Visitors to EIBTM 2010, taking place 30 November – 2 December in Barcelona (www.eibtm.com), will enjoy a number of new features and applications, all created to enhance their business experience at the event. Following a record attendance (independently audited) in 2009, and post-event analysis that asked visitors abouttheir experiences, Reed Travel Exhibitions has invested in providing an even greater ROI for everyone who attends.

All 25 hotels in the region host special activities and over $10,000 raised for charity

The Rezidor Hotel Group – one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide – has celebrated its 7^th annual Responsible Business Action Month.  Throughout the month of September, all 25 hotels in operation in the Middle East actively participated by organizing social and environmental activities

A rich and varied program of professional education, sustainability initiatives, new technology projects and personal development opportunities will be made available free of charge at the inaugural IMEX America exhibition when it opens on October 11 next year in Las Vegas. The new trade show will offer this series of ‘added value’ projects and programs

IMEX America has today announced that specially priced rooms are now available for booking at their Headquarters Hotels in Las Vegas, the Venetian/Palazzo.  Special rates apply for both attendees and exhibitors who plan to be at the new trade show for the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry when it launches in Las Vegas October 11-13 next year.

A new and exciting TV experience is to be launched at this year’s EIBTM (www.eibtm.com), taking the event to a multi channel platform with an on-site news  channel (EIBTM TV) plus an on-line review of the event (EIBTM TV Online). Expected to reach a community of 14,000 industry professionals in Barcelona, EIBTM TV will broadcast from a studio hub via a network of highly visible screens the show floor and venue throughout the three day event (30 November – 2 December 2010).

The 2010 Shanghai World Expo exceeded its goal of 70 million visitors at 10:17 on October 24, according to its organizers. More than 666,300 visitors had entered the expo site on that day, as of 16:00. The total number of visitor arrival to Shanghai Expo since its opening in May 2010 has broken the record of 64 million visitors set by the 1970 Osaka World Expo in Japan.