COVID-19 Continues to Damage Australia’s Business Events Sector

The Australian economy is set to lose $35.7 billion in direct expenditure over the next 12 months, as nearly all business events scheduled for 2020 (96%) are cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19, new figures from the Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) show. Business Events Council of Australia announces it is working with...

IMEX Launches New Online Experience, "PlanetIMEX"

In its desire to give back to the international business events, meetings and incentive travel industry following the massive outpouring of support since IMEX in Frankfurt was cancelled, the IMEX team have created a brand-new virtual experience, due to launch 6 May and run for several months.

PCEB CEO Elected Chair of ICCA Asia Pacific

Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) is honoured to share that our CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran has been elected as the new Chairman for the ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee (EXCO) for the term 2020 – 2022. He takes over the outgoing Chairman, Jason Yeh (Founder and CEO of GIS Group).

Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Releases a COVID-19 Response Report

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Tel Aviv Yafo-Municipality, like many other municipalities around the world, was faced daily with new and unusual challenges such as a major reduction in the number of municipal workers, a disruption in the educational system, a significant increase in the number of residents requiring social services and more.

TCEB Launches Campaign in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

The first called “Virtual Meeting Space (VMS)" will help MICE entrepreneurs run business events online and re-skill their employees via virtual platforms. The second, called “Simple Ways to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Your Meetings and Events”, offers MICE venue owners and operators an...

ICCA Message: "A Pathway to the Future"

Over the Easter weekend, when many ICCA members traditionally celebrate with family and friends, we will have spent time connecting with each other in a way very different to our usual gatherings and using technology to maintain some semblance of normality.