REED TRAVEL EXHIBITIONS’ GLOBAL PORTFOLIO OF MEETING EVENTS UNDERTAKES FIRST WORLDWIDE INDUSTRY RESEARCH
With events on 5 continents for the global meetings industry, Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) is undertaking its first worldwide research among its total buyer and supplier database that will establish, twice a year, the first qualitative data and information on volume and value trends as well as the major issues affecting the industry.
Private consumption contrasts with current debate on Europe’s debt crisis
According to economic researchers the current debate surrounding Europe’s debt crisis and the renewed speculation as to a possible Greek exit from the eurozone are currently not affecting Germans’ private consumption and travel behaviour.
airberlin, Germany’s second-largest airline company, transported a total of 31,021,323 passengers in the first ten months of 2011, i.e. 3.1 percent more than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2010: 30,094,769 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the first ten months of the year improved by 2.1 percentage points to 78.7 percent (2010: 76.6 percent). Accumulated capacity increased slightly, i.e. by 0.3 percent.
→ read more...Business Events Sydney welcomes two industry leaders to Board of Directors
Business Events Sydney (BESydney), Australia’s leading convention bureau, welcomes two new Directors to its Board, following its Annual General Meeting in October.
The new appointments are:
• Gary Daly, General Manager, Sales, Luna Park
• Kate Smith, Principal and Managing Director, WaldronSmith
Thailand’s coastal resort city of Pattaya has been transformed into Asia’s “golf hub” as golfing dignitaries and decision makers from around the world – including course and resort owners, managers, architects, designers and developers, officials, and players – gather at this vibrant tourist destination for the week-long 2011 Asia Pacific Golf Summit.
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Seoul Convention Bureau Launches New Promotion, Steve’s Complete Convention Plan
The Seoul Convention Bureau (SCB) looks to capitalize on its new online network of over 5,000 friends and followers with its new social media campaign, “Steve’s Complete Convention Plan”. This marks the SCB’s next step in expanding its online reach to a wider audience, including its target market of the meetings industry. Running until the end of November, the promotion invites visitors to follow a new weekly web comic about Seoul’s meetings industry, encouraging participants to help the comic’s protagonist experience the ideal convention itinerary in Seoul.
