IMR Global Report: Business Events Canada Looks to Bring in Bigger Business

IMR Global Report: Business Events Canada Looks to Bring in Bigger Business

Questex Media presents International Meetings Review | View this email online August 21, 2013 Subscribe to this newsletter Visit Internationalmeetingsreview.com IN THIS ISSUE Top Story: VIDEO -- Canada Calling Front Page News: • Middle East: Dubai’s H1 2013 Visitor Stats Top the Charts • UK: Gov't Investigation of IHG Could Drive Down Hotel Rates • Australia: Glebe Island Site Gears Up • Benelux: The Path to Creative Thinking, Part 1 • Sub-Saharan Africa: African Union Considers Creation of Tourism Body • Canada: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto Gets AAA Five Diamond Award • Asia: Hangzhou to Draw 10 Million Visitors With West Lake Expo • Americas: BCD's Integrated Travel and Meetings Initiative Takes Off at GBTA • Americas: Exclusive Association Meetings Survey — Numbers Game • South East Europe: Croatian National Tourism Board Reorganizes • Americas: Seven Secrets for Growing Conference Sponsorship Revenue Key Headlines: Social Media, Libya Hotels, Perth ADVERTISEMENT TOP STORY VIDEO -- Canada Calling By James Latham Greg Klasson of Business Events Canada discussed the strategic alignment of the country's great cities with Canada's own Global Commerce Strategy (GCS). He believes that by combining Canada's knowledge hubs with the wider benefits of investing and living in Canada, Business Events Canada can fish more effectively in the international pool of business events and the investment communities they bring with them. Read More... Related Stories: • Halifax, Nova Scotia: Investment Reveals New Approach to Development • VIDEO -- Business Events Canada Backs Away from Tourism • VIDEO -- Savage Approach to Halifax Investment • VIDEO -- Canadian Convention Centres Collaborate on Data ADVERTISEMENT FRONT PAGE NEWS UK: Gov't Investigation of IHG Could Drive Down Hotel Rates InterContinental Hotel Group promises booking websites more freedom to discount following competition inquiry. Read More... Related Stories: • UK: What Is the Perfect Event? • John Bunting Named Grass Roots Commercial Director • Leadership Events Agency Top Banana Recruits New Bunch • London & Partners Recruits Two New Members Asia: Hangzhou to Draw 10 Million Visitors With West Lake Expo The capital city of China's Zhejiang province will host the 15th West Lake International Expo this October, featuring a series of exhibitions, forums and leisure activities for an estimated 10 million visitors including 50,000 businessmen. Read More... Related Stories: • Asia: Starwood Expects Sustained Growth in China • Asia: China Clinches Hosting Rights to the Royal Trophy • Asia: CWT Report Sees Travel Prices Rising for 2014 Australia: Glebe Island Site Gears Up The newly appointed general manager of Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island, Malu Barrios, has confirmed that Reed Gift Fairs will be the first exhibition to kick off the interim exhibition site in February 2014 during the construction phase of the new International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) at Darling Harbour. Read More... Related Stories: • Australia: Glebe Island Negotiations Break Down • Australia: Queensland and Qantas Partner for Tourism • Malu Barrios Named General Manager of Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island • Australian Event Awards Introduces State Awards Sub-Saharan Africa: African Union Considers Creation of Tourism Body “Tourism remains the one industry that can unite Africa because most African countries are developing their very own tourism industry, or are interested by this industry. Tourism is the industry that can have a positive effect on the economy of all our countries, and in so doing benefit the people from our respective countries.” Read More... Related Stories: • Sub-Saharan Africa Makes Big Moves in ICCA Rankings • Sub-Saharan Africa: Meetings Africa and INDABA Set Sights on 2014 • Sub-Saharan Africa: Meetings and Events Industry Buyers Target Africa for Business Benelux: The Path to Creative Thinking, Part 1 International speaker Cyriel Kortleven talks about creativity and innovation in the event business, and how to find solutions to offer clients a better, more efficient product. Here is the first in a series of guides on how to stay ahead of the curve and keep your clients coming back. Read More... Related Stories: • Benelux: The Path to Creative Thinking, Part 2 • Benelux: The Path to Creative Thinking, Part 3 Canada: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto Gets AAA Five Diamond Award Of AAA's 59,000 approved hotels and restaurants, only 125 hotels and 53 restaurants hold a Five Diamond rating. The hotel has 259 guest rooms, a 30,000 square foot luxury spa, glass enclosed event rooms and signature Café Boulud and dbar by international restaurateur and chef Daniel Boulud. Read More... Related Stories: • Canada: Delta Hotels to Open In Waterloo, Ontario • Canada: Four Points by Sheraton Opening Seven Hotels in Canada • Canada: Ontario’s Blue Mountain Village Receives DMAP Accreditation Middle East: Dubai’s H1 2013 Visitor Stats Top the Charts Dubai has experienced its busiest first half-year ever, attracting 5.5 million visitors - an 11percent increase on the same period last year. The encouraging figures show the emirate is well on the way to achieving its vision to welcome 20 million visitors a year by 2020. Read More... Related Stories: • Middle East: Waldorf Astoria Makes UAE Debut • Middle East: Abu Dhabi Tourism on the Right Track South East Europe: Croatian National Tourism Board Reorganizes With the new organizational structure of the CNTB, the Croatian Convention and Incentive Bureau is being abolished, and becomes a part of the new Department of Development of offers among which there are selective forms of tourism. The brand and key activities of HKIU should remain the same, says the CNTB. Read More... Related Stories: • Croatian Meeting Professionals Association Forum 2012 • South East Europe: Kongres TV -- Nikica Račić of the Croatia Convention Bureau • South East Europe: Ryanair Opens New European, Croatian Bases • South East Europe: Great Results for Dubrovnik Americas: Seven Secrets for Growing Conference Sponsorship Revenue Two consultants who make their bread and butter by helping companies and associations improve their meetings, technology, and educational offerings for maximum effect presented their “Secrets for Growing Conference Sponsorship Revenue” at the annual meeting of ASAE, The Center for Association Leadership, held in Atlanta in early August. Read More... Related Stories: • Americas: Patrick and Padraic Depart DMC They Founded • Americas: How North American Christian Convention Provides Free Wi-Fi to its Attendees • Americas: Can an Online Guide Replace Your DMC? Americas: Exclusive Association Meetings Survey — Numbers Game With attendees waiting longer to book their convention hotel stays, association and convention meeting managers need creative ways to ensure room blocks get filled. Making those blocks smaller has been the cautious planner’s option since the recession. Read More... Related Stories: • Americas: Six Tips for Quality Client-Buyer Events • Americas: 15 Tips for Managing Meeting Expenditures • Americas: MPI WEC 2013--All About Change Americas: BCD's Integrated Travel and Meetings Initiative Takes Off at GBTA For companies far along the curve with their strategic meetings management programs, connecting meetings and travel spend is a logical next step. For BCD M&I, it’s a new business initiative—appropriately named Integrated Travel and Meetings, or ITM. Read More... 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