Meeting management

Managing meetings has never seemed so strategic, whether it's a small committee meeting at head office or a large-scale extra muros event. New solutions are emerging to assist meeting managers, particularly for group bookings. Innovation is also enriching and revitalising the format of meetings, or even digitalising all or part of the meeting by videoconferencing or in hybrid… (see more)

Find a meeting room in a strategic location, opt for the meeting facilities of a hotel, a conference centre, a conference centre, etc. coworking or other third-party venues, combining comfort, equipment and cost control: the keys to optimised meeting management.

CICA

Eco-responsible MICE: organisers confide in ICCA

ICCA publishes its International Sustainability Report to provide an update on the road to more responsible meetings & events organisation.
Amex GBT

Amex GBT says internal meetings are a great success

The Global Meetings & Events Forecast 2024 report published by American Express GBT confirms the key role played by internal meetings in strengthening links within the company.
Pullman

MICE: the world after deciphered by the first Kactus-IFTM barometer

The first Meetings & Events barometer, published today by Kactus to coincide with the IFTM Top Resa event, reveals the key trends in the French market and how it has evolved since the health crisis.
Comet

Teleworking, office, hybrid: Comet measures the new balances

A study carried out by Comet in France, Belgium and Spain assesses employees' new relationship with the office and meetings.
Congress

MMGY forecasts an "exceptional" 2023 vintage for the MICE business in Europe

MICE-related travel is on the up again in Europe, according to a study published by MMGY Global.
Veronique Holvek

Interview with Véronique Holveck Véronique Holveck, President of MPI France Switzerland

Véronique Holveck chairs MPI France Switzerland (Meeting Professionals International), the world's largest trade association for the events and meetings segment. She takes a look at what's happening in the market and what the outlook is for the autumn.

Face-to-face conferences once again sell out, while hybrid solutions retain their appeal

Professionals are back in favour of face-to-face events, but they remain committed to hybrid options, as shown by the figures published by the Bizzabo platform.
IACC

Meeting Room of the Future: organisers surveyed by IACC

The IACC association has just unveiled the results of its "Meeting Room of the Future" survey. This is an opportunity to take stock of the expectations of event organisers and their vision of the future of the meetings & events sector.
MICE 2023

MICE: a multi-speed recovery, new trends to watch

The study on MICE Trends in 2022 and Outlook for 2023 published by Coach Omnium and the 1001 Salles Group shows an upturn in activity, driven by a "catch-up" effect. What remains to be done is to monitor the new expectations of companies in order to meet their needs.
CWT Meetings & Events

MICE and CO2: CWT Meetings & Events takes stock

CWT Meetings & Events is launching its carbon calculator dedicated to the MICE market, in partnership with specialist Thrust Carbon.
Comet Meetings

Comet Meetings finds that employees are looking for meaning and training

Comet Meetings has published a study deciphering the relationship between French, Belgian and Spanish employees and meetings. The findings are clear: meeting management still has its work cut out...
Egencia meetings

Egencia expands its consulting and meetings & events offering with American Express GBT

Egencia clients will now benefit from Meetings & Events services and consulting solutions from its new parent company, American Express GBT.
The seminar centre at the Société Générale technology park in Val de Fontenay, Les Dunes, is the birthplace of Châteauform' Inside.

Châteauform' rethinks office life with Inside

Transforming workplaces into destinations: with its new Inside offering, ranging from hospitality to facility management, Châteauform' is helping companies evolve post-covid office life.

Over 25% of business trips replaced by online meetings according to Morgan...

While there is a real need among business people to return to face-to-face meetings, video-conferencing has a bright future ahead of it. According to a survey carried out by the investment bank Morgan Stanley among a hundred or so travel managers, video-conferencing is set to replace more than a quarter of business trips...
Best Western

Coworking and hotels: a third way between home and office...

The spread of teleworking is contributing to the rise of third places, and to the mixing of genres between hotels, coworking spaces, living and working spaces.

Teleworking: what will the office of tomorrow look like?

Teleworking has been a way of life for almost a year now, for better or for worse. It's an opportunity to reconsider our relationship with the office, with the company, with mobility... And to think about what business travel might look like in the future.
Work Adventure

Technology to support teleworking

Communicating with colleagues, co-creating, maintaining team cohesion and corporate culture despite the physical distance, while preserving employees and their balance between private and professional spheres: technological publishers play a key role in the effectiveness of teleworking.
Pierre Sangrones

Interview with : Pierre Sangrones, Senior HR Manager, AXA

Pierre Sangrones, Head of HR Strategic Office & HR Transformation at AXA in Brussels, explains how a company that was already used to teleworking had to adapt and rethink in order to keep its teams motivated and cohesive despite the distance.
Nelta

Interview: Michel Font, founder of the consultancy Nelta

Michel Font is the founder of Nelta, a consultancy specialising in career support for talented senior executives and managers. He looks back at the changes linked to teleworking, and the changing relationship between the office and the company.
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The outlook for 2021 according to Arnaud Katz (CEO of Bird Office)

Arnaud Katz, CEO of Bird Office, is confident about the future of meetings and events. However, 2021 looks set to be a hybrid year, a year of compromise between the virtual and the face-to-face, between working in the office and working from home, with the use of "phygital" events and third-party venues.