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With almost 200 participants, Brussels successfully hosted European Association Summit 2017. With a 30% increase in interest compared with the previous edition, the summit has become a reference point when it comes to gatherings of representatives from international associations.

As part of VisitBritain’s Love is GREAT campaign, the British government will celebrate LGBT rights by participating in local Pride events in 16 cities across the US, Mexico, and Canada this year, and will launch a nationwide sweepstakes on June 10^th, 2017 to win a trip to Great Britain.

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) organizes its World Education Congress (WEC) between June 19 – 22, 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The educational program will help attendees learn how to produce unique, memorable experiences that capture the imaginations of diverse, multi-generational audiences and rally them to connect, learn and interact.

Radisson Blu is launching Blu Planet for Meetings, making meetings carbon-free at Radisson Blu hotels worldwide by the end of the year. The selected First Climate carbon offsetting projects contribute to fighting global warming and support the UN Sustainable Development goals.

Langkawi is the venue for PATA Travel Mart 2018 (PTM 2018) with this signature Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) event being hosted by Tourism Malaysia and Langkawi Development Authority. The announcement was by the Association’s CEO Dr. Mario Hardy during the PATA Annual Summit in Negombo, Sri Lanka.

With a few weeks remaining until July 1st, the day Estonia begins its six-month term at the helm of the Council of the EU, the country has its plans firmly set on both the event-hosting and political fronts. More than 260 events that are slated to take place during the period, pulling in an estimated 25,000 visitors from abroad.

Kenes Group, a leading Professional Conference Organizer (PCO) and Association Management Company (AMC), announced the opening of a new local office in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The PATA Annual Summit 2017 (PAS 2017), under the theme ‘Disruption. Innovation. Transformation: The Future of Tourism’, opened in Negombo, Sri Lanka on May 18 with 406 delegates from 191 organisations representing 39 countries attending the four-day event.

A record turnout of more than 17,600 visitors, 3.5 per cent more than the previous year, attended Entrepreneur Day on 19-20 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the two-day event hosted more than 270 exhibitors from various sectors for its ninth edition.

The award-winning Royal Cliff Hotels Group recently welcomed prestigious members of the exclusive Young President’s Organization (YPO), the world’s premier chief executive leadership during its highly anticipated GREW2D networking event. GREW2D is an event for Golf, Real estate, Networking, Wines and Automobiles.  

Selecting the perfect keynote speaker for your next conference, meeting or event is very crucial for a memorable event. Keep in mind that a big-name keynote speaker may not be enough to inspire meeting attendees.

Vienna’s meetings industry set new records in 2016: at EUR 1,072 million, the sector’s contribution to Austrian GDP broke the billion euro mark once again, and with more than 4,000 congresses and corporate events generating 1.7 million overnight stays, the year represented an all-time high for the capital as a meetings destination.

The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Asia’s only AIPC (International Association of Congress Centres) Gold Standard venue announced that 10 high-profile international association clients selected the centre to host their events between 2017 and 2020.

In 2016, around 52,000 guests visited the BMW Group Event Forum within the framework of award ceremonies, congresses and festive occasions. In 2017, the success story will continue. The BMW Welt, which in addition to the BMW Museum and the BMW Group Classic is the largest location of the BMW Group Event Forum, announced the opening of the Premium Lounge as well as with an award-winning upgrade of existing technical media.