A cultural grant scheme in Kyoto is being extended. Kyoto Convention Bureau and the City of Kyoto have once again teamed up to support business events, such as a conventions, meetings or incentive travel, which take place in the city by offering a subsidy towards their use of the regions cultural heritage.

Estonia has secured a bid to host a major energy conference, the 37th Euroheat & Power Congress, in April 2015.

A survey of Amway India Leadership Seminar 2012 delegates, conducted by the Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB), has asserted Melbourne’s status as a premier incentive travel destination with 91 per cent of respondents expressing satisfaction with the conference facilities, and more than 95 per cent feeling welcome and safe in the city.

The luxury travel sector is failing to make use of the opportunities the internet offers, reveals a new series of round table talks involving the best and brightest minds in travel.

The Island of Bali Successfully Hosted the 1st ever Boutique B2B Travel show-the unparalleled strategic Buyers Sellers platform.

IMPACT Exhibition Management Co. Ltd., recently held a Spirit Day for all staffs in order to enhance the unity and its corporate culture, “Partnership for Success”, as well as to encourage staffs to play sports.

Award-winning Gibbston Valley Winery in Queenstown has appointed experienced tourism professional Brenda Meadows as sales and events co-ordinator to manage and expand the company’s conference and events offering.

South African Tourism, organisers of Africa’s biggest business events trade show, Meetings Africa and Africa’s only global travel trade show, INDABA, are more committed than ever to ensure that these trade shows provide the best platforms possible to respond to the rapidly growing interest in the African tourism marketplace.

The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre’s Helen Mantellato has been honoured with an Order of Merit in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Olympic movement over the past 20 years.

Over 400 leading energy specialists from around the world discussed the present and future outlooks of oil shale energy at the two-day International Oil Shale Symposium that took place in Tallinn, Estonia 10-11 June.

Travelport has wrapped up a successful APAC Airline and Agency Conference in Shanghai, hosting close to 300 airline and travel agency delegates at the Marriott Shanghai City Center.

It was all Prince Alfonso's idea.

Sydney will host the Opening Series of 2014 Major League Baseball, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

SKYCITY Entertainment Group (SKYCITY) announced today it has agreed with the New Zealand Government to extend the date to formalise the agreement for SKYCITY to design, build and operate the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC).

In a week of glitz, glamour, crocodiles and cane toads, top conference and incentive industry professionals were wowed during an educational visit to the region.

The final report of the GTM 2013 was very positive.

Ukraine's aviation sector today became the first civil employees in Europe to receive training to identify potential victims of human trafficking as part of a plan to increase global co-operation in the fight against modern day slavery.

This year ICCA Central European Chapter meeting will be held in St.Petersburg, Russia, June 22nd-24th.

Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld is the only fully integrated five-star hotel, convention centre and lifestyle complex within the heart of Bangkok.

Following the inaugural ILTM Africa held in Cape Town earlier this year, organisers Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced that the 2014 event will take place in the East Ballroom of the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) from 28th – 30th April.

At the General Assembly of European Cities Marketing held in Copenhagen, on June 2013 Ignacio de Delás (Barcelona) was elected as the Association’s new President.

On 2October 2013, with the support of the Prague Convention Bureau, the UX Masterclass Conference will take place in Prague.

World Travel Awards, heads for Lima Peru to make history, for this is where the Central and South America Gala ceremony will be held for the first time on July 20th 2013.

Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and the Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (MACEOS), today announced the launch of Malaysia’s inaugural business events awards named the RAWR Awards 2013 which will take place this September.