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EMIF : quid ?

EMIF : quid ?

MICE

Le bruit a couru hier avec insistance de très sérieuses difficultés que connaîtrait le salon EMIF, European Meeting Industry Fair, dont la onzième édition, prévue à Tour et Taxis à Bruxelles les 13 et 14 mars prochains, pourrait ne pas avoir lieu. Le salon, appartenant au groupe Artexis, qui gère également Flanders Expo à Gand, mais aussi les palais des expositions d’Anvers et de Namur ainsi que...

16 septembre 2011

Dog bites man…man bites back!

Dog bites man…man bites back!

MICE

Bruce Taylor, attaqué violemment par un chien à Sofia, nous raconte son expérience et l'efficacité des médecins bulgares....  

20 juin 2011

Where’s Brussels?

Where’s Brussels?

MICE

I finally got hold of ICCA’s top 20 for 2010. I haven’t yet managed the top 100, but I’m working on it. Well, what a surprise! Like in previous years, Brussels does not figure at all.  

25 mai 2011

Congratulations, Germany: 12 points !

Congratulations, Germany: 12 points !

MICE

Whatever you think of the Eurovision Song Contest, and I admit I’m not a great fan; you have to congratulate Dusseldorf for the spectacular staging of this year’s event which confirms just how good Germany is at organising big meetings and events.

18 mai 2011

What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

MICE

I am just back from Vigo. Where’s that? I hear you ask.   No, not in Russia as a Belgian friend, who works in communication, thought when I told him where I was going. Nor is it the capital of any Eastern European country as my globetrotting half-Spanish daughter guessed, when she first heard the name. But she’s in Washington DC and has gone American, so she has an excuse!

11 mai 2011

Communication is getting harder…

Communication is getting harder…

MICE

Well, it certainly is here from where I am writing this PAGtour column. I’m in a small village in a rough land of pines, olive trees and almond groves in north-eastern Spain. No it’s not Catalonia… it’s next door in Aragón, some 100 km south of the regional capital, Zaragoza.

02 mai 2011

Why have a Brussels Meetings Week ?

Why have a Brussels Meetings Week ?

MICE

This was the exact title of this year’s Brussels Meeting Week press release. And that is precisely the question I asked myself at the end of the latest edition in March, as I am sure many others did too.

20 avril 2011

VisitBrussels-Washington

VisitBrussels-Washington

MICE

Yes I’m still talking about Brussels, but this time it has an international dimension. At a good humoured event at EMIF 2011, in the presence of Brussels Mayor Freddy Thielemans, the bosses of Destination DC and VisitBrussels signed an alliance agreement to promote Washington, DC and Brussels as top meeting & convention destinations.

13 avril 2011

Visit Brussels, sized for april fool's

Visit Brussels, sized for april fool's

MICE

I had some interesting feedback on last week’s Brussels rebranded. Many commented positively on the barcode design and I certainly agree. In the elongated version, the new logo and its multicoloured stripes look even more attractive. It’s just the strapline-slogan which is causing the grief, and no-one who commented had anything complimentary to say.

06 avril 2011

Brussels successfully rebranded?

Brussels successfully rebranded?

MICE

The institutional-sounding BITC has changed its spots and its name to the lighter VisitBrussels. It was obviously the safe option, but it would have been nice to see Brussels being a little more daring, creative, Magritte-like and adventurous, rather than adopting something that has already been around for the best part of 10 years. When you see the initials VB, you will now have to ask yourself...

30 mars 2011

EMIF earns itself one last chance…

EMIF earns itself one last chance…

MICE

Next year is the last chance for EMIF. Everyone has been saying it every year for the last 10 years. But this time it’s true. The new management team has won a reprieve and has another opportunity to show it can not only fulfil but exceed expectations of exhibitors and visitors alike.

24 mars 2011

TESTING TIMES FOR EMIF

TESTING TIMES FOR EMIF

MICE

First of all, I wonder how many PAGtour readers have heard of EMIF. I have never seen it mentioned here.  EMIF, the European Meetings Industry Fair is aimed at anyone involved in conferences, meetings, events, incentive and business travel

10 mars 2011

CP VisitBrussels : le changement est en marche …

CP VisitBrussels : le changement est en marche …

MICE

A rather strange communication from Brussels, but it does show a sense of Belgian humour…..  Obelix

01 avril 2011

Un salon de tourisme d'affaires en virtuel

MICE

il est des articles qui ne plaisent pas. Mais alors pas du tout. Aussi à la demande de l'entreprise visée nous avons accepté de retirer l'article en question.

16 décembre 2009

CP 1001 salles depuis 2000, le premier portail de location de salles et dédié à l'évenementiel

MICE

Un salon virtuel dédié au tourisme d'affaires nous interdit de parler de lui, alors c'est l'occasion de présenter le projet du groupe 1001 salles, le premier concept du genre en France

16 décembre 2009