MICE

VisitBritain has announced a new fund available to destination management companies (DMCs) and inbound tour operators to support in building back demand for Britain.

At a dinner held at the 2021 USTOA Annual Conference & Marketplace on December 7 in San Diego, California, it was announced that Malta, originally selected as the host destination for the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) annual Out-of-Country Board Meeting pre Covid, will host the meeting now rescheduled for May, 2022 at the Corinthia Palace Hotel.

Following the successful purchase of Kennedy DMC by Kaitlyn Dineen, the Austin-based award-winning DMC is taking on a brand new look and feel which includes operating under the new name K.DMC Austin.

Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles former Minister responsible for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine will take part in a high-level forum at Expo 2020.

Tourism leaders from every global region have arrived in Madrid for the 24th Session of the UNWTO General Assembly.

The International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) announced the organization is joining forces with the City of Athens through a new Destination Partnership completed during IBTM World 2021.

Destination Mekong honors late Srey Bandaul from Cambodia as the second Mekong Hero.

Alicia Keys will take centre stage on 10th December as our first global music artist to perform in the Infinite Nights series as she ‘unlocks’ her new double album, ‘Keys’.

The 45th edition of the Tianguis Turístico de México event, held in Mérida, Yucatán, under the slogan “The Rebirth of Tourism” aimed to make a statement, summed up by state Minister of Tourism Michelle Fridman.

Due to the last COVID-19 developments in Austria and the measures now in effect with respect to holding events, the Aviation-Event 2021 at Vienna Airport, originally scheduled for 7 December 2021, will be postponed.

The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) congress will be held at The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) in September 2024.

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, inaugurated the 45th edition of the Tianguis Turístico México that takes place in Mérida, capital of Yucatán.

Asia’s biggest tourism MICE city Busan where the heavenly nature and the cutting edge infrastructure coexist, recently announced ‘sustainable MICE city’ based on the eco-friendly, attracting the public attention.

Thirteen event & wedding planners from four continents, representing big destination and production event agencies or well-known multinationals, spent two weeks in Italy.