Happenings | IMEX Frankfurt

Professor Greg Clark, CBE, speaks at the Policy Forum.

The Hybrid City Alliance brings together like-minded destinations to offer a simple, streamlined, transparent and free-to-access approach to engaging with multiple locations for hybrid and multi-city events.

Hybrid City Alliance commits to Global Association Meeting Protocol

A winning legacy. Copenhagen Legacy Lab is a strategic initiative launched by Copenhagen Convention Bureau to integrate the international congresses held in Copenhagen with the local public, business and science communities.

Copenhagen Legacy Lab wins IMEX-EIC Innovation in Sustainability Award

The IMEX Group and Messe Frankfurt teams celebrate 20 years of partnership and 20 years of IMEX at Messe Frankfurt stand F030.

Cheers to 20 years!

A VIP delegation of business events policy makers and industry leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe came together for the first time at IMEX 2022. The meeting was organised by IMEX and ICCA to explore the potential value of the business events sector for Africa and moderated by The Business Tourism Company.

Africa explores business events

Aneta Ksiazek, head of Poland Convention Bureau, presents Carina Bauer, CEO, IMEX Group, with a gift and certificate to mark 20 years of IMEX, and 20 years since the birth of the Poland Convention Bureau.

Celebrating 20 years

Pictured, from left: Aoife Delaney, 2021 president, SITE; Selina Sinclair, VP of content & research, SITE Foundation; Pádraic Gilligan, chief marketing officer, SITE; Rebecca Wright, interim executive director, SITE.

SITE looks ahead to 50th anniversary during IMEX in Frankfurt

Cvent Senior Marketing Manager Felicia Asiedu said using the SAM app will help planners have a better understanding of their event impact on their business as well as the environment.

Cvent calls on meetings industry to use SAM app for sustainability

Last year, TCEB signed the travel industry and innovation development with seven alliances involved in greenhouse emission management to work together to help Thailand’s travel industry achieve lower – and ultimately zero – carbon emission.

Thailand launches new tool to spur decarbonisation

Planting trees has myriad benefits including and beyond habitat restoration and carbon capture, such as helping people connect with nature.

Scottish Event Campus plants trees for the future

Guadalajara, a place where traditions and modernity seamlessly unite, has a rich history of hosting world-class meetings and events.

BestCities welcomes Guadalajara to Global Alliance

During the pandemic, the EU CVB Network hosted a series of well-attended online networking sessions for associations and PCOs.

The EU CVB Network bridges seven destinations

At a height of 100 metres, the Pyramidenkogel in Carinthia is the highest wooden viewing tower in the world, where visitors can enjoy wide-ranging views of the summits of the Hohe Tauern to the north as far as the Karawanken, and towards Italy and Slovenia.

Karnten Convention offers a fresh perspective

Business Events Sarawak and the ICCA are encouraging more associations, convention bureaus and academia around the world to become IJBEL strategic partners.

ICCA and Sarawak Advocate Business Events Legacies Globally

Journal merges business events and legacy topics under one roof.

When planning carbon-neutral events, include farm-to-fork considerations and source local food.

Arinex shares tips for carbon-neutral events

Follow these eight steps towards carbon neutrality.

Carina Bauer, CEO of IMEX Group, joins Kai Hattendorf, managing director, UFI, and Kathleen Warden, director of conference sales at the SEC, for the announcement of the SEC as a Gold Sponsor of Net Zero Carbon Events.

Net Zero Carbon Events names Scottish Event Campus as Gold Sponsor

Reunited at IMEX 2022 are Jonathan Bradshaw, researcher, speaker, coach, Meetology; and Patrick Delaney, managing partner, SoolNua.

Time to reconnect

Ray Bloom, IMEX Chairman, Carina Bauer, IMEX CEO, and Heather Gough, IMEX sales director, declare Los Cabos stand C140 officially open.

Los Cabos officially open

Rajesh Agrawal, deputy mayor of London for Business, with Carina Bauer, IMEX Group CEO, and Richard Allchild, IMEX head of sales North America, and the London & Partners team and partners at stand F440.

London: Connect, meet, experience

Frankfurt Convention Bureau say happy birthday with heart-shaped cookies for IMEX's 20th anniversary.

Happy birthday, IMEX!

Celebrating two decades of partnership are, from left to right: Federico Toja, director chapter business for Europe, MPI; Maarten Vanneste, founder, ABBIT; Carina Bauer, CEO, IMEX Group; Frank Denies, COO, ABBIT; Evelien Aernaudts, business development manager, ABBIT; and Dominic De Gruyter, CEO, ABBIT.

ABBIT celebrates 20 years of partnership with IMEX

In 2026, Ottawa will host the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW)’s 31st Triennial Conference.

Ottawa secures coveted conference

Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre has received a COVID-19 certificate from SAFE Asset Group in recognition of exemplary work for COVID-19 safety.

Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre (Messukeskus) adapts in pandemic conditions

Founded in 2009, the World PCO Alliance provides leadership in meeting management by delivering streamlined and effective meetings around the globe.

World PCO Alliance announces agreement with Morressier

By proudly taking on the role of ambassador for Treedom within the hospitality and events sector, TERRAEVENTS will enable clients to join an important environmental and social mission.

Greening the community with TERRAEVENTS

Qatar Airways has introduced Sama, the industry’s first MetaHuman cabin crew, inviting website users on a virtual journey of discovery ahead of their next adventure.

Qatar Airways steps into the metaverse

FICP, IRF, SITE announce the 2022 edition of their incentive travel market survey.

A true research partnership for the SITE Foundation

The business event industry’s most authoritative study of the global incentive travel market.

The ICCASkills programme from the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) will shape a new generation of professionals, creating incredible opportunities for meeting suppliers to become the first of the best-of-class in the industry.

ICCA bridges the education gap for business events

ICCASkills courses address today’s critical issues.

Seoul Danurim Minivans equipped with wheelchair ramps are available for planners to reserve, which will give visitors easy access to various attractions across Seoul.

Seoul Tourism Organisation sweeps barriers aside

Catherine Chaulet, Global DMC Partners president and CEO

Global DMC partners kicks off in-person events

Superflux‘s Refuge for Resurgence imagines a new kind of home where humans, animals, birds, plants, moss and fungi prosper together with resilience, adaption and hope.

Our Time on Earth reflects Barbican Business Events’ sustainability credentials

EventsAIR helps meeting and event planners deliver successful hybrid events.

Savvy savings with EventsAIR