﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Meetpie.com - News</title><link>http://www.meetpie.com//Modules/NewsModule/News.aspx</link><description>Latest News from Meetpie.com</description><item><title>Meetings deliver £2.24bn to Denmark's economy each year</title><description>Meetings in Denmark contribute £2.24bn to the economy and attract 928,000 international delegates, study shows</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15551</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:14 </pubDate></item><item><title>AIBTM announces 54 new exhibitors for 2012 show</title><description>Around one-third of booked exhibitors are new to the show, which will take place in Baltimore in June</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15548</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:58:00 </pubDate></item><item><title>Non-European growth helps MCI Group's profits hit €92m</title><description>The event agency and association management company saw business grow, with acquisitions in Dubai and Buenos Aires</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15543</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:59:32 </pubDate></item><item><title>ISES heads to Birmingham for its second regional event</title><description>The International Special Events Society will hold the second ISESTalks regional event at the NEC Birmingham</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15546</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:12 </pubDate></item><item><title>Events industry 'is missing a trick' with government, says de Bois</title><description>The events industry “has not sold itself well enough to government" and must speak in one united voice, says MP</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15547</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:53:56 </pubDate></item><item><title>EMG gets a taste for whisky with Glenfiddich partnership</title><description>Glenfiddich choses Event Management Group (EMG) to create bespoke events centered around its famous single malts</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15545</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:45 </pubDate></item><item><title>ManchesterLive hits London for showcase</title><description>More than 35 of Manchester’s top venues and conference providers exhibited at The Roof Gardens in Kensington</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15544</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:40 </pubDate></item><item><title>US agency inVNT throws down the gauntlet to 'sleepy, stale' UK agencies</title><description>US events agency inVNT is expanding into London, claiming conventional UK agencies have become 'sleepy and stale'</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15530</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:35 </pubDate></item><item><title>Grass Roots bullish about 2012 meetings with 4 per cent growth in spend forecast</title><description>Grass Roots’ latest Meetings Industry Report for the UK cautiously bullish for second half of 2012</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15541</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:29:51 </pubDate></item><item><title>UK meetings mixologists get a taste of Basel in Swiss showcase</title><description>UK event organisers enjoyed a trip to Basel to ‘taste test’ their prize-winning Swiss-influenced cocktail</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15542</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:35:51 </pubDate></item><item><title>Conference House targets not-for-profit sector with new show</title><description>Conference House announces new exhibition, nfp events, with first show on 25 September</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15533</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:37 </pubDate></item><item><title>Grass Roots wins Big Bang Fair for the next three years</title><description>Grass Roots will manage the UK Young Scientists &amp; Engineers Fair (The Big Bang Fair) for the next three years</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15538</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:37:53 </pubDate></item><item><title>Berlin and Houston pass with flying colours to become 'BestCities'</title><description>The cities have completed compliance audits and are now full members of the 'BestCities' convention bureaux network</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15540</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:25:39 </pubDate></item><item><title>COPE UK to host networking breakfast on economic impact of events</title><description>The Council of Protocol Executives will discuss Britain’s events sector and the next generation of planners</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15539</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:15 </pubDate></item><item><title>Howells appointed MD of fresh Group</title><description>He was previously the agency’s business development director and more recently, client services director</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15537</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:52:50 </pubDate></item><item><title>Planners give academic venues top marks as interest grows</title><description>Academic venues saw a 6 per cent increase in interest in last 12 months</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15536</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:57:13 </pubDate></item><item><title>London the big mover, but ICCA rankings have a familiar look for 2011</title><description>It was a case of ‘as you were’ following publication of ICCA’s country and city rankings report 2011</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15534</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:23:21 </pubDate></item><item><title>Finns bring sound and light to Russia</title><description>A Finnish company will provide AV to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Second Senior Official's Meeting </description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15535</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:33:50 </pubDate></item><item><title>Association delegates looking for value at new-look congress</title><description>‘Raising value’ will be the focus of a meeting of international association executives in Liverpool </description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15532</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:24:21 </pubDate></item><item><title>Organisers lap up the event options at Silverstone</title><description>More than 70 event professionals hit the track for the first Silverstone Wing Open Day at Silverstone race circuit</description><link>http://www.meetpie.com/Modules/NewsModule/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=15529</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:23:33 </pubDate></item></channel></rss>
