According to 6,057 business travelers surveyed in the third edition of the Egencia Business Travel and Technology Study, a majority of 86 percent said a meeting conducted in-person is more effective... read more

With over 120,000 sqm of MICE space at its disposal, Cotai Strip Macao has put its conventions and meetings facilities to the test, welcoming 8,700 delegates attending Tupperware Brands Corporation’s... read more

In the new Recreation Area on the Non-Schengen level at Munich Airport’s Terminal 2, leisure and business travellers waiting for their flight to depart can now while away their time in a very... read more

On December 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines also introduced its comfortable Economy Comfort zone on European flights operated with Boeing B737s. InGermanythis type of aircraft is used on the connections... read more

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) hails the congress it staged 2012 in Vienna as the most environmentally friendly Global South-South Development Expo in its history.... read more

Andermatt in central Switzerland is looking to regain its position as an international tourism hot spot. Construction work on the prime project, the Andermatt Swiss Alps Hotel & Leisure World... read more

More than 500 pharmaceutical companies are now committed to the regulations of the Pharmaceutical Code of Conduct. This code of practice determines which ways of providing information for doctors,... read more

Starting in January 2013, conference attendees at the Rosengarten congress centre can take advantage of offers from Stadtmobil, Germany’s premier car-sharing provider. This will make it easier for... read more

The ITB MICE Day on March 6, 2013 takes a look behind the scenes of event planning, providing an overview of the different rules of play and their finer points in the events industry. Increasingly,... read more

On November 13 in the Städel Museum, Councillor Markus Frank appointed another two people Conference Ambassadors of the City of Frankfurt am Main – Professor Wolf O. Bechstein, MD, Ph.D., Director of... read more

Labelled “Ruhr.Meeting – die Macher im Westen” (the movers and shapers in the West [ofGermany]), the cities in theRuhrmetropolis are poised to promote their offerings to the meetings and conference... read more

Notwithstanding downward revision of the economic growth forecast, the VDR German Business Travel Association expects to see more business trips and higher spending on business mobility in the coming... read more

On November 2, 2012 the conference team at Messe Berlin began soliciting national and international business under a new name – Messe Berlin Conventions. Dr. Ralf G. Kleinhenz, Vice President Messe... read more

Effective January 1, 2013, Deutscher Fachverlag (dfv) will acquire 60 percent of the Maleki Communications Group, so the two Frankfurt-based companies announced on October 29. With its stake in the... read more

Take Five, the marketing association of top hotels in Cologne, aims to have its activities completely integrated into the Cologne Convention Bureau (CCB) action plan by January 1, 2013. Because the... read more

On October 19, 2012 the official anniversary ofStuttgart’s new exhibition centre at the “Auf den Fildern” site rolled round for the fifth time. Since the venue close toStuttgartAirportand the A8... read more

Business travel costs in Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe will rise again next year, according to the Global Business Travel Forecast 2013 from American Express. Whereas economic uncertainty in... read more

For companies, business trips are essential to economic success, since they are designed to sign and seal business deals. For their staff, however, business travel often means one thing in particular... read more

Congresses, conventions and events are a major business factor and contribute significantly to any region's economic output. The city of Cologne, for example, also benefits from the approximately... read more

The company Broich Location Management can now boast a further event venue in Düsseldorf: July 2012 saw the completion of extensive redevelopment and construction work on the Alte Schmiedehallen. The... read more