Incentives and meetings

As the peak seminar season approaches, leading holiday club Belambra is dedicating four of its sites exclusively to hosting corporate seminars and events.

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has published reassuring results for 2022 and an interesting outlook for the coming months, with the opening of a new hotel nearby just around the corner.

The Japanese authorities have just approved plans for a new resort with MICE facilities in Osaka. The complex will also include Japan's first-ever casino.

As the Côte d'Azur's leading events organiser, Cannes is returning to business levels close to those of 2019, thanks to its convention centre, which has become a "mission palace", and its renovated top-of-the-range hotels, with the legendary Carlton at the top of the bill this year.

The 2022 report on tourism in San Francisco notes the gradual return of the MICE business. And it forecasts a further improvement in performance this year.

Abandoning the planned site near the airport, the convention centre will be built on a car park in the port of Lympia for the Ocean Summit in June 2025, leaving the new Arenas business hotels in limbo.

Sustainable, innovative, natural: the destinations of Northern Europe are in tune with all the latest trends. A pioneering spirit that business groups can discover in situ.

The ExCel London site has just completed the renovation of its Platinum Suite space, with a view to achieving exponential growth in internal meetings.

The Signia by Hilton brand, designed for large-capacity MICE hotels, will be setting up in Atlanta in January, with a facility directly linked to the Georgia World Congress Center, one of the largest in the United States.

The Asian group Melco is preparing to inaugurate a resort in Cyprus. The City of Dreams Mediterranean will be equipped with MICE facilities on a scale that is, to say the least, comfortable...

Destination Angers' commitment to sustainable development has just been recognised with ISO 20121 certification. Next step: Innovative and Sustainable Destination status.

Châteauform''s commitment to the environment and society is reflected in the change in the group's status to that of a "company with a mission". A way of perpetuating and promoting its humanist model.

To coincide with the publication of its 2022 report, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is unveiling the results of a study into the profile of visitors, particularly in the MICE segment.

Radisson and Marriott recently announced new solutions for booking meetings online. All the major hotel groups, including investor Blackstone, which has just bought Cvent, a key technology player, are also interested in digitalising their MICE offerings.

Revisiting the concept of the youth hostel as a lifestyle venue, Jo&Joe establishments also dedicate their atypical spaces to business groups and mobile professionals.

Châteauform' is strengthening its presence in Spain with a fifth establishment, the Campus Belloch, near Barcelona. A venue dedicated to training and major seminars, nestling in a 200-hectare park.

Extending its momentum, moving towards top-of-the-range business tourism, showcasing the diversity of its offering: Malta is pursuing its tourism development in three directions.

With the "Green Business Events" project, Luxembourg is offering organisers a new way of demonstrating their commitment to the environment. A logo that says it all about the sustainable and inclusive nature of an event.

In Singapore, the MICE offering can draw on an astonishing reservoir of cultural and outdoor activities to meet the needs of organisers.

Singapore has built its reputation on the international MICE scene thanks to its top-of-the-range event venues and a particularly dynamic gastronomic offering.