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17. April 2019 Technology

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Nordic startup eases meeting room bookings

Finland-based MeetingPackage promises to accelerate international growth with €1.5 million in additional investment.

10. April 2019 MICE

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Conference rooms to peer into world’s deepest pool

Hotel, conference and training rooms will have underwater views when the world’s deepest pool opens later this year.

7. March 2019 MICE

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Gothia Towers group hails record year

Carin Kindbom, president and chief executive of the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre and Gothia Towers, lists past and future news.

25. February 2019 MICE

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Dubai raises profile as “affordable MICE destination”

As the latest MICE Arabia Congress gets underway this week, Dubai is keen to stress that it’s not as expensive as it seems.

22. February 2019 Hotels

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First Steigenberger to open in Nordics

The Steigenberger Alsik hotel in Sønderborg, near the German-Danish border, will have a massive spa and Jesper Koch restaurants.

4. February 2019 MICE

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Nordic MICE Summit 2019 venue revealed

Last year’s inaugural summit was staged in Malmö, but the second event will be held in a Danish seaside manor.

29. January 2019 MICE

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Two Nordic MICE players up for awards

The latest showbiz-style Meetings & Incentive Travel Industry Awards 2019 will be staged in London on March 1.

25. January 2019 MICE

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New trends spotlighted for meetings and events

Five trends are expected to ‘disrupt’ the business events industry over the coming five years, a study finds.

24. January 2019 MICE

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Estonia reaches out to meeting planners

Meeting and events planners across Europe are invited to the Meet Estonia 2019 workshop and fam trip.

22. January 2019 Business Travel

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BIG Travel expands into business travel

One of Sweden’s biggest travel agency chains has bought Akademikerresor, an agency focused on business and conference trips.

7. January 2019 MICE

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Meetings and events players ready to Convene

An ‘education programme’ line-up has been confirmed for the Baltic Sea Region MICE exhibition Convene 2019.

21. December 2018 MICE

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Giant events and MICE venue to open in Prague

Construction of Prague’s O2 universum, which will host events and congresses, has progressed to its final stage.

4. December 2018 MICE

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Landmark new building to open in Helsinki

The grand opening of Oodi, a new library, public space a centre for events, ties in with Finland’s Independence Day celebrations this week.

2. December 2018 MICE

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Intelligent humanoid robot to open event

A hospitality tech event in Dubai is deploying a robot to launch proceedings, in what could be a first for the meetings industry.

27. November 2018 Business Travel

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Arlanda pop-up shows off co-working

Stockholm Arlanda Airport and United Spaces have unveiled a pop-up version of the flexible meeting spaces opening in 2019.

26. November 2018 MICE

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Estonia tells MICE visitors to go wild

The Estonian Convention Bureau and Visit Estonia are launching a new campaign this week at IBTM.

20. November 2018 MICE

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Fourth tower for Nordic meetings giant

A competition has been opened for architects to create an extension to Gothenburg’s Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre.

20. November 2018 MICE

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Baltic Sea region MICE event ready for #7

Convene says it is continuing to generate strong interest in the Baltic region, fuelled by a generous Hosted Buyer programme.

19. November 2018 Hotels

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New “luxury island” stretches Dubai coastline

Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace is collaborating on five-star hotels at Bluewaters, a “revolutionary addition to Dubai’s luxury hospitality scene”.

12. November 2018 MICE

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Stockholm in world’s top 10 MICE cities

The Swedish capital is named in the 2018 Global Destinations Index, while other markets are listed as trending for 2019.

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