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  • The last time I was at Covent Garden's SWAY Bar it was funny for reasons I won't elaborate on here (hey, the dance floor lights up and it serves alc...
  • It’s an ambitious move for a hotel group to reawaken after a winter season hibernation to a party of travel agents and the press. But that’s what th...
  • Our world can be very exciting. We get to visit some exotic places, dine at top restaurants and stay in superb hotels. The downsides are long hours, e...
  • Who funds this research, and what is the point, apart from it being a  very mildly interesting read? The latest ‘research’ to hit our desks is ...
  • I love Melbourne. I haven’t lived in a city for many years but I could live here. I am here to attend AIME, the Asia-Pacific Incentive, Meetings &...
  • Carrots or sticks. It’s always felt like that in the airline industry.And now there is one new addition to the lengthy list of things that generally ...
  • While the UK remains the number one core market for arrivals to South Africa, you do have to wonder for how long. According to figures revealed at M...
  • As the lights of the London Olympics slowly begin to fade, thoughts are turning to the next big event on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ...
  • On Sunday, when most of us were in church, watching the football/rugby, sleeping off a heavy lunch or visiting Granny, board members of the Internatio...
  • Birmingham and its International Convention Centre has once again won the Conservative Party Conference, this time for 2014. It last held it in 2012...
  • What would happen to trade associations if suppliers decided to withhold funding and sponsorship? Does the membership model need to be dismantled? H...
  • It is always good to visit events. There is always something new to see, someone new to meet and something new to learn, especially if that event is...
  • Claude Nobs couldn’t be here. He was unavoidably detained. He died two weeks ago after a fall in the snow while cross-country skiing. He had ...
  • Think you've finally got your head around the impact of digital on meetings and events? Prepare to be befuddled again. "Digital is not the big de...
  • Up before the lark with a 5 am alarm call, I arrive at Gatwick early and make my way to the gate where the good news is the aircraft is ready bu...
  • Business knows that often, especially during tough economic times, diversification is the key to survival. This truth certainly rings loud in the ev...
  • Most of those reading this blog will organise events and, here at Meetings & Incentive Travel, we obviously write about them. All events – be they...
  • Take one grumpy delegate, a few females, some plants and a doodle pad and you have the makings of a great meeting. Or something along those lines. ...
  • It might have been lost in the run up to Christmas and New Year but a startling statistic was unveiled in mid-December – for the first time, more than...
  • It’s all started rather well – the sun is shining in my neck of the woods, no sign of a hangover and the USA avoided falling off its fiscal cliff last...

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