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TTG Conversations: Five questions with Petrina Goh, CWT Meetings & Events

Face-to-face business events are returning with more ‘downtime’ where attendees get to refresh their minds and socialise, as compared to packed agendas commonly seen...

Business events from China return to Hong Kong

The removal of travel barriers between China and Hong Kong has brought event planners...

MCB updates Melbourne e-Guide planning tool

The Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has launched the second edition of its interactive Melbourne...

Green Carpet helps Indian corporates monitor carbon emissions

Thomas Cook India, and its subsidiary SOTC Travel, have partnered with global technology consulting...

ICMS Australasia branches out to New Zealand

ICMS Australasia (ICMSA), an Australia-headquartered PCO, has expanded its footprint and opened an office...

Q&A

A driving force

Sarah Markey-Hamm, IAPCO's new president, is working towards developing a robust Advocacy programme to help deal with the global talent crunch, and elevate the association's activities across the Asia-Pacific region

Building modules for the travel ecosystem

Abel Zhao, FreeD Group’s co-founder and CEO, aims to further revolutionise and enhance the digitalisation process of the TMC industry, which began recently with the acquisition of Connexus Travel

Event Technology

InEvent brings ChatGPT in to ease 
event marketing content creation

Live events and broadcasting technology specialist, InEvent, has integrated ChatGPT into its event platform, allowing its clients to fulfil event marketing communications with advanced...

AV1 sets up new HQ; invests heavily in inventory and recruitment

Australian audiovisual production company AV1 has invested A$1 million (US$912,740) in equipment upgrades, as...

Evenesis completes acquisition of Txtsy

Malaysia-based events technology company Evenesis has acquired Malaysian tech start-up Txtsy, which specialises in...

Zoom, Cvent power up hybrid events with partnership

Following a successful collaboration between Cvent and Zoom Video Communications, Inc in delivering an...

Perspectives

Intelligence

Hong Kong remains the most expensive location in Asia for business...

Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo, have topped ECA International's Top Ten Most Expensive Locations For Business Travel in Asia list. “Singapore overtook Tokyo in 2022...

Air travel to rebound strongly with sharpened sustainability focus: BCD Travel

Air travel is experiencing a period of growth after a tumultuous three years due to the pandemic, and is expected to rebound stronger than...

Positive outlook for exhibitions industry in 2023: UFI

UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the 30th edition of...

Bookings, spending and optimism on the upswing: GBTA  

Global business travel is forecast to see an uptick in 2023 versus 2022, travel...

Editor's Pick

Catch up with Adeviyanti Halim

Founder and director of Indonesia-based Damia Convex recounts how she became an event organiser, and eventually, a successful business owner

Coastal confidence

The Gold Coast is striding with purpose into the new year, armed with a fresh, eclectic mix of business events hardware.

Taking on the world

New events infrastructure will soon juxtapose with traditional spaces in Fukuoka, an appealing mix overseas planners cannot refuse.

Sabah soldiers on

The Sabah Tourism Board has introduced an incentive support programme toattract more business events...

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