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‘venuedirectory.com is the conduit between venues and agencies’

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:15
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‘venuedirectory.com is the conduit between venues and agencies’

Michael Begley, Managing Director of venuedirectory.com, tells ITCM what distinguishes his service from other suppliers of venue data

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Taj Mahal Palace is re-opened

Friday, 13 August 2010 15:23
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Taj Mahal Palace is re-opened

Raymond Bickson, Managing Director of Indian Hotels Company Limited, said in announcing the re-opening of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel: ‘Today, we have fulfilled our promise of rebuilding the Taj to its former glory. The Taj Mahal has always reinvented itself and its storied past which makes it the icon that it is.

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To the Editor of ITCM from the Chairman of Eventia

Friday, 13 August 2010 15:11
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Friday 13th August 2010
To the Editor of ITCM from the Chairman of Eventia

Dear Sydney
Cameron Must Continue to Walk the Talk
David Cameron clearly embraces the importance of face-to-face communication. His ‘meet the PM’ series of regional events very much put him at the forefront as an exponent of audience engagement. Given that he has not shied away from difficult questions, occasionally to his detriment, he has also learned the true potency of this live medium. By providing access to the media and creating a link to the No 10 website he has certainly managed to reach an audience significantly greater than those present at the live event and in doing so is leveraging further his return on investment.


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More growth for drpgroup as team expands again

Thursday, 05 August 2010 14:24
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More growth for drpgroup as team expands again

The drpgroup has once again expanded its team as the agency continues to grow throughout 2010. The group has set a series of targets as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations and following the announcement that seven new team members had joined the drpgroup in April and May, a further seven new people have joined in June and August.

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Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts set for growth David Hornby appointed as a board Director

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:52
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Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts set for growth, David Hornby appointed as a board Director

Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts welcomes David Hornby to the team this August. David brings a wealth of event sector experience to this newly launched event catering company.  Since the company’s May 2010 launch there has been huge interest and a wealth of potential opportunities, David’s focus will be growing the business through its sales, marketing and digital activity.

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Our classic tour of the Ardennes

 Michelle Chenery reports on a Southern Belgium ITCM fam trip that coincided with the volcanic eruption and produced more adventures than we bargained for!

Our MICE buyers’ adventure in Wallonia started with a bang. All the early morning news was of the volcanic eruption in Iceland and how many flights were cancelled. Heathrow closed at 12 noon, but our 11.15am flight on Brussels Airlines was one of the last to leave UK airspace, which was then to close for a further six days. On arrival at Brussels airport after a comfortable flight on time we were transferred to Trajectoire, where we had our first sight of the classic cars we would be driving for the next three days. The delegates were like children let loose in a candy store. Inside the building there were wall-to-wall classic cars.
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Chantilly charmed the buyers

After hard but rewarding work at the Bedouk MC&IT exhibition in Paris, Chantilly showed the enchanting face of France. Briony Key reports

Evènement France 2010 took 13 UK event organisers on a four-day trip to France for Bedouk MC&IT – and much more. Briony Key accompanied the Fam Trip group, hosted by Atout France and ITCM, from the latest Paris hot spots to the charm of Chantilly.
Following an easy flight with Air France the group soon discovered Accor’s savoir faire. Its hospitality evening, at the Novotel Tour Eiffel, was a feast of fine food and French flair, with great views of the icon of Paris. Soon everyone was mixing and in the mood for finding out more about the excellent business opportunities that were about to be showcased.
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Estonia – the great new MICE destination

 Hosted by Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Tour-ist Board and Estonian Convention Bureau, ITCM escorted a group of UK buyers who were amazed at what they found in Tallinn and Pärnu on the Baltic

We were a group of 9 on the ITCM-Estonian Tourist Board and Estonian Convention Bureau  Fam Trip to Estonia. One of us had once passed briefly through the capital, Tallinn, but we were all completely unprejudiced by any previous knowledge of the country and its MICE facilities. There were mixed feelings about what to expect.
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Dubrovnik and Split offer great value, singly or together

 ITCM and some readers were invited to see for themselves the enticing offers of Croatia’s great cities on the Adriatic. Roger St Pierre reports

Croatia has one of Europe’s longest and most spec-tacular coastlines, dotted with resorts large and small. The best known are the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Split and Dubrovnik, each of which can be very attractive in these straitened times.
Easy to access, with direct flights from the UK, both destinations offer great value, thanks to being outside the ever more expensive Eurozone.
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