The 3rd International Forum on Apitherapy and Apiquality

Healthy with the Bees

The Apimondia International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations chose Slovenia to host the 3rd Apimondia International Forum on Apitherapy and Apiquality. This event, which is an important recognition of the Slovenian Beekeepers Association and a confirmation of our excellent organisation of the Apimondia 2003 congress in Ljubljana, will take place from September 28th to October 3rd …

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Estoril Congress Centre, Portugal

How to B green

In 2008, Estoril Congress Centre, located on the Estoril Coast, just 20km from Lisbon International Airport, in Portugal, committed to a vision of sustainability in inhouse procedures and all business events held in the venue. Understanding the important role it plays within the region, the ECC extended its commitment towards the region and has been …

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ROI for non-believers

“We create emotions and memorable moments” an event manager told me recently, “you can’t measure ROI on emotions”. I know there are many who simply don’t believe that you can measure the Return on Investment from events; it is simply too difficult. Either you believe the event to be effective or you don’t, you have …

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A Word from the Editor

Quality and Unique Services Should Be the Competitive Advantage

A colleague from Switzerland, who visited one of the tourist exhibitions, recently came to Slovenia for the first time. I have been following his work for a while now and our meeting was marked by thoughts on the current situation in the region’s meeting industry. One of the characteristics of meetings professionals is that we …

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Can Site Selection Service Providers Really Make A Difference?

Budget cutbacks and reduced meetings staffs, the desire to have more transparency in meetings procurement, the lack of pricing discipline in the marketplace and concerns over the perception of meetings are all driving organisations to think about outsourced site selection. If ever there was a time to consider using the services of a site selection …

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How to become a Master?

Once, a long, long time ago, the work from an individual field was entrusted into the hands of a person who was skilled in this line of work and who was recognised by his surroundings as a master. The process of obtaining this status was something special. Today, it no longer has the appropriate meaning …

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What next for destination marketing?

Budget cutbacks and reduced meetings staffs, As the very early stages of the global economic recovery are appearing (well, in the USA, France and Germany), business managers and their sales and marketing colleagues are, or if not, should be, considering how marketing activities can be given fresh impetus. What seems clear to me is that …

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Exorcism

It has been about a year now since destination managers have been turning the global economic crisis in our hands like a Rubik’s Cube. Even better: like hot chestnuts. Last October, we all agreed that every crisis can also be an opportunity, but we had no real answers on how to materialise those opportunities. A …

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