The 52nd Congress of International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) will be held in Shanghai on November 2-6, 2013. This annual congress is to be jointly organized by ICCA and Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration in coordination with ICCA Chinese members.
→ read more...The PATA Travel Mart 2012 opened today in Manila , Philippines . Some 925 attendees have joined the three-day annual B2B travel industry event, organised by the Pacific Asia Travel Association ( PATA ) and hosted by The Department of Tourism and Tourism Promotions Board of the Philippines .
→ read more...A technology-enabled programme designed to turn delegates into destination promoters; how to custom-build a super-friendly national brand ambassador; using cultural assets to tie-up client loyalties and motivate your staff at the same time; and a case study in how to win business in the face of overwhelming obstacles. These are the finalists in this year’s ICCA Best Marketing Award, taking place at the 51st ICCA Congress in Puerto Rico.
→ read more...Exhibition department of Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau has recently hosted a dinner talk & charity night under the theme “Synergy of ASEAN, the Way to Success” for industry stakeholders at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
→ read more...SCB Bidding Clinic a Decisive Factor in Bringing IUBMB to Seoul for 70th Anniversary Event
Seoul has won the bid to host the 2018 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Congress, a major triennial gathering of the world’s scientific community. The Korean capital was declared the host venue for the high-profile event by the IUBMB board of directors on September 4th in Seville, Spain.
ITB Berlin and IPK International have analysed which countries are most often visited by Russians, Germans and Britons – the Germans’ favourite is the Netherlands, Britons rate holidays in France
Turkey is the preferred holiday destination of Russian holidaymakers, although when it comes to how often they visit the country this source market still has enormous growth potential. In 2011, only 14 per cent of the 3.4 million holiday trips undertaken by Russians to Turkey represented a fourth-time visit or more, whereas the proportion of first-time visitors was 48 per cent.

