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Russia's MICE business to post 170 per cent gain?

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

RUSSIA’s MICE industry is set to increase by a staggering 170 per cent this year.

Quality assurance program on track for BestCities members

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

THE BESTCITIES Global Alliance — which includes Singapore, Dubai, Cape Town and Melbourne among its members —has launched its final phase towards achieving a Global Certification Program for convention bureau service standards.

Spain tops preferred MICE destination poll

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

SPAIN has topped an international survey in which convention bureaux and conference planners were asked for their most-preferred destination.

New Centre on track as Melbourne hits its straps

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

Sandra Chipchase, chief executive of the Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB), has played down fears that the corporate and government sectors in Europe and the United States will cut back on long haul travel in response to increasing concerns about global warming, writes Ian Jarrett.

Costs, functionality, flexibility all under the microscope...

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

Business queries iPhone as Apple pushes its ‘next generation miracle’

APPLE is already facing questions from business on the usefulness of its yet-to-be-released iPhone, spurred by concerns that employees might pressure their employers to support it through IT departments and Help Desks.

BCEC plans major expansion

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

THE QUEENSLAND government is expected to give the go-ahead to major expansion of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) to ensure Brisbane remains competitive in the national and international MICE sector. Premier Peter Beattie and with treasurer Anna Bligh announced funding of A$3.4 million in detailed design and planning work for a major expansion of the BCEC.

Podcast training for hotel managers

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

US-BASED Lodging Interactive has launched HotelCast2.0, claimed to be the accommodation industry’s first monthly podcast educational series for hotel managers. Each monthly podcast offers marketing news and information to “empower hotel managers to maximise their online revenue potential”.

Kennedy keynote speaker for AIME business forum

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

PAUL Kennedy MBE, exhibition director -Meetings and Incentives Events- Reed Travel Exhibition Group, is to be the opening guest speaker at the Business Event Forum - Trendspotting at AIME 2007. “Paul Kennedy is one of the world’s best informed figures in the meetings industry and I am delighted he has agreed to open the Business Events Forum,” said Elizabeth Rich, forum moderator, and executive director of the Business Events Council of Australia.

'Too much security' is taking the pleasure out of travel â Maple

: MICEBTN archive stories issue 27; Friday, 09 February 2007

THE HEAD of a major world organisation in the MICE industry has warned that the “near obsession” with national security in some areas is threatening to thwart a return to normalcy in international relations and commerce.