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SMEs signal strong appetite for face-to-face meetings, but are they spending?
New research from American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) and Ipsos suggests small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on both sides of the Atlantic place a lot of importance on face-to-face interaction for growing their businesses. According to the survey of 500 senior decision-makers in the UK and US, 83% said increasing in-person engagement with clients and customers will be a key co...
Australasia’s ‘longest established’ PCO celebrates Diamond Jubilee
ICMSA, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Christchurch, and which claims to be Australasia’s longest-established Professional Conference Organiser, is celebrating 60 years in business. The agency was founded on 28 January, 1966, and current owner and CEO Emma Bowyer (pictured) thanked all previous directors, current and past staff, as well as the company’s clients, suppliers and stake...
Two new additions to Europe’s DMO alliance
Two new members have joined the Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe – Malta and Wales. They joined on 1 January. The two additions take the alliance’s membership to 30 national convention bureaux, with the announcement made in Dublin during the group’s first annual meeting of the year. The alliance has also created a new Alliance Coordination Office to support joint pro...