand its target audience and thus its reach.

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) today unveiled three strategic initiatives to boost awareness and confidence in Thailand as a dynamic business event destination.

The “Meetings More Memorable and Meetings Plus” campaign will target smaller groups of 25-50 delegates from longhaul markets by offering value added golf, spa, welcome receptions and cultural shows.

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), the apex body which manages the tourism industry in the Arabian Gulf emirate, has launched the third edition of its comprehensive Business Tourism Planners Guide – an expansive 192 publication which charts the growth of the destination’s meetings industry and its geographic expansion outside of the UAE capital city to Al Ain in its eastern province and its Al Gharbia western region.