Venues Event Management go green
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- Created on Friday, 31 August 2012 09:05
Venues Event Management are passionate when it comes to organising events and ensuring they do their most for the environment and keeping green.
What is a sustainable event? Broad guidelines for a greener event are that it should be organised electronically, minimise carbon emissions for travelling delegates and speakers, save energy, practice recycling, and adopt environmentally-thoughtful measures wherever practical and possible.
What is a sustainable event? Broad guidelines for a greener event are that it should be organised electronically, minimise carbon emissions for travelling delegates and speakers, save energy, practice recycling, and adopt environmentally-thoughtful measures wherever practical and possible.
Asia Pacific tourism arrivals grow in May, but slowdown continues
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- Created on Thursday, 30 August 2012 16:10
International Visitor Arrivals into Asia Pacific1 destinations during May 2012 showed a collective gain of 3% year-on-year according to preliminary results released today by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). This was the second consecutive month with a declining growth rate and heralds the impact of the various economic contagions across the globe. For the first five months of 2012, the average growth in international visitor arrivals into Asia Pacific destinations was 6% up year-on-year.
Read more: Asia Pacific tourism arrivals grow in May, but slowdown continues
Grass Root predicts upsurge in events for 2013
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- Created on Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:30
Alan Newton, Global Supply Chain Director, Grass Roots HBI, believes that so far this year, the European hotel market has seen both winners and losers around rates and that after seeing a large dip in meetings activity before and during the Olympics, there will now be an upsurge in events for Q4 and 2013.
MasterCard and eNett International form strategic partnership
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- Created on Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:07
MasterCard Worldwide and eNett International have signed a partnership agreement which provides innovative payment and reconciliation solutions for the travel industry through the use of Virtual Account Numbers (VANs). The partnership aims to facilitate high volumes of global payments over a 5 year period and sets MasterCard up as the exclusive payment partner for all eNett VANs generated in Europe.
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Powder White boosts its corporate ski arm as MICE market restores faith in the mountains
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:11
Leading independent ski specialist Powder White has launched its 2012/13 corporate ski trips programme, following its best ever season for corporate enquiries where bookings were up by 70%.
The specialist tailor-made operator has chosen the Austrian resort of St Anton as its preferred MICE destination, thanks to its easy one hour transfer from Innsbruck airport, range of accommodation and event space options and large choice of incentive activities and facilities.
The specialist tailor-made operator has chosen the Austrian resort of St Anton as its preferred MICE destination, thanks to its easy one hour transfer from Innsbruck airport, range of accommodation and event space options and large choice of incentive activities and facilities.
Read more: Powder White boosts its corporate ski arm as MICE market restores faith in the mountains