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UK: 15 people out of 60 000 test positive for Covid-19 after pilot events

May 23, 2021UK: 15 people out of 60 000 test positive for Covid-19 after pilot eventsJust 15 people out of 60,000 tested positive for Covid-19 following attendance at one of nine Events Research Programme pilot events in the UK earlier this month.

Singapore: WEF cancellation highlights hard task for organisers

May 19, 2021Singapore: WEF cancellation highlights hard task for organisersThe scale of the challenge facing event organisers was once again laid bare this week when the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced it was cancelling its Special Annual Meeting in Singapore.

Ferguson wants to reignite Edinburghs hospitality sector

May 18, 2021Ferguson wants to reignite Edinburghs hospitality sectorThe former head of business tourism at Marketing Edinburgh, Amanda Ferguson, has been appointed by the University of Edinburgh to drive business across its hotel and venue portfolio.

Roadmap to recovery: indoor events to return in England

May 11, 2021Roadmap to recovery: indoor events to return in EnglandUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the go-ahead for socially distanced conferences and trade shows in England after the country recorded no deaths from Covid-19.

Q&A: Hybrid Cities Alliance - whats it all about

May 5, 2021Q&A: Hybrid Cities Alliance - whats it all aboutThe launch of the Hybrid Cities Alliance has sets tongues wagging across the meetings industry and piqued the interest of association meeting planners. AMI Editor James Lancaster threw some questions at the heads of the group's founding members - Glenn Duncan, Ottawa Tourism, Bas Schot, The Hague...

Delegates mingle without masks at UK pilot business event

April 29, 2021Delegates mingle without masks at UK pilot business eventData collected from the UK's first business event without Covid measures since the country went into lockdown in March 2020 will determine how and when meetings can resume safely.

A third of convention bureaux suffer public sector funding cuts

April 28, 2021A third of convention bureaux suffer public sector funding cutsOne in three convention bureaux suffered public-sector funding cuts over the last 12 months, according to a new report into the effect of the pandemic on the meetings industry.

Author Priya Parker to headline free RECONVENE event

April 23, 2021Author Priya Parker to headline free RECONVENE eventPriya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, will speak at a two-day, free event to help event professionals prepare for the restart of live events.

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April 18, 2021Australia puts another $3million into conference subvention potBusiness Events Australia, the national convention bureau, has put another AUD3million into the subvention pot to support bids for new international events.

Vaccine passports ‘a red herring’ says medical association chief

April 8, 2021Vaccine passports ‘a red herring’ says medical association chiefThe leader of a European medical association has dismissed calls for a vaccine passport as a ‘red herring’ that could result in the return of international meetings being a ‘flop’.Show More