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This Week's Headlines
Positive outlook for exhibitions industry in 2023: UFI
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the 30th edition of its flagship Global Exhibition Barometer research, where the results highlight...
VTIC and MCEC join forces to support business events
The Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) and Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) have...
Australian convention centres lobby for a united industry voice
The Australian Convention Centre Group (ACCG), comprising representatives from the nation’s leading convention and...
BESydney kicks off 2023 with a fresh set of bid wins
Business Events Sydney (BESydney) has secured several international bid wins over the festive season...
MEETINGS 2023 opens hosted buyer applications
Hosted buyer applications have opened for MEETINGS 2023, the first time the event will...
Q&A
Prince Harry’s not-for-profit Travelyst, is all about working collaboratively with verticals in the travel sector, to galvanise the industry to collect and share sustainability data on a global scale, and make this information part of the customer experience during booking. Travelyst’s chairman, Darrell Wade, shares more about the organisation and how its efforts will benefit the travel ecosystem
Chien Ee Yeh, president of RX Asia Pacific, is optimistic about the recovery of the business events industry in both Singapore and Asia-Pacific. He shares how the rebranding and refocusing of business strategies will help RX gear up for the return of pre-pandemic-sized events
Event Technology
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 well as moved to a 1,287m2 premise at 64 Burrows...
AV1 opens new headquarters in Sydney
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
Global business travel is forecast to see an uptick in 2023 versus 2022, travel suppliers anticipate an increase in corporate travel spending with companies...
The annual Air Monitor 2023 report, published by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), is predicting widespread airfare price hikes on key business...
Corporations prioritise employee experience alongside digital transformation in T&E: Amadeus
Accelerating the digital transformation of travel and expense (T&E) will be vital to improving...
Duty of care gap exists for remote working and bleisure travel:...
More than three-quarters of business travellers say their employer treats traveller health, safety and...
Editor's Pick
The green way forward
Associations need to form partnerships and encourage their members
to develop ESGs in order to create a tipping point in sustainability.
Capitalising on Monaco’s unique venues
For event organisers and planners keen to stage an unforgettable affair, the world’s second smallest country offers magnificent locations that will blow the minds of your guests
Going for green
Jeju’s sustainable efforts are helping to strengthen its business events industry.
Meeting place of the future
Wellington has embraced and respected its environment, and put sustainability at the forefront of its future plans, ensuring the city’s business events industry will also be able to thrive in the long run.
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Reviews
JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort & Spa
After an 18-month-long expansion and overhaul, the JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort & Spa now boasts all the necessary hardware and software that a planner needs to organise a successful offsite event
Oakwood Studios Sukhumvit Bangkok
Located a convenient 10-minute walk – or a two-minute motorbike ride – from Thong Lo BTS Station, the newly-opened property is a peaceful respite from the humid weather and dense, noisy roads that define the Thai capital.
The Fuji Speedway Hotel, Unbound Collection by Hyatt
The Fuji Speedway Hotel, part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, only opened in October, but it is already leaving the competition in its rear-view mirror with impressive levels of service, an enviable position alongside one of Japan's most iconic race tracks, and overlooked by Mount Fuji
