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January 30, 2025Mining expo helps Adelaide smash annual sales record in six monthsBusiness Events Adelaide (BEA), the Australian city’s official convention bureau, has announced mid-year sales figures that surpass their record annual performance, set last year.

The International Jewellery Show at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

March 8, 2023Conference delegates ‘surging’ back into Asia.Asia meetings and events industry is showing signs of a strong recovery after pandemic

Academic journal to focus on legacy of business events

March 16, 2022Academic journal to focus on legacy of business eventsA new international journal documenting the wider societal benefits of international association meetings – and other business events - has been launched in Malaysia.

Sarawak to focus 50 per cent of conference bids on legacy

December 22, 2021Sarawak to focus 50 per cent of conference bids on legacyThe crucial role played by meetings in developing economies was underscored when Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) revealed it had secured RM3bn (€630m) in conference business.

Numbers add up for The Hague with 2027 maths congress

November 29, 2021Numbers add up for The Hague with 2027 maths congressThe Hague will showcase its numerical dexterity when it hosts 3,500 mathematicians.

Cities not measuring environmental impact of events

November 19, 2021Cities not measuring environmental impact of eventsMost destination marketing organisations (DMOs) are not measuring the environmental impact of business events - or even including them in their ‘climate strategy’, a report suggests.

Perth targets delegate spend to build economic recovery

November 18, 2021Perth targets delegate spend to build economic recoveryPerth’s convention bureau has secured 67 national and international business events as the city in Western Australia looks to delegate spend to aid its recovery efforts.

Bauer hails return of IMEX as ‘tipping point’ for industry

November 11, 2021Bauer hails return of IMEX as ‘tipping point’ for industryThe international business events community has shown strength in numbers by gathering at IMEX America in Las Vegas for the first time in over two years.

Deep Dive S2EP1: We need purpose Geneviève Leclerc

October 18, 2021Deep Dive S2EP1: We need purpose Geneviève LeclercGeneviève Leclerc, managing director of the International Society of Limnology, talks to AMI editor James Lancaster about Meet4Impact, the not-for-profit movement she co-founded in 2019, which aims to encourage associations and host destinations to create more sustainable, impactful meetings that...

September 24, 2021Malaysia: bureau chief urges government to reopen eventsMeetings industry leaders in Malaysia have called for the immediate reopening of business events in the country as new cases of Covid-19 continue to decline.Show More