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French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) announces that plans to host the French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron, scheduled for September 30 - October 2, will no longer be moving forward.

The Global Travel Restart event prepared jointly by the Association of Finnish Travel Industry (SMAL) and the MATKA Nordic Travel Fair will be held in connection with the upcoming MATKA Fair.

Yokohama has been chosen to host the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE ICRA 2024). 

ASM Global, the world’s leading producer of entertainment experiences has announced its recent appointment as the managing operator for Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre.

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) successfully delivered a further three virtual events last week, bringing the total number of in-house virtual or hybrid events to 156 over the past year.

RX (Reed Exhibitions) has announced the results of its inaugural IBTM Wired event, which took place online from 28 June – 1 July with the aim of uniting Hosted Buyers and suppliers for four days of quality meetings, networking and tailored education sessions.

On Saturday evening of August 7, 3,000 Berliners celebrated a special event on the runway of the former airport at Berlin Tegel and sending a message to the world: “Berlin loves you!“

For the first time in the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates will host the 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) in Dubai from November 2 to 5, 2021.

Dubai’s business events sector continues to build on its momentum as one of the first cities in the world to reopen for international meetings, with a busy calendar of high profile conferences, meetings and incentives on the horizon through the rest of 2021 and into 2022.

On 1 August 2021 the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO; based in Tokyo, Japan) and the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO; registered in Zurich, Switzerland) formed a destination partnership.

On July 20, the 40th edition of IACC Americas Connect took place using IACC’s MultiPOD format, enabling the event to take place across three in-person meetings across the US as well as virtually.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Los Angeles office will host its 4th Annual Virtual Marketplace – The Americas Chapter on July 28 and 29, 2021 to connect travel professionals with a robust variety of Thailand’s top tourism attractions and suppliers.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be the keynote speaker at Connect 2021, taking place Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in Tampa, Fla.