Meetings

AWC solar panels

July 31, 2026Austria Center Vienna boosts energy resilience with major solar investmentAustria Center Vienna (ACV) has strengthened its long-term energy resilience with the commissioning of a new photovoltaic system that will generate a significant proportion of the venue's electricity on siteRead More

Opinion: Convention bureaux must step outside their circle

September 9, 2021Opinion: Convention bureaux must step outside their circleConvention bureaux (CBVs) need to ensure they stay relevant in the rapidly changing world of business events, not only in the marketplace but in their own destination.

IMEX America: visitors must show vaccine passport to gain entry

September 8, 2021IMEX America: visitors must show vaccine passport to gain entryVisitors to IMEX America – the Las Vegas-based meetings trade show – will have to provide proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 before gaining entry, it has been confirmed.

Delegates pour into Adelaide for in-person water conference

September 7, 2021Delegates pour into Adelaide for in-person water conferenceFollowing a challenging couple of years for the water sector with droughts, fires, floods and Covid‐19, Ozwater’21 finally happened in person in Adelaide. Here's what happened...

Deep Dive S2: Thomas Reiser executive director ISTH

September 2, 2021Deep Dive S2: Thomas Reiser executive director ISTHThomas Reiser has been executive director of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for ten years. In this first episode of Season 2 of Deep Dive he talks to James Lancaster about the last 18 months, the lessons he has learned, and the challenges of the future.

Global meetings industry aims for net zero pledge before COP26

September 1, 2021Global meetings industry aims for net zero pledge before COP26The international meetings industry could be weeks away from agreeing an historic pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as the world wakes up to the threat of climate change.

Shopping for groceries riskier than attending a meeting report shows

August 31, 2021Shopping for groceries riskier than attending a meeting report showsYou are far less likely to contract Covid-19 at a business event than by carrying out day-to-day tasks such as grocery shopping, according to a new study.

ASM Global to help steer Saudis international conference ambitions

August 31, 2021ASM Global to help steer Saudis international conference ambitionsASM Global, the venue and event management company, has been given a major role in Saudi Arabia’s plans to become a destination for international conferences.

Use EU Covid-19 certificate as global standard IATA urges

August 31, 2021Use EU Covid-19 certificate as global standard IATA urgesThe EU Digital Covid Certificate should be used as a template by other countries to help speed up the resumption of international travel, according to an international association.

Wound care conference will be ‘great learning opportunity’

August 27, 2021Wound care conference will be ‘great learning opportunity’An international meeting of wound care specialists, being held in Malaysia, will help spread important knowledge across multiple disciplines, it has been claimed.

Association leaders look to 2022 2023

August 26, 2021Association leaders target 2022-23 for return to overseas meetingsAssociation meeting planners are eager to return to in-person events once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted - according to a new report painting a rosy future for international conferences.Show More