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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
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
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...
Intelligence
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 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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