This month Rezidor Hotel Group celebrated its 50th Anniversary having opened its first property back in the 60’s. Since then it’s continued to go from strength to strength. This year alone, Rezidor has opened 19 new hotels featuring 4,600 rooms and this month they opened nine hotels in just one week, paving the way for Rezidor to deliver another record breaking year of growth. Rezidor set a new company milestone this month, opening nine hotels in one week. These openings helped Rezidor achieve the landmark of having 300 hotels in operation across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Rezidor’s fast growing portfolio has reached a fantastic new height of 400+ hotels and 86,500 rooms in operation and under development in 62 countries.

For meetings industry professionals keen to extend their learning or who missed out on key seminars and workshops during this year’s IMEX, the show’s organisers have made 53 presentations available for free download on the IMEX website (www.imex-frankfurt.com/seminarpresentations10.html), including all the German language seminars, which were organised by IMEX founding partners, the German Convention Bureau (GCB).

China’s leading exhibition for the Meetings, Incentives and Events Industry – is putting education at the core of the event in response to feedback from exhibitors, Hosted Buyers and trade visitors, thirsty for knowledge of the sector and international business practices. Jeffrey Xu, CIBTM’s exhibition manager says: “China has never seen such a comprehensive and varied meetings industry education programme.  Anyone within the industry who has a desire to increase their knowledge and to build and develop their businesses should be at CIBTM. Attending the sessions alone will justify return on investment and time out of the office.

by Reinhard Hohler

According to media sources from Phnom Penh on Friday, parliaments of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam have signed an approval for the three
countries to jointly develop a triangle area, which  officially is already called the “Development Triangle.” Citing the joint statement, the agreement allows of having a joint-controlled border point as well as setting up of a web-site with English language as an

The deluxe Steigenberger Al Dau Beach Hotel on the Red Sea is the first wellness hotel in Egypt and the first one outside of Europe to be awarded the Best Health International certificate for quality in spa and wellness tourism. This followed an independent inspection of the 5-star hotel by TÜV Rheinland auditors.

Gala Event to Promote City as Top MICE Destination with World-Class Facilities and Rich Heritage

The city of Seoul and the Seoul Tourism Organization will host a special roadshow in London on Monday, July 12, promoting the Korean capital’s emergence as a key meetings industry destination in the world. The event will also highlight Seoul’s rising profile as an innovator of design