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Macdonald Hotels stamps new passport scheme for agents

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has introduced an agents passport scheme, as its new twist on the familiarisation trip model. The initiative includes a series

Lord Mayor of Liverpool to speak at September’s Venue Expo

UKFE, organiser of the Venue Expo, due to take place in Liverpool in September, has announced that the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Tony

Nikkei buys FT conference business

A Japanese media giant has bought a major newspaper and conference business. Nikkei has snapped up the Financial Times group from Pearson for US$1.3bn

Barbican reports £1m worth of new contract business

The Barbican in London has confirmed it has sealed £1m worth of contracts over the past week, with conference business wins from the technology

Congdon moves from Liverpool to head of sales at NEC Group Arenas

Liverpool Echo Arena’s former sales manager, Ian Congdon, has been appointed the new head of sales at The NEC Group Arenas. Congdon will head a five-strong

India to sponsor WTM Buyers’ Club as part of UK MICE marketing push

India Tourism is to sponsor the World Travel Market Buyers’ Club this year. In 2014, 7.7m tourists visited India, a growth of 10% from

Melbourne renews Reed contract to manage AIME for three years

Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) has renewed the contract for Reed Travel Exhibitions (Reed) to manage its Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) for a further

Tablecrowd’s Kate Jackson makes Top 5 women in event technology list

Event app provider myQaa has launched an initiative to recognise female leaders in the field of event technology and Kate Jacskon of Tablecrowd has

Wildgoose licence to teambuild for Turnaround in Dubai

UK-based teambuilding specialist agency Wildgoose has added to its international list of licencees, with a new deal for Dubai, with Turnaround, one of the

TMS visitor numbers down, buyer appointments up

Unaudited figures from organisers of The Meetings Show (TMS), Centaur Live, have shown a dip in overall visitor and unique visitor numbers, but a

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