Here's TTGmice's weekly round-up of MICE developments outside of Asia-Pacific
Huone brings creative spaces to third location
Huone International is expecting to introduce its third creative meeting venue, which will open in Helsinki’s Kamppi region this fall, after previously launching in Jätkäsaari district of Helsinki and in Singapore.
Among other rooms, Huone Kamppi will feature a nomad-life inspired Caravan Room with a private garden, and a harbour-inspired Pier Room.
Huone is already seeing its existing venues “booked well in advance”, and anticipates ample demand for the new Kamppi spaces.
Swiss-Belhotel to rise near Muscat airport come 2019
Swiss-Belhotel International will operate the Swiss-Belinn Muscat in Oman, set to open near the Muscat International Airport in 2019.
The result of a management agreement with Al Salaam International Hotel, Swiss-Belinn Muscat will offer 120 standard rooms and 10 varieties of suites. Facilities include an all-day-dining restaurant, flexible meeting and conference venues, gym, Wi-Fi access and 24-hour room service.
UFI announces managerial changes in Paris
UFI has welcomed Monika Fourneaux-Ceskova as marketing and communications manager, replacing Angela Herberholz who will move into her new role of programme manager.
Fourneaux-Ceskova has for the past eight years been responsible for the exhibition and marketing activities of an international broadcast technology solutions provider, Ateme. She is hence familiar with trade shows held in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Rai Amsterdam, Dubai World Trade Center, KoelnMesse and London Olympia, among others.
She has also worked for the Czech Embassy in Paris to provide and deliver national pavilions at trade shows, and was part of the support team at the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings in Davos.
After managing UFI’s marketing and communications activities for the past three years, Herberholz will as programme manager focus on coordinating and supporting the work of the various working committees to aid them in their global development, while also leading and driving projects in UFI’s education programmes.
Hamburg Convention Bureau welcomes new head of conventions
Nele Aumann has taken on the role of head of the Hamburg Convention Bureau’s (HCB) conventions unit. In her new position, she will coordinate the unit’s team of six in charge of marketing Hamburg as a MICE destination in Germany and abroad, and will report directly to HCB’S managing director, Michael Otremba.
Aumann has been with HCB for more than four years, most recently handling associations as well as clients from the fields of medicine, healthcare and life sciences. Prior to joining the HCB, she worked as a sales manager with Hamburg Messe und Congress and as a project coordinator with the congress agency CPO Hanser Service.
