Helen Brewer | Aug 24, 2015
The second Event Industry Summit (EIS) scheduled for Thursday 1 October at Hackle Brooke Conference Centre will witness a new era in event management consensus. There are a range of challenges which vary between the suppliers of venue space and the...
Helen Brewer | Aug 24, 2015
Exhibitions are the ‘stuff’ that seriously effective marketing revolves around. Savvy exhibition stand builders go around the world seeking every means to ensure their clients exhibition experience is as easy and stress-free as possible. Scan...
Helen Brewer | Aug 24, 2015
Women in MICE 2015 was a day to remember for The MICE Academy. Not only was it a great occasion which took place at Hackle Brooke Conference Centre with 40 top women honoured for their outstanding contribution to the MICE industry – it was a...
Helen Brewer | Aug 17, 2015
High participation is the name of the game at the second Events Industry Summit (EIS) scheduled to take place on Thursday 1 October. Over 1500 potential participants cast their votes as to first choice on either panel one, being venues with and...
Helen Brewer | Aug 17, 2015
Who is the guilty party – when it comes to a slow reaction to a planner’s request-for-proposal (RFP) from a MICE venue with or without accommodation? Why are instructed setups not in place on arrival? A survey completed by Global Business Travel...
Helen Brewer | Aug 11, 2015
You name it, this EM software can do it. A comprehensive and detailed presentation under the banner of the NFS Technology Group could be regarded as the ultimate, primarily for the independent professional planner. No stone has been left unturned...
Helen Brewer | Aug 11, 2015
It all started when the corporate/association buyers requested a Professional Planner minimum standard be drafted for adherence by a wide-range of decision making clients. With this motivation in mind, the Event Industry Summit (EIS) 2015 programme...
Helen Brewer | Aug 4, 2015
We all want to do the right thing when it comes to greening our events – whether meeting, incentive, conference or exhibition. Yet it is important to ensure that, while we are attempting to reduce our carbon footprint in a myriad of ways, it is...
Helen Brewer | Aug 4, 2015
Parking is one of those expectations that goes unnoticed until the bookings schedule takes a tumble due to delegates frustrations which usually are not advise to the venue’s management. Think about your own resistance as to whether you should take...
Helen Brewer | Jul 27, 2015
Dear Editor Your editorial comment in the latest Meeting magazine on the word MICE being out of the 90’s and passé – the Academy begs to differ. The acronym MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) commenced in Asia primarily the...
Helen Brewer | Jul 27, 2015
There was a time when the right mix of subjects and top-drawer presenters coupled with powerful motivational wording and pictures to match that one could almost guarantee a good turnout. Today the situation is not the same. There are a variety of...
Helen Brewer | Jul 20, 2015
Mediatech Africa is perhaps the one exhibition that does not need stand numbers. Although large stand numbers are on the floor in front of each stand, it is either the extraordinary lighting, riveting real-time screen projections or pulsating sound...
