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Just as in any sports, we set goals, take time for training, follow rules, get frustrated and inspired, win and lose, fall and rise again to reach the highest grounds.
\nThis year Saint Petersburg Convention Bureau is inviting you to join their\u00a0team at IMEX America 2015!
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Ice Hockey World Championship comes to Russia in 2016, and Saint Petersburg is one of the host cities. It\u2019s not that long until that ice and heart breaking competition will be started. The Northern Americans are as fond of ice hockey as people from across the Atlantic Ocean are. So organizers\u00a0\u00a0are happy to share expectations of the forthcoming event and bringing a piece of that celebration to visitors!
\nM.I.C.E. Hockey Bar is a place to pay tribute to this\u00a0beloved game! Organizers\u00a0are going to bring back most memorable moments from the history of the Championship and make bets on where the trophy is going to travel to after the final. Organizers\u00a0will also make sure that visitors\u00a0get their own memorabilia of the M.I.C.E Hockey Bar visit. Come and test your team spirit!
\nThe post M.I.C.E. Hockey Bar Open at IMEX America 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Have you ever thought that the meetings industry is a sort of sports with its own challenges, team play, records and breakthrough?\nJust as in any sports, we set goals, take time for training, follow rules, get frustrated and inspired, win and lose, fall and rise again to reach the highest grounds.\nThis year Saint Petersburg Convention Bureau is inviting you to join their\u00a0team at IMEX America 2015!\n\nIce Hockey World Championship comes to Russia in 2016, and Saint Petersburg is one of the host cities. It\u2019s not that long until that ice and heart breaking competition will be started. The Northern Americans are as fond of ice hockey as people from across the Atlantic Ocean are. So organizers\u00a0\u00a0are happy to share expectations of the forthcoming event and bringing a piece of that celebration to visitors!\nM.I.C.E. Hockey Bar is a place to pay tribute to this\u00a0beloved game! Organizers\u00a0are going to bring back most memorable moments from the history of the Championship and make bets on where the trophy is going to travel to after the final. Organizers\u00a0will also make sure that visitors\u00a0get their own memorabilia of the M.I.C.E Hockey Bar visit. Come and test your team spirit!\nThe post M.I.C.E. Hockey Bar Open at IMEX America 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-10-05T13:46:58+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-30T10:52:29+01:00", "author": { "name": "Miroslava Jeremic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miroslava/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslava.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/08x08_infocouter.jpg", "tags": [ "hockey", "imex", "imex15", "MICE", "News and events" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/russias-world-famous-destination-joins-imex-america-2015/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/russias-world-famous-destination-joins-imex-america-2015/", "title": "Russia\u2019s world-famous destination joins IMEX America 2015", "content_html": "The increasing leisure tourism popularity has been recently driving convention and incentive business in the city to a high-class level.
\nEasy global access, great choice of venues, major events hosting expertise, exceptional intellectual resources \u2013 these are only a few facts that have been enough for hundreds of meeting planners and conference organizers to choose Saint Petersburg as the host city for their events.
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The main mission of the Convention Bureau of Saint Petersburg is to provide overall institutional and in-kind support to the local and international community.
\nThe consultants will be responding to the visitors questions, provide recommendations regarding the city\u2019s meeting facilities at the booth #3420 in Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
\nThe post Russia\u2019s world-famous destination joins IMEX America 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "The City of Saint Petersburg will be exhibiting in Las Vegas, October 13-15, at one of the major business and incentive tourism events IMEX America 2015.\nThe increasing leisure tourism popularity has been recently driving convention and incentive business in the city to a high-class level.\nEasy global access, great choice of venues, major events hosting expertise, exceptional intellectual resources \u2013 these are only a few facts that have been enough for hundreds of meeting planners and conference organizers to choose Saint Petersburg as the host city for their events.\n\nThe main mission of the Convention Bureau of Saint Petersburg is to provide overall institutional and in-kind support to the local and international community.\nThe consultants will be responding to the visitors questions, provide recommendations regarding the city\u2019s meeting facilities at the booth #3420 in Sands Expo & Convention Centre.\nThe post Russia\u2019s world-famous destination joins IMEX America 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-09-17T16:06:46+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-30T11:56:32+01:00", "author": { "name": "Miroslava Jeremic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miroslava/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslava.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_7572.jpg", "tags": [ "hockey", "ice hockey", "imex", "imex15", "Russia", "News and events" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-frankfurt-four-key-trends-for-2015/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-frankfurt-four-key-trends-for-2015/", "title": "IMEX Frankfurt \u2013 Four Key Trends For 2015", "content_html": "The IMEX Group, the organizer of the annual IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America trade shows presented a round-up of\u00a0industry predictions for the year ahead.
\n1. \u201cPlay\u201d gives\u00a0new meaning to profit
\n2014 was the year that used \u201cplay\u201d as a\u00a0tool for unlocking creativity and new\u00a0sources of competitive advantage returned\u00a0to business.
\nIn truth it had never left but the current\u00a0manifestation of \u201cplay\u201d has a distinctly\u00a021st century flavor.
According to IMEX guest speaker, Creativity\u00a0Guru, Rhea Blanken, Einstein\u00a0reputedly said: \u201cPlay is the highest\u00a0form of research.\u201d
\nGartner has been\u00a0predicting for the last few years that\u00a0in 2015 up to 40% of Global 1,000 organizations\u00a0will use gamification as\u00a0their primary mechanism for transforming\u00a0business operations.
\nThe rise of \u201cdouble bottom line\u201d companies\u00a0and entrepreneurs appears to\u00a0support this trend.
In the new business matrix where\u00a0\u201cprofits meet purpose\u201d it\u2019s often the\u00a0case that playfulness, creativity and\u00a0fewer corporate do\u2019s and don\u2019ts are\u00a0fundamental values in the mix.
\n2. 50 Shades\u00a0of Apps
\nApps continue to be \u201csexy\u201d (in advertising\u00a0parlance) and their strength and\u00a0novelty will be unbounded in 2015.
\nRather meeting and event apps will\u00a0be seamlessly linking across other\u00a0media platforms, and especially websites,\u00a0in line with customer/community\u00a0market needs and pain points,\u00a0deeply connected to real-time analytics\u00a0and incorporating interactions\u00a0such as live messaging, polling and\u00a0other instant engagement and feedback\u00a0mechanics.
\n3. Let\u2019s Take it\u00a0\u201cOutside\u201d
\nIn 2015 expect to see meeting spaces\u00a0and formats going through even\u00a0more of a revolution as the principles\u00a0of meeting design become more firmly\u00a0embedded throughout the supply\u00a0chain.\u00a0Where WiFi allows set meetings free\u00a0to \u201croam\u201d it also creates a subtle pressure\u00a0to be \u201calways on\u201d.
\nArianna Huffington (of Huffington Post fame) likes to hold walking meetings – supporting research from\u00a0Washington University that workers\u00a0are more engaged, less territorial\u00a0and more collaborative when they\u2019re\u00a0working on a project while standing\u00a0upright.
\nThe trend of the \u201cslow meetings\u201d come back round again. A return to the first principles of F2F meetings, no devices, no distractions and a focus on less, rather than more, could be one of the defining developments of the coming year.
\nAdd a five-minute guided meditation\u00a0at the front of your meeting (no need\u00a0to hold hands, just breathe) and your\u00a0gathering is now bang on trend.
\n4. Wellness is\u00a0Fit as a Fiddle
\nBeyond drinking water, eating protein-laden nuts and taking a quick, rejuvenating\u00a0massage there is a higher\u00a0level of spiritual awareness starting to\u00a0make its way into meeting keynotes,\u00a0sessions and formats.
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The meetings industry and meeting\u00a0planners have a great opportunity\u00a0and importantly, the permission to
\nshift this new slant on wellness out of\u00a0the spa and ad into the spotlight.
\nLee Papa, wellness advocate, transformation\u00a0advisor and IMEX America\u00a0speaker summed it up: \u201cI believe this\u00a0is the new paradigm of business… it\u2019s\u00a0a time of moving into working from\u00a0the heart and using our internal navigation\u00a0to be more powerful and more\u00a0authentic.\u201d
Many of the themes above will be\u00a0reflected in the education programs\u00a0and initiatives on offer at both IMEX\u00a0in Frankfurt and IMEX America in Las\u00a0Vegas.
\nThe post IMEX Frankfurt – Four Key Trends For 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "IMEX is a worldwide exhibition for global meetings, incentive travel and events industry which will be held from 19th to 21st May 2015, at Messe\u00a0Frankfurt in Germany.\nThe IMEX Group, the organizer of the annual IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America trade shows presented a round-up of\u00a0industry predictions for the year ahead.\n1. \u201cPlay\u201d gives\u00a0new meaning to profit\n2014 was the year that used \u201cplay\u201d as a\u00a0tool for unlocking creativity and new\u00a0sources of competitive advantage returned\u00a0to business.\nIn truth it had never left but the current\u00a0manifestation of \u201cplay\u201d has a distinctly\u00a021st century flavor.\nAccording to IMEX guest speaker, Creativity\u00a0Guru, Rhea Blanken, Einstein\u00a0reputedly said: \u201cPlay is the highest\u00a0form of research.\u201d\nGartner has been\u00a0predicting for the last few years that\u00a0in 2015 up to 40% of Global 1,000 organizations\u00a0will use gamification as\u00a0their primary mechanism for transforming\u00a0business operations.\nThe rise of \u201cdouble bottom line\u201d companies\u00a0and entrepreneurs appears to\u00a0support this trend.\nIn the new business matrix where\u00a0\u201cprofits meet purpose\u201d it\u2019s often the\u00a0case that playfulness, creativity and\u00a0fewer corporate do\u2019s and don\u2019ts are\u00a0fundamental values in the mix.\n2. 50 Shades\u00a0of Apps\nApps continue to be \u201csexy\u201d (in advertising\u00a0parlance) and their strength and\u00a0novelty will be unbounded in 2015.\nRather meeting and event apps will\u00a0be seamlessly linking across other\u00a0media platforms, and especially websites,\u00a0in line with customer/community\u00a0market needs and pain points,\u00a0deeply connected to real-time analytics\u00a0and incorporating interactions\u00a0such as live messaging, polling and\u00a0other instant engagement and feedback\u00a0mechanics.\nIMEX\n3. Let\u2019s Take it\u00a0\u201cOutside\u201d\nIn 2015 expect to see meeting spaces\u00a0and formats going through even\u00a0more of a revolution as the principles\u00a0of meeting design become more firmly\u00a0embedded throughout the supply\u00a0chain.\u00a0Where WiFi allows set meetings free\u00a0to \u201croam\u201d it also creates a subtle pressure\u00a0to be \u201calways on\u201d.\nArianna Huffington (of Huffington Post fame) likes to hold walking meetings – supporting research from\u00a0Washington University that workers\u00a0are more engaged, less territorial\u00a0and more collaborative when they\u2019re\u00a0working on a project while standing\u00a0upright.\nThe trend of the \u201cslow meetings\u201d come back round again. A return to the first principles of F2F meetings, no devices, no distractions and a focus on less, rather than more, could be one of the defining developments of the coming year.\n60% – 63% of all respondents had\u00a0used a mobile app for at least one of\u00a0their events in the past 2 years and\u00a092% of corporate event marketers\u00a0had done so, according to the IMEX /\u00a0QuickMobile global survey.\nAdd a five-minute guided meditation\u00a0at the front of your meeting (no need\u00a0to hold hands, just breathe) and your\u00a0gathering is now bang on trend.\n4. Wellness is\u00a0Fit as a Fiddle\nBeyond drinking water, eating protein-laden nuts and taking a quick, rejuvenating\u00a0massage there is a higher\u00a0level of spiritual awareness starting to\u00a0make its way into meeting keynotes,\u00a0sessions and formats.\nIMEX\nThe meetings industry and meeting\u00a0planners have a great opportunity\u00a0and importantly, the permission to\nshift this new slant on wellness out of\u00a0the spa and ad into the spotlight.\nLee Papa, wellness advocate, transformation\u00a0advisor and IMEX America\u00a0speaker summed it up: \u201cI believe this\u00a0is the new paradigm of business… it\u2019s\u00a0a time of moving into working from\u00a0the heart and using our internal navigation\u00a0to be more powerful and more\u00a0authentic.\u201d\nMany of the themes above will be\u00a0reflected in the education programs\u00a0and initiatives on offer at both IMEX\u00a0in Frankfurt and IMEX America in Las\u00a0Vegas.\nThe post IMEX Frankfurt – Four Key Trends For 2015 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-04-17T11:43:23+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-12T14:28:20+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/RGB-IMEX-logo-2-stacked2.jpg", "tags": [ "imex", "imex frankfurt", "imex15", "meetings industry", "Trade Shows" ] } ] }