Destinations

Lisa Nandy UK Culture Secretary

June 4, 2026Industry coalition urges ministers to reverse VisitBritain business events funding cutsA coalition of leading tourism and events organisations has written to government calling for the urgent restoration of ringfenced funding for VisitBritain's Business Events Growth ProgrammeRead More

Aerial view of Adelaide Australia

April 16, 2024Adelaide becomes 4th Australian city to join sustainability movementAdelaide has joined a destination sustainability benchmarking programme to assess its weaknesses and build on its strengths in areas of environmental and socio-economic transformation.

ICAF DesCan

March 20, 2024Destination Canada launches multi-million dollar subvention fundOrganisers of large international association meetings are being lured to Canada with the promise of financial support, following the launch of a new subvention fund.

Sydney win 5WCWS

March 19, 2024Sydney wins Women’s Shelters conference in Southern Hemisphere debut Sydney, Australia is set to welcome the 5th World Conference of Women’s Shelters (5WCWS) in September 2025, marking the first time the conference will take place in the Southern Hemisphere.

Melbourne skyline at dusk

March 14, 2024Melbourne to host UFI Asia Pacific in 2025The event will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), 13-14 February, immediately after AIME, the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event.

Jewel Changi Airport Singapore

March 7, 2024Travellers can’t tell AI-generated images from the real thingImages generated by AI are distorting the average Brit’s idea of what cities and countries look like, according to a new report.

ICCA at The Titanic Experience

March 5, 2024Belfast shines as record numbers attend ICCA meetingNearly 150 association meeting professionals gathered in Belfast for the annual International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) UK & Ireland Chapter Meeting in February.

MWC tops 100,000 attendance for first time since 2019

March 5, 2024MWC tops 100,000 attendance for first time since 2019Delegate numbers at Mobile World Congress, one of the largest association gatherings in the world, hit six-figures for the first time since the pandemic last week

Networking or coffee break at a conference

March 4, 2024'Bleisure' travel up – but economic challenges remain for international meetingsInternational conference goers are increasingly adding a few days of holiday onto their travel itinerary, according to ICCA anniversary report

Diver oceanography

February 26, 2024Another American meeting chooses Glasgow for overseas debutOcean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) will be held in Glasgow, Scotland in 2026 – the first foray outside of the United States for the biennial conference founded in 1982

Adelaide Planners Guide 2024 Interactive

February 20, 2024Business Events Adelaide launches real-time Planners GuideNow in its 16th year, the 2024 Planners Guide has been built to be much more interactive than previous versions.Show More