It’s a Quarter of a Million Scored for Wembley Wembley Stadium’s Conference and Banqueting team has just welcomed its’ 250,000th visitor. | More >

Build Your Business Network with EIBTM As EIBTM have opened their doors for registration for their show later this year we have taken a look at what the qualifying process takes into account. Could you qualify as a Hosted Buyer? | More >

Michiel Middendorf Helping to Professionalise the Events Industry Michiel Middendorf (photographed by Lex Draijeris)is the General Manager of the World Forum. The venue hosed the "Meet Your Future Event" organised by an hospitality management student team. | More >

ABPCO Welcome Visit London as a Corporate Member ABPCO corporate members are on the increase as Visit London, London’s official visitor organisation and convention bureau, becomes the latest destination to join its Corporate Membership Scheme. | More >

World Forum Reaches Gold The World Forum is the first convention center in the Benelux, which has completed the AIPC Quality Standards program at the gold level. | More >

World Forum Partner of the First MPI Scholarship Program in the Netherlands The first MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Scholarship Program in the Netherlands has started. | More >

“Ninja for a Day” Experience Launched by Hotel Granvia Exclusively Kyoto… Kyoto CVB Member - Hotel Granvia Launches “Ninja for a Day” Experience “For years, The rest of the world has read and seen stories of Japan’s famous Samurai and Ninja; now groups can spend a day in character as a traditional Japanese Ninja or Samurai Warrior.” Kyoto CVB, international marketing manager, James Kent. | More >

Royal Closing at Global Child Labour Conference in World Forum Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended the closing of the two-day international conference against child labour (‘The Hague Global Child Labour conference 2010, Towards a World without Child Labour, Mapping the Road to 2016’) on the 11 May in the World Forum. | More >

Event Camp Twin Cities Will be Held in September 2010 Event Camp Twin Cities is a new type of event that has been created following the first Event Camp in February 2010. | More >

Planet Planit Launches Staff (GB) Sponsored Volunteer Zone Planet Planit are delighted to be launching the first stage of their latest venture - The Volunteer Zone. | More >

The Music is Still Playing in Nashville The city of Nashville has endured record-breaking flooding in the past few days, and the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau has been largely focused on the safety of our citizens and guests. | More >

Travel Places Wins WorldSkills’ Business – 29,000 Room Nights in London Travel Places Events, has been awarded the initial phase of the accommodation management contract for WorldSkills 2011, just a few months after the agency was launched. | More >

Volcanic Eruptions - A New Challenge for Event Planners Just how do you deal with the disruption from the volcanic ash? Here we present some ideas and posts from event professionals across the globe. | More >

Getting the most out of IMEX 2010 Return on time and effort invested is something that the organisers of IMEX 2010, the IMEX Group, are extremely conscious of. | More >

Fair Trade Causes 70% Decline in Employment. Nexus Collections, a leading supplier of conference bags and promotional goods, has seen a huge increase in applicants for roles within their China based factory. | More >

Barbican Becomes First ABPCO Corporate Member ABPCO - the UK organisation for professional conference and event organisers welcomes its first corporate member in March 2010 – the Barbican. | More >

The J Team Focus on Kyoto Kyoto is a key focus for Japan’s first inbound-only DMC – The J - Team The J - Team, has been created from the inbound expertise of Medetours Co Ltd, which has been serving the MICE industry for the last five years. | More >

Berlin Convention Market 2009: Strong Despite the Crisis Convention destination Berlin chalked up growth in crisis-stricken year 2009. | More >

Kyoto Convention Bureau Widens Reach Through Soaring Worldwide Kyoto Convention Bureau has appointed Soaring Worldwide to develop PR activity. | More >

London City Selection Launching at Confex 2010 The London City Selection will be officially launched on Wednesday 24th February at 2pm in the London Bar at International Confex, Earls Court. | More >

Dexter House Expansion to Create One of the Most Versatile Venues in London. etc.venues has added a specialist conference and exhibition floor to their Dexter House venue completing their quest to cover every type of event need across three floors of this large and impressive venue. | More >

Tapping Into the Power of Associations As a volunteer leader of MPI I am often asked whether joining an association is a real benefit in these current difficult economic times. | More >

Kaaren Hamilton Appointed as Vice President, Global Sales - North America, Carlson Hotels Worldwide Hamilton will oversee the company’s global sales office, based outside Manhattan in New Jersey. Situated in the nation’s top business travel market, the global sales office is focused on generating outbound sales from the United States to Carlson’s hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. | More >

Berlin Convention Office Appoints Hume Whitehead in the UK Agency to highlight Berlin’s leading position as an event destination | More >

Sustainable Events Ltd Launch is Led by Fiona Pelham The team behind Organise this and Positive Impact, lead by Fiona Pelham have launched Sustainable Events Limited. | More >

EIBTM 2009 - A Valuable Use of Your Time MPI UK & Reval Hotels invite you to join them for Sangria and Business Networking at EIBTM 2009. | More >

Planet Planit Launches Barbican Sponsored TV channels www.planetplanit.biz, the event planners oracle, has launched a series of TV channels, providing web based educational video content. | More >

TCN Transfers Management of the World Forum to GL Events On 1 October 2009, TCN transferred the management of the World Forum to GL events. | More >

Let’s Get the Party Started PlanetPlanit.biz is one year old today and we're celebrating in style! | More >

C&IT's Power 50 is back: Nominate now In a year defined by budget cuts and redundancies, which individuals made a significant contribution to the industry and why? | More >

Reed Travel Exhibitions Launch Americas Meetings Trade Show for 2011 (AIBTM) Reed Travel Exhibitions cross the pond and head for Baltimore, USA with their latest offering. | More >

EC Collective Kicks Off Year 2 with FAM weekend. The EC Collective will hold its second annual FAM trip from 18th to 20th September 2009 – kicking off National Meetings Week in style. | More >

Sheepdrove to Invest £2.5 million in Sustainable Accommodation The Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre is seeking planning consent for a development of 38 bedrooms on its site in Lambourn Berkshire. | More >

MPI UK Changes Name and Focuses on International Relations & Business Opportunities. MPI’s plans for the next 12 months under the leadership of Anthony Hyde will include greater focus on the development of regional events, international relations and business opportunities. | More >

The World Forum in The Hague has joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative. The conference centre pledges its dedication to protecting human rights, labour rights, the environment and to fighting corruption. The World Forum promotes meetings involving issues such as peace and justice. | More >

MPI UK Appoints Soaring PR to Raise Profile The UK chapter of the world's largest event industry association, Meeting Professional International (MPI), has appointed Soaring PR to handle their ongoing press relations | More >