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Munich, New York, San Francisco and Beijing – four destinations on three continents in five days: The BMW Group is teaming up with Lufthansa Cargo to present the#BMW#Vision iNEXT World Flight as part of an event unparalleled in its execution.

The inaugural Grand Basel fair in Basel will feature around 100 legendary cars. Basel will welcome racing legends, movie icons, radical one-offs, culturally-significant classics, and the world premiere of a contemporary coachbuilt special.

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IMEX America, taking place October 16-18 in Las Vegas, will live out its mission to ‘educate, innovate and help all its clients to make powerful connections with the right people’ by presenting a comprehensive education program each day of the show.

China Giant Panda International Culture Week, a new biennial international celebration of China's 60 years of conservation efforts rescuing the Giant Panda from the brink of extinction, launched in Beijing with a 'Panda China-Sichuan Night' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sanlitun.

Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) is expanding; a new facility's official groundbreaking ceremony brought together State, County and City officials, hospitality leaders and members of the community at the construction site of 'Summit'.

The PATA Human Capacity Building Programme, jointly organized by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), was held from August 13-14 at Hotel Himalaya in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The event, with the theme ‘Exploring the Art of Storytelling’, attracted 65 participants. Representing PATA were CEO Dr. Mario Hardy and Director - Human Capital Development Mrs. Parita Niemwongse.

VisitBritain’s flagship global travel trade event ExploreGB will be held in Harrogate in 2019. Hundreds of international buyers from countries across the globe will meet travel trade suppliers from the UK to do business at the Harrogate Convention Centre from 8 to 10 May 2019.

ICCA’s Global Bidding workshop was held on 17 July 2018 at World Meetings Forum Vidanta – Riviera Nayarit 2018, Mexico. Leading global meetings industry suppliers discussed the best practices of bidding for international association meetings, using Houston’s successful bid for the 2019 ICCA Congress as the basis for discussion.

The ICBC (Asia) e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong (EMFHK) returns this summer with professional gamers competing for glory at three international e-sports tournaments from 24 to 26 August at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced that the PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2019 (ATRTCM 2019) will be held in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India from February 13-15.