The Baltic countries already have a multitude of Radisson properties, but this one is the first under the new upscale hotel brand ‘Radisson’.

Hard Rock has set an opening date of October for the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel, which will be part of its Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

The technology provider Cvent has unveiled its lists of top meeting hotels in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific for 2019, and Copenhagen has made the list in Europe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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