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Whilst global markets continue to navigate COVID-19, BESydney is having its most successful month since the start of the pandemic with seven meetings won for Sydney during August 2021. 

With the environment high now on everyone's agenda and as climate change is making itself felt in the four corners of the globe, Seychelles is gearing itself for sensitizing the world on safeguarding what the islands have been blessed with in a hope that everyone follows suit.

On behalf of the Venue Sector of the Business Events Council Malaysia (BECM), an appeal letter has been submitted to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to seek assistance in allowing purpose-built venues to resume operations and in extension re-open the business events industry in Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Currently, the business events sector is only slated to re-open in Phase Four.

Tourism leaders from across Asia and the Pacific have met to plan the sector’s restart and recovery even as borders remain closed throughout the region.

International House Gothenburg was officially inaugurated. The new meeting place is a one-stop shop for newly arrived internationals and set to become an important success factor for the region’s businesses in the global competition for talent.

Palma’s historic quarter will see its buildings, ateliers, rooftops, balconies, shop windows, bars and cafes filled with avant-garde art during the 25th annual ‘Nit de l’Art’ (Night of Art).

Restaurants are preparing for already the third edition of Bonaire Culinair. This 15-day event starts on September 23rd and ends on October 7th and is the perfect opportunity to discover the wide variety of restaurants the island has to offer.

The 20th edition of the European Society for Organ Transplantation’s (ESOT) congress has just been celebrated in-person and online from 29th August to 1st September at the MiCo Convention Centre in Milan (Italy).

Connect, a leader in the meetings, events, travel and tourism industry, will host more than 2,000 event professionals for a signature conference in Puerto Rico, May 22-24, 2022.

The Government of Ghana is earnestly preparing to host African youth, youth leaders and top-ranking African Government Officials, including African ministers of youth, leading innovators, entrepreneurs, and senior UN officials from across the world for the 2021 edition of YouthConnekt Africa (YCA) Summit from 20^th - 22^nd October in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.

The 35th edition of the ECM Summer School took place on August 24-26. More than 95 professionals (students and faculty) attended this year’s edition dedicated for all Meetings Industry professionals.

The FCCA Cruise Conference will take place in less than two months in Panama City, Panama from October 18-21.

ICCA, Global Meetings industry Association announced the launch of a new initiative – Net Zero Carbon Events – to connect the events industry globally to the rapidly growing movement towards net zero by 2050.

The World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC), now in its 30th year, is the flagship event of WYSE Travel Confederation and a key annual fixture in the calendars of buyers and sellers operating in the global youth, student and educational travel industry.