RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary wants passengers to STAND on the budget airline’s flights

In a bid to pack in more people and boost profits RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary wants passengers to STAND on the budget airline’s flights.

Passengers would pay less to huddle next to what have been described as “bar stools”, with seatbelts around their waists.

O’Leary has already ...

ICS ANNOUNCES TWO BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

International Conference Services Ltd. (ICS), a Vancouver based Conference Management firm, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of both Pacific Northwest Planners (PNWP) and Education & Career Fairs (ECF) to ICS.

PNWP is an event services company that has been in business sinc ...

EIBTM Champinoning the Future of Meetings Technology

Technology changing the meeting planning landscape

EIBTM 2009 running from 1 – 3 December Barcelona has gained an international reputation for showcasing the latest, most effective technology solutions for event and meeting planners at EIBTM’s dedicated MPI Technology Village (www.eibtm.com ...

CIBTM WINS CHINESE MICE MAGAZINE 2008 ANNUAL CREATIVITY AWARD

The prominent Chinese MICE Magazine has awarded the 2008 Annual Creativity Award of the Chinese MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) Industry to the China Incentive Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM). The award, running for the second time, rewards those who contribute to ...

International association meetings sector is extremely healthy and offers enormous future potential, claims ICCA

For the year 2008 ICCA's research team identified almost 800 previously unknown, regularly occurring series of association meetings that rotate between at least three different countries. "That represents more than 10% growth in our database of such events" said Martin Sirk, ICCA CEO, "and reflects ...

Opening of Kras Hotel in Postojna

On Wednesday 24 June 2009 a new 4* hotel in centre of Postojna was opened.

The modern and exclusively decorated hotel lies in the proximity of natural treasure Postojna cave, offers 24 double rooms and 3 apartments situated at the top. The hotel terrace offers beautiful views of the Nanos mountain an ...

Slovenian meetings industry under spotlight

In its May issue Belgian specialist magazine Travel2 dedicated special attention to the Slovenian meetings industry.

Extensive report was prepared by a specialised journalist and a professional photographer. On the cover photograph shot at the sunny terrace of Bled Castle were Azra Botonjic, Ma ...

Patrick Delaney honoured with IMEX Academy Award

Patrick Delaney, Co Founder and Managing Director of Ovation Global DMC was honoured with an IMEX Academy Award during the recent IMEX tradeshow in Frankfurt.

The IMEX Academy Awards are presented every year to outstanding individuals in four geographical regions who are judged to have served t ...

BestCities appoints Gary Grimmer & Company to Manage Alliance

The BestCities Global Alliance has appointed Gary Grimmer & Company (GG&Co) as its new management company. Eight of the world's leading . meetings destinations on five continents - Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Edinburgh, Melbourne, San Juan, Singapore, and Vancouver are Partners in the Alli ...

INDUSTRY ‘HEAVYWEIGHTS’ TO JUDGE EIBTM’S WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY WATCH 2009

Prestigious awards recognise technological innovation

EIBTM’s continued commitment to focus on new technology solutions for the meetings industry is underlined by a call for entries to the event’s WorldWide Technology Watch (WWTW) 2009 competition.

The competition is aimed at discoveri ...