Conference & Meetings World

US - Washington, DC is to host the 19th International AIDS Conference in July 2012.

EIBTM’s exhibition director Mandy Torrens has deemed this year’s show as the largest ever gathering of hosted buyers and the most pre-scheduled appointments in the event’s 21-year history.

BRAZIL - Destination Management Company Ovation Global has launched a new office in Brazil.

WORLD - Busy travellers will be able to book their night’s stay on-the-go with the launch of Accor Hotels’ iphone application.

AUSTRALIA - The Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB) has confirmed nine winning bids for business events in the city including the United Nations 63rd Annual Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organisation Conference (DPI/NGO).

IRELAND - Due to reopen for business in May 2010, Dublin’s Aviva Stadium (formerly Landsdowne Road) has secured its first two international association conferences.

WORLD - The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), the Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) Liverpool and the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), have joined forces to create a Global Green Alliance.

IRELAND - Tourism Ireland shared a billion euro revenue vision for the government from the development of the business tourism sector up to 2013.

World Events (UK) picked up the Sustainable Initiative of the Year accolade at EIBTM’s ninth annual awards in Barcelona.

Event organiser Quartz Business Media and the Thai venue BITEC have picked up a do-it-yourself registration package from World Registration Systems (WRS).

The editor-in-chief of the Digital Out of Home (DOOH) website has launched a scathing attack on the conference industry’s ‘slow response to innovation’.

The Scottish Exhibition and Convention Centre is to host the International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS), which will be held in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.