On 4th February 2021, the EU CVB Network hosted a Virtual Happy Hour for a group of Professional Congress Organisers. It was one in a series of virtual networking sessions that the Network has hosted in the last couple of months. It was attended by some of the most influential people in the industry from AIM Group International, Kenes Group, K.I.T. Group and MCI Group.
\n\u2018\u2019I could feel the strong combination of collaboration and knowledge sharing of this new dynamic network. A group of valuable CVBs committed to exploring and enhancing innovation facing the new challenges of PCOs and associations,\u201d says Patrizia Semprebene Buongiorno, Vice President AIM Group International.
\nThe EU CVB Network consists of seven convention bureaux representing the cities of Florence, Gothenburg, Ljubljana, Lyon, Rotterdam, Salzburg and Val\u00e8ncia.
\n\u00a0Discussions about forming a collaborative convention bureau network started a couple of years ago, between a group of destinations sharing common characteristics. While the destinations sometimes compete for the same meetings, they recognised the benefits of working in collaboration with each other. It was with a community spirit they got together last year, and with a strong belief that by working together and generously sharing knowledge, experiences and best practice, they would all benefit, and so would their clients.
\n\u201cThe EU CVB Network is a great new initiative. Destinations are cooperating rather than competing which can create new opportunities for event planners. The small group allows for personalised interaction and can only add value when looking for future destinations.
\nIt already triggered a couple of opportunities,\u201d says Valerie Thiollet, Team Manager, Specialty Congresses Department, at the European Society of Cardiology.
\nThe Network offers organisers of international meetings the opportunity to get in touch with seven cities at once. The destinations share many common characteristics, not only when it comes to compact city centres and centrally located meeting facilities. They all have a strong collaboration with the local community, a focus on sustainability and innovation and they offer a personal approach and a commitment to engage with associations and PCOs in the process of redesigning meeting solutions in a post-Covid era. Their geographical spread means they can suit a European association\u2019s rotation pattern and be suitable for multi-hub events, as all destinations have invested in the technological infrastructure required to meet the needs of tomorrow.
\n\u201cI was very excited to hear about the new EU CVB Network. It is really fantastic to have such a collaboration between great meetings destinations that can support PCOs in the new norm of our meeting industry,\u2019\u2019 says Ori Lahav, Vice President Client & Operations Kenes Group and President IAPCO – International Association of Professional Congress Organisers.
\nThe Network’s first joint event took place in Brussels in March 2020. It attracted great interest amongst Brussels-based association representatives. With the corona crisis, the collaboration moved online. The destinations share experiences on a regular basis and the Network has been an important support system in a difficult time. Apart from hosting virtual networking events, the Network has held several virtual business leads exchange sessions, with successful outcomes.
\n\u00a0\u2018\u2019The EU CVB Network has provided great opportunities for me to exchange ideas and share experiences with other associations. The Network also opens new ways for me to get to know other locations better, to have a direct contact and built-in trust. It saves me a lot of time and communication in the research to find a suitable destination and venue for our events. The Network builds on experience and the destinations support each other without competing. The CVBs and convention centres are already informed about our association from past events in an EU CVB Network destination and can build their offer on it and, at the same time know what our focus is. For me as an event organiser, that is a big plus,\u2019\u2019 says Melanie Decker, Director Events & Exhibitions at Parenteral Drug Association Europe.
\nLike many others, the EU CVB Network has had to postpone some of its face-to-face activities in 2021, but it is planning to host another joint physical event for associations and join the main MICE events throughout the year. In the meantime, the Network is actively working on future association meetings and to create new business opportunities for international congresses.
\nTo get in touch with the EU CVB Network, please contact one of the convention bureau representatives:
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\n", "content_text": "The EU CVB Network introduces itself to the top players of the international meetings industry with a series of virtual events. An opportunity to present the benefits of the collaborative convention bureau network to associations and PCOs.\nOn 4th February 2021, the EU CVB Network hosted a Virtual Happy Hour for a group of Professional Congress Organisers. It was one in a series of virtual networking sessions that the Network has hosted in the last couple of months. It was attended by some of the most influential people in the industry from AIM Group International, Kenes Group, K.I.T. Group and MCI Group.\n\u2018\u2019I could feel the strong combination of collaboration and knowledge sharing of this new dynamic network. A group of valuable CVBs committed to exploring and enhancing innovation facing the new challenges of PCOs and associations,\u201d says Patrizia Semprebene Buongiorno, Vice President AIM Group International.\nThe EU CVB Network consists of seven convention bureaux representing the cities of Florence, Gothenburg, Ljubljana, Lyon, Rotterdam, Salzburg and Val\u00e8ncia.\n\u00a0Discussions about forming a collaborative convention bureau network started a couple of years ago, between a group of destinations sharing common characteristics. While the destinations sometimes compete for the same meetings, they recognised the benefits of working in collaboration with each other. It was with a community spirit they got together last year, and with a strong belief that by working together and generously sharing knowledge, experiences and best practice, they would all benefit, and so would their clients.\n\u201cThe EU CVB Network is a great new initiative. Destinations are cooperating rather than competing which can create new opportunities for event planners. The small group allows for personalised interaction and can only add value when looking for future destinations.\nIt already triggered a couple of opportunities,\u201d says Valerie Thiollet, Team Manager, Specialty Congresses Department, at the European Society of Cardiology.\nThe Network offers organisers of international meetings the opportunity to get in touch with seven cities at once. The destinations share many common characteristics, not only when it comes to compact city centres and centrally located meeting facilities. They all have a strong collaboration with the local community, a focus on sustainability and innovation and they offer a personal approach and a commitment to engage with associations and PCOs in the process of redesigning meeting solutions in a post-Covid era. Their geographical spread means they can suit a European association\u2019s rotation pattern and be suitable for multi-hub events, as all destinations have invested in the technological infrastructure required to meet the needs of tomorrow.\n\u201cI was very excited to hear about the new EU CVB Network. It is really fantastic to have such a collaboration between great meetings destinations that can support PCOs in the new norm of our meeting industry,\u2019\u2019 says Ori Lahav, Vice President Client & Operations Kenes Group and President IAPCO – International Association of Professional Congress Organisers.\nThe Network’s first joint event took place in Brussels in March 2020. It attracted great interest amongst Brussels-based association representatives. With the corona crisis, the collaboration moved online. The destinations share experiences on a regular basis and the Network has been an important support system in a difficult time. Apart from hosting virtual networking events, the Network has held several virtual business leads exchange sessions, with successful outcomes.\n\u00a0\u2018\u2019The EU CVB Network has provided great opportunities for me to exchange ideas and share experiences with other associations. The Network also opens new ways for me to get to know other locations better, to have a direct contact and built-in trust. It saves me a lot of time and communication in the research to find a suitable destination and venue for our events. The Network builds on experience and the destinations support each other without competing. The CVBs and convention centres are already informed about our association from past events in an EU CVB Network destination and can build their offer on it and, at the same time know what our focus is. For me as an event organiser, that is a big plus,\u2019\u2019 says Melanie Decker, Director Events & Exhibitions at Parenteral Drug Association Europe.\nLike many others, the EU CVB Network has had to postpone some of its face-to-face activities in 2021, but it is planning to host another joint physical event for associations and join the main MICE events throughout the year. In the meantime, the Network is actively working on future association meetings and to create new business opportunities for international congresses.\nTo get in touch with the EU CVB Network, please contact one of the convention bureau representatives:\n\nFirenze Convention Bureau Ilenia Pasi: pasi@conventionbureau.it\nGothenburg Convention Bureau, Ulrika Scoli\u00e8ge: scoliege@goteborg.com\nLjubljana Convention Bureau, Tatjana Radovic: radovic@visitljubljana.com\nLyon Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Faustine Maugat: fmaugat@lyon-france.com \nRotterdam Partners Convention Bureau, Maaike Hamann: Hamann@rotterdampartners.nl\nSalzburg Convention Bureau, Elisabeth Kassanits-Pfoess: pfoess@salzburgcb.com\nValencia Convention Bureau, Manuel Ferris: ferris@visitvalencia.com\n\n \nThe post Collaboration Before Competition \u2013 Meet the EU CVB Network appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2021-02-11T17:01:48+01:00", "date_modified": "2021-02-11T17:01:48+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/EU-CVB-Network-Happy-Hour-PCOs-4.2.2021.jpeg", "tags": [ "convention bureau", "EU CVB network", "meetings industry", "virtual events", "Convention Bureaus", "Hot topics", "MUST READ", "NEWS", "News and events", "WHERE AND WHY" ], "summary": "The EU CVB Network introduces itself to the top players of the international meetings industry with a series of virtual events." }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-awards-2018-recognitions-for-the-best-in-meetings-industry/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-awards-2018-recognitions-for-the-best-in-meetings-industry/", "title": "SEEbtm Awards 2018 \u2013 Recognitions for the Best in Meetings Industry", "content_html": "At this gathering, SEEbtm Awards, launched in 2016, were given to the best hotels and ![\"\"](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0847.jpg\")
venues in our region in 17 categories based on the votes of those who are buyers in meetings industry – people from the meetings industry in region, clients of nominated candidates and SEEbtm magazine team. Especially important was the innovation in the voting – an expert jury, composed of representatives of the most eminent companies and organizations that organize events in the region, and members voted for the best, according to their experience and opinion.
“Our goal is to remain the center of stimulation of regional cooperation, for which we have been dedicated for more than a decade. Bearing this in mind, we continue working on merging the markets of Southeast Europe in order to make quality changes in the international market by joint efforts. We congratulate all the winners and we are grateful for the long-standing cooperation and support. The concept of these recognitions will stimulate us to be even better, more dedicated and innovative, and all our partners, too”, said Miona Milic, Managing partner of the Kongresniturizam portal and Editor-in-Chief of SEEbtm magazine.
\nCrowne Plaza Belgrade, Serbia
\nGrand Hotel & Spa, Serbia
\nHotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort, Montenegro
\nHotel Galleria, Serbia
\nTermag Hotel Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
\nHotel Palma, Montenegro
\nFalkensteiner Hotel Belgrade, Serbia
\nTerme Olimia, Slovenia
\nLafodia Sea Resort, Croatia
\nHilton Belgrade, Serbia
\nInterContinental Ljubljana, Slovenia
\nHyatt Regency Belgrade, Serbia
\nTop of the Hub, Serbia
\nHotel Izvor \u2013 Congress, Spa & Wellness Resort, Serbia
\nLazure Hotel & Marina, Montenegro
\nRadisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade, Serbia
\nGrand Hotel Tornik, Serbia
\nHotel Constantine the Great, Serbia
\nCongress Centre Master, Novi Sad Fair, Serbia
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The post SEEbtm Awards 2018 – Recognitions for the Best in Meetings Industry appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "In the organization of portal Kongresniturizam and the specialized magazine SEEbtm, on November 15th, in Belgrade, the meetings industry of the region was traditionally gathered for 7th time on SEEbtm Party, an event which profiled itself as a strong networking platform of key stakeholders in the meetings industry and event management.\nAt this gathering, SEEbtm Awards, launched in 2016, were given to the best hotels and venues in our region in 17 categories based on the votes of those who are buyers in meetings industry – people from the meetings industry in region, clients of nominated candidates and SEEbtm magazine team. Especially important was the innovation in the voting – an expert jury, composed of representatives of the most eminent companies and organizations that organize events in the region, and members voted for the best, according to their experience and opinion.\n“Our goal is to remain the center of stimulation of regional cooperation, for which we have been dedicated for more than a decade. Bearing this in mind, we continue working on merging the markets of Southeast Europe in order to make quality changes in the international market by joint efforts. We congratulate all the winners and we are grateful for the long-standing cooperation and support. The concept of these recognitions will stimulate us to be even better, more dedicated and innovative, and all our partners, too”, said Miona Milic, Managing partner of the Kongresniturizam portal and Editor-in-Chief of SEEbtm magazine.\nOVERVIEW OF THE WINNERS\n\nBest City Conference Hotel\n\nCrowne Plaza Belgrade, Serbia\n\n Best Out of the City Conference Hotel \n\nGrand Hotel & Spa, Serbia\n\n Best Seaside Conference Hotel\n\nHotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort, Montenegro\n\n Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (up to 150 rooms)\n\nHotel Galleria, Serbia\n\n Best Out of the City Hotel for Meetings & Events (up to 150 rooms)\n\nTermag Hotel Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina\n\n Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (up to 150 rooms)\n\nHotel Palma, Montenegro\n\n Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 150 rooms)\n\nFalkensteiner Hotel Belgrade, Serbia\n\n Best Out of the City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 150 rooms)\n\nTerme Olimia, Slovenia\n\n Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 150 rooms)\n\nLafodia Sea Resort, Croatia\n\n Best New Hotel (opened in 2017/2018)\n\nHilton Belgrade, Serbia\nInterContinental Ljubljana, Slovenia\n\n Best Conference and Banqueting Staff\n\nHyatt Regency Belgrade, Serbia\n\n Best Special Venue\n\nTop of the Hub, Serbia\n\n Best Wellness and Spa Hotel\n\nHotel Izvor \u2013 Congress, Spa & Wellness Resort, Serbia\n\n Best Luxury Hotel (up to 50 rooms)\n\nLazure Hotel & Marina, Montenegro\n\n Best Luxury Hotel (more than 50 rooms)\n\nRadisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade, Serbia\nGrand Hotel Tornik, Serbia\n\n Best Small Business Hotel \n\nHotel Constantine the Great, Serbia\n\n Best Congress Venue\n\nCongress Centre Master, Novi Sad Fair, Serbia\n \nThe post SEEbtm Awards 2018 – Recognitions for the Best in Meetings Industry appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2018-11-20T14:12:10+01:00", "date_modified": "2018-11-20T14:12:10+01:00", "author": { "name": "Milica Novak", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/milicanovak/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Milica-Novak.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/SRD_5997.jpg", "tags": [ "meetings industry", "Recognitions", "SEEbtm Party", "EVENT ORGANIZATION", "Hot topics", "MUST READ", "NEWS", "News and events" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-awards-2016-delivering-excellence-congress-tourism/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-awards-2016-delivering-excellence-congress-tourism/", "title": "SEEbtm Awards 2016 \u2013 Awards for the Best in Meetings Industry", "content_html": "This event attended around 250 most important represents of hotel meetings industry, as well as companies \u2013 the event organizers. Among them, there were represents of pharmaceutical, IT, insurance, banking and auditor, food companies and many others.
\nThe event is established as strong platform that connects most prominent participants in meetings industry \u2013 hotels, hotel chains and groups with key regional companies that are event planners and organizers.
\nThis year\u2019s novelty are SEEbtm Awards.\u00a0SEEbtm Awards represent the recognition that were for the first time, in the organization of the portal Kongresniturizam.com and SEEbtm magazine, awarded to the best and most prominent hotels and facilities in the region, in the meetings industry for 2016.
\nSpecial importance and value of these awards is the fact that the awards were given based of votes of those who were direct buyers within the meetings industry, i.e. on the basis of votes of the event planners. Their opinion and vote are practically the most realistic at the very end, regardless of all other criteria, and those make the most impact.
\nThe awards were given in 22 categories, and, during the month of voting, from 17th October to 17th November the votes were given by more than 6,500 voters.
\nThe voting, which was organized online, was participated by the voters from various countries (Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia…) and various industries (pharmaceutical and IT companies, representatives of food industry, nongovernmental houses, banks, audit companies, etc.) as well as the readers and jury of the SEEbtm magazine.
\n![\"SEEbtm](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/SRD_7546.jpg\")
When we talk about the criteria taken into account in forming the categories, the location of the hotel was the main criteria for 9 categories (in the city, outside the city (mountain, village, spa, ethno village) and the coast), as well as the number of rooms (less than 100, 100-200 and more than 200).
\nFor the remaining 13 categories, the criteria were the location, capacities, uniqueness of service or activities that the hotel or venue offers. The categories were not limited in number of the nominated, but one hotel/venue could compete in maximum of four categories.
\nThe uncertainty of the results of voting until the very close was proven by the fact that the category of Best City Hotel with Conference Center had two winners. And the independence of voting was proven by the fact that there were plenty of winners who were nominated externally, outside of the portal Kongresniturizam.com, which was the base for nominees.
\n\u201dWe celebrated first 10 years of operation of leading regional portal for event organizations SEEmice.com / Kongresniturizam.com. After rich decade experience in congress industry, we decided to launch SEEbtm Awards \u2013 recognitions for delivering excellence in this industry. SEEbtm Awards are result of professionalism, experience and knowledge in region’s industry. We congratulate all winners and thank them for long cooperation and support. The concept of this recognitions will stimulate us to be even better in next 10 years, and we hope all our partners too\u201d, said Miona Mili\u0107, co-founder of regional portal SEEmice.com/ Kongresniturizam.com and Editor in Chief of SEE business travel & meetings magazine (SEEbtm magazine).
\nPortal SEEmice.com/ Kongresniturizam.com, along with specialized magazine for event management and congress and business tourism \u2013 SEE business travel & meetings (SEEbtm), for 10 years consolidates meetings industry of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and region, promotes importance \u00a0and initiates cooperation and \u00a0exchange of business in region, but also promotes region as congress industry on international map.
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In the competition for this prestigious awards, had participated hotels and venues that have positioned themselves as the best in the meetings industry of the region. With such acknowledgements, the winners of SEEbtm Awards once again confirmed their position in meetings industry and justified the trust of their clients.
\nPhotos from SEEbtm Party you can see here, and the video you can watch at \u00a0https://youtu.be/9ad-veZf5so
\n![\"Svetlana](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/MK-mountain-Group-2.jpg\")
As each time, you managed to bring together clients and associates in an atmosphere that was great and inspiring.
\nWe are proud to be the winners of the award given directly by our partners, because that is truly a proof of quality of service and an open relationship that is imperative for us.
\nAn indispensable part of our success in this area is certainly the cooperation with you, because, as the largest and most influential media platform that addresses the congress tourism, you recognize and support our efforts which we are especially grateful for.
\nSvetlana Kostic, Marketing Manager, MK Mountain Resort, Kopaonik, Serbia
\n3. Best Hotel Group for Meetings & Events
\n4. Best Seaside Hotel with Conference Center –\u00a0Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel, Croatia
\n![\"Zlata](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/HUP-Zagreb.jpg\" "\\"Zlata")
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this election. We are honored and proud to be winners of the SEEbtm Awards.
\nI personally believe that the idea of developing i.e. establishing the regional awards for the best operators within the MICE industry is excellent, as well as the very professional and objective criteria followed by the jury during the award ceremony.
\nAs an umbrella company, HUP Zagreb d.d. won the award for the \u2033Best Hotel Group for Meetings & Events\u2033 in the area of activity within the MICE sector, while, at the same time, our Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel was awarded as \u2033Best Seaside Hotel with Conference Center\u2033.
\nOf course, we are glad to receive these awards. Those are an additional indication that we are on the right track and that our investments in the continuous improvement of offers and services in the destinations in which we operate, Zagreb and Dubrovnik, record adequate attention of the market and profession.
\nTihana Bazdar Gasljevic, Head of Marketing Department, HUP Zagreb, Croatia
\n5. Best Conference and Banqueting Staff
\n![\"Aleksandar](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Falkensteiner-5.jpg\")
The SEEbtm Award in the category of the \u201cBest Conference and Banqueting Staff\u201d came as the most important confirmation of what we all strive for in meetings industry – to be recognized as a true and reliable partner.
\nOn the other hand, my business philosophy to make our hotel distinguished from the rest by our staff, proved to be completely founded.
\nAs every year so far, the organization and the concept of the SEEbtm Party were at the most professional level, and I would like to take this opportunity to, in the name of the Hotel Falkensteiner, congratulate the Portal Kongresniturizam.com its first decade of work and wish a lot of future anniversaries.
\nAleksandar Vasilijevic, General Manager, Falkensteiner Hotel Belgrade, Serbia
\n6. Best City Hotel with Conference Center \u2013 2 Awards because\u00a0they had the exact same number of votes
\n![\"Nemanja](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Metropol3.jpg\")
After many years of cooperation, we are proud of the fact that it was Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade that won the award for \u201cBest City Hotel with Conference Center\u2033.
\nWe enjoyed your celebration, traditionally held every year, bringing together the most important representatives of the meetings and hospitality industry.
\nIn the beautiful ambient, with exceptional refreshments and the band that astonished us, once again you have proved why one is always looking for an additional invitation card for the SEEbtm.
\nMarija Vuckovic, PR & Marketing Executive, Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade, Serbia
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\n![\"Dejan](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Zira1.jpg\")
Participation of the Zira Hotel at the SEEbtm Awards, as well as winning the award in the category of the \u201cBest City Hotel with Conference Center\u201d, represents for us another confirmation of the quality and performance of work during the previous years.
\nWe are extremely proud of all our awards (both regional and international character) and, of course, we have included this one in our presentation as a mark of superior services quality.
\nBy extending the convention facilities on 1,300 sqm and with a team that strives for perfection, our motto – Serbian hospitality with international standards – gets its daily confirmation and I am sure that we will meet each other this year at the SEEbtm gathering as well, and be in the company of the best.
\nDejan Pejcinovic, General Manager, Zira Hotel Belgrade, Serbia
\n7. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel with Conference Center
\n![\"Branka](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Izvor-A-hoteli.jpg\")
Everything that portal Kongresniturizam.com does or organizes is in advance known to have high standards, and, thus, the expectations of all of us invited to participate were huge. The expectations are exceeded, and impressions worthy of a successful jubilee, which we shall use this opportunity to congratulate once again.
\nAlthough the Hotel Izvor has won more than 25 prestigious national and international awards, the SEEbtm Award is of a special significance, even a double one. For the hotel itself, it is a confirmation of quality given upon the evaluation of services and satisfaction of clients and business partners.
\nIt is a great motivational encouragement for all employees and proof that team work results in visible result and guest satisfaction. I believe that the joy thus experienced is well known to you, as you have organized an event that had just the same effects.
\nVesna Vlatkovic, Marketing & PR Manager, A Hoteli –\u00a0Hotel Izvor, Aran\u0111elovac, Serbia
\n8. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)
\n![\"Sanja](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Central-Vitez.jpg\")
I am very positively surprised by the atmosphere that, with very kind and professional staff, welcomed us, and followed throughout the whole event.
\nThe utmost atmosphere and impressive protocol have made us proud to be partners of SEEbtm, and, as winners of the award, we feel the responsibility to confirm to our clients that we really are one of the best hotels, the best in its category.
\nSanja Rajkovic, Director,\u00a0Hotel Central, Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina
\n9. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)
\n![\"Jelena](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Regent-Porto-1.jpg\")
We are honored with the award for the \u201eBest Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)\u201d for which we were recommended by the expert jury of the portal www.kongresniturizam.com and specialized magazine SEEbtm.
\nThe Awards Ceremony at a gala evening held on Friday, November 18th in Belgrade was experienced by us as a gathering of well-known participants of the MICE industry of the region, a great opportunity for reaching relevant contacts and networking. We believe that the received award is a confirmation of the quality of our offer for organizing special events, conferences and congresses, and the continuity of high-quality services of Hotel Regent Porto Montenegro.
\nWe are especially pleased that this tourism segment, crucial for both pre and post-season, has a great potential for Regent Hotel and the region which was proven by 174 successfully held special events, conferences and congresses we had during only two and half years of our work.
\nElena Ljiljanic, PR & Marketing Manager, Regent Porto Montenegro, Tivat, Montenegro
\n10. Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)
\n![\"Milica](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Tulip-Inn.jpg\")
We were so excited to have received this award. This is a confirmation of the satisfaction of our clients with the cooperation with us.
\nEveryone who voted for us showed that they notice and appreciate the effort we give to creating high-quality services and we express our gratitude for that.
\nSpending time at the party was great. In particular, we shall give praises to the music, it was perfect.
\nTanja Cujic, General Manager, Hotel Tulip Inn Putnik, Belgrade, Serbi
\n11. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)
\n![\"Katarina](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Palisad1.jpg\")
I express sincere congratulations to all your team for the excellent organized SEEbtm Awards.
\nIt is my great honor that the hotel Palisad took the title of the best in its category in the area of MICE industry, and I shall once again thank the organizers for their trust, and our dear friends, business partners and guests for recognizing for our knowledge and experience and voting for us.
\nThis award carries a great value, because of the fact that it comes from our clients and associates, as well as a great responsibility and obligation to justify this title.
\nWe hope that this event for all of us is just a beginning, and that we will have a lot of opportunities in future to meet each other and cooperate.
\nKatarina Cicvaric, Executive Director for Sales and Marketing, Hotel Palisad, Zlatibor, Serbia
\n12. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)
\n![\"Tomislav](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Kempinski.jpg\")
Kempinski Palace Portoro\u017e is extremely happy\u00a0to have won an award and considers it an honour.
\nTo us, it represents recognition of the hard and quality work that has been done in the past and serves as the basis for the professional and hard work in the future.
\nTomislav Hrala, Director of Sales and Marketing, Kempinski Palace Portoro\u017e, Slovenia
\n13. Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)
\n![\"Ksenija](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Radisson.jpg\")
It was our pleasure to attend the jubilee \u2013 the celebration of the first 10 years of work and 6th gathering of representatives of meetings industry and business travel. We congratulate our hosts, who delight us with the organization every year.
\nWe would like to thank everyone who supported us, it is a great privilege to be awarded, in the presence of numerous colleagues from the industry, in the category of the \u201cBest City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)\u201d and to conclude 2016 with such an important recognition in the field of hospitality.
\nWe will try to be even better in 2017, and to continuously improve our services and content.
\nKsenija Lubarda, Director of Sales and Marketing, Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel, Belgrade, Serbia
\n14. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)
\n![\"Vesna](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Kraljevi-Cardaci.jpg\")
The Award we received by SEEbtm magazine and Kongresniturizam.com represents for us a great acknowledgement considering that we are still pioneers in MICE industry.
\nIt is an additional stimulus that the extension of the facilities of Cardak with the congress center was an excellent complement to everything that Cardaci otherwise has in the offer.
\nWe express our gratitude to SEEbtm magazine and portal Kongresniturizam.com for having recognized us as safe and reliable partners in the last 3 years and thus additionally bound us to be even better ![\"\ud83d\ude42\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f642.png\")
Vesna Kostadinovic, Marketing Director, Kraljevi \u010cardaci Spa, Kopaonik, Serbia
\n15. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)
\n![\"Zarko](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Splendid-4.jpg\")
This award is even more preferred as it is a newly established recognition in the regional framework. It is highly important for us this symbolic round of awards for this year.
\nIt began in Slovenia with a Certificate of Excellence to the Hotel Splendid which is ranked in the top 10 MICE hotels in the South East Europe, and was closed, at least as far as the MICE segment is concerned, in Belgrade after receiving this award.
\nAt the same time, everything happens in the year when both we and you are celebrating a decade of work.
\nWe are honored to receive this award, because it is considered as an additional incentive and an obligation to respond as soon as possible with an additional quality with which we will animate some new people and events, which will continue to choose Hotel Splendid as a hotel where one shall make important decisions and create policies that concern us all.
\nZarko Radulovi\u0107, Co-owner of the Hotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort, Montenegro
\n16. Best New Hotel for Meetings & Events
\n![\"Jelena](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Palmon-Bay.jpg\")
This recognition once again confirmed the excellent quality of the offer and the facilities of the hotel, which is an important prerequisite for the successful organization of congresses gatherings and events.
\nWe are extremely proud to have the expert jury and the public recognized the quality of the hotel. The award motivates us to constantly improve the quality of the offer, particularly when it comes to MICE industry.
\nJelena Djuraskovic, General Manager, Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa, Igalo, Montenegro
\n17. Best Special Venue
\nOpera & Theatre Madlenianum, Belgrade, Serbia
\n18. Best Rooftop Venue
\n![\"Katarina](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Top-Of-the-Hub.jpg\" "\\"Katarina")
We would like to express our gratitude to SEEbtm magazine and Kongresniturizam.com for a lovely evening and the opportunity to participate in the event like SEEbtm Awards for the \u201cBest Rooftop Venue\u2033 in 2016.
\nThe award for the \u201cBest Rooftop Venue\u2033 gives us an incentive to keep trying to make our restaurant still on the map of leading facilities for organizing corporate events.
\nWhat makes the restaurant Top of the Hub distinctive is certainly a panoramic view of the whole Belgrade, which is also our trademark, and thus, by receiving the award for the \u2033Best Rooftop Venue\u2033 is the best confirmation of our work.
\nKatarina Stojanovic, Director of Marketing, Restaurant Top of the Hub, Belgrade, Serbia
\n19. Best Wellness & SPA Hotel
\n![\"Jelena](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/PremierAqua3.jpg\")
As every year, SEEbtm is a true event that is awaited with special energy. Thank you for being there and for managing to gather us, the hoteliers, in addition to summarizing the results and exchanging business ideas, manage always to have a good time with a great band and, of course, delicious food.
\nThe award for \u201cThe Best Wellness and Spa Hotel\u201d represents for us the result of our work during the four-year existence of the hotel. The visionary owner, who puts his ideas into practice, good management who, with their team, manage to provide the best service and, of course, our guests who recognized the qualities, voted for us and together with the portal Kongresniturizam.com, brought us the most valuable award.
\nOur task is to preserve the quality and upgrade it furthermore, educate the staff, make each guest satisfied, and keep the title of \u201cThe Best Wellness and Spa Hotel\u201d for the forthcoming year as well.
\nJelena Radivojevic, Chief od Reception, Hotel Premier Aqua, Vrdnik, Serbia
\n20. Best Hotel for Team Building
\nGrand Hotel Bernardin, Portoro\u017e, Slovenia
\n21. Best Business Hotel near Airport
\n![\"Hotel](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Aristos-2.jpg\")
The award for the \u201cBest Business Hotel near Airport\u201d represents to the Hotel Aristos a confirmation of many years of high-quality work of all its employees, and, at the same time, it is the result of continuous improvement of services.
\nThe very fact that the Hotel Aristos was recognized as a top business hotel by business and conference clients is of great significance because they make one of the most demanding segments of guests who are always looking for high level of service, professionalism, trust and reliability.
\nIn the hotel business performance, the goal and the greatest recognition is a satisfied customer, and, therefore, the selection and award of the clients and the profession is certainly a good indication and positive stimulus for further work.
\nNikolina Storga, Sales and Marketing Manager,\u00a0Hotel Aristos, Zagreb, Croatia
\n22. Best Venue for Car Launch
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/radisson-dub-2.jpg\")
The received award for the \u201cBest Venue for Car Launch\u201d is a great tribute to all the so far activities and successfully realized events, as, since the opening of Dubrovnik Sun Gardens in 2009, we have been strategically working on the 0909promotion of our resort and the city of Dubrovnik as an ideal destination for events from the automotive industry.
In 2016, we achieved more than 16,000 overnight stays from the automotive industry, and, at the very beginning of the next year, we expect 7,500 overnight stays on a global presentation of Nissan Micra.
\nThe confirmation thereof is the exclusivity of our facilities, high standard service and dedication of the entire team, but also the qualities of Dubrovnik, which is becoming increasingly popular for the organization of such events.
\nIva Svetac, Marketing & PR Manager,\u00a0Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Dubrovnik Sun Gardens, Croatia
\nPhotos from SEEbtm Party you can see here, and the video you can watch at \u00a0https://youtu.be/9ad-veZf5so
\nThe post SEEbtm Awards 2016 – Awards for the Best in Meetings Industry appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Meetings industry of the region gathered traditionally in Belgrade on November 18th, for 6th time, on the event popular known as SEEbtm Party, organized by portal SEEmice.com / Kongresniturizam.com and SEE business travel & meetings magazine.\nThis event attended around 250 most important represents of hotel meetings industry, as well as companies \u2013 the event organizers. Among them, there were represents of pharmaceutical, IT, insurance, banking and auditor, food companies and many others.\nThe event is established as strong platform that connects most prominent participants in meetings industry \u2013 hotels, hotel chains and groups with key regional companies that are event planners and organizers.\nThis year\u2019s novelty are SEEbtm Awards.\u00a0SEEbtm Awards represent the recognition that were for the first time, in the organization of the portal Kongresniturizam.com and SEEbtm magazine, awarded to the best and most prominent hotels and facilities in the region, in the meetings industry for 2016.\nSpecial importance and value of these awards is the fact that the awards were given based of votes of those who were direct buyers within the meetings industry, i.e. on the basis of votes of the event planners. Their opinion and vote are practically the most realistic at the very end, regardless of all other criteria, and those make the most impact.\nThe awards were given in 22 categories, and, during the month of voting, from 17th October to 17th November the votes were given by more than 6,500 voters.\nThe voting, which was organized online, was participated by the voters from various countries (Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia…) and various industries (pharmaceutical and IT companies, representatives of food industry, nongovernmental houses, banks, audit companies, etc.) as well as the readers and jury of the SEEbtm magazine.\nSEEbtm Party 2016\nWhen we talk about the criteria taken into account in forming the categories, the location of the hotel was the main criteria for 9 categories (in the city, outside the city (mountain, village, spa, ethno village) and the coast), as well as the number of rooms (less than 100, 100-200 and more than 200).\nFor the remaining 13 categories, the criteria were the location, capacities, uniqueness of service or activities that the hotel or venue offers. The categories were not limited in number of the nominated, but one hotel/venue could compete in maximum of four categories.\nThe uncertainty of the results of voting until the very close was proven by the fact that the category of Best City Hotel with Conference Center had two winners. And the independence of voting was proven by the fact that there were plenty of winners who were nominated externally, outside of the portal Kongresniturizam.com, which was the base for nominees.\n\u201dWe celebrated first 10 years of operation of leading regional portal for event organizations SEEmice.com / Kongresniturizam.com. After rich decade experience in congress industry, we decided to launch SEEbtm Awards \u2013 recognitions for delivering excellence in this industry. SEEbtm Awards are result of professionalism, experience and knowledge in region’s industry. We congratulate all winners and thank them for long cooperation and support. The concept of this recognitions will stimulate us to be even better in next 10 years, and we hope all our partners too\u201d, said Miona Mili\u0107, co-founder of regional portal SEEmice.com/ Kongresniturizam.com and Editor in Chief of SEE business travel & meetings magazine (SEEbtm magazine).\nPortal SEEmice.com/ Kongresniturizam.com, along with specialized magazine for event management and congress and business tourism \u2013 SEE business travel & meetings (SEEbtm), for 10 years consolidates meetings industry of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and region, promotes importance \u00a0and initiates cooperation and \u00a0exchange of business in region, but also promotes region as congress industry on international map.\n\nIn the competition for this prestigious awards, had participated hotels and venues that have positioned themselves as the best in the meetings industry of the region. With such acknowledgements, the winners of SEEbtm Awards once again confirmed their position in meetings industry and justified the trust of their clients.\nPhotos from SEEbtm Party you can see here, and the video you can watch at \u00a0https://youtu.be/9ad-veZf5so\nSTATEMENTS OF SEEbtm AWARDS WINNERS\n\n Best Conference Resort\nBest City Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms) –\u00a088 Rooms Hotel, Belgrade, Serbia\n\nSvetlana Kosti\u0107, Marketing Manager, MK Mountain Resort\nAs each time, you managed to bring together clients and associates in an atmosphere that was great and inspiring.\n We are proud to be the winners of the award given directly by our partners, because that is truly a proof of quality of service and an open relationship that is imperative for us. \nAn indispensable part of our success in this area is certainly the cooperation with you, because, as the largest and most influential media platform that addresses the congress tourism, you recognize and support our efforts which we are especially grateful for.\nSvetlana Kostic, Marketing Manager, MK Mountain Resort, Kopaonik, Serbia\n3. Best Hotel Group for Meetings & Events\n4. Best Seaside Hotel with Conference Center –\u00a0Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel, Croatia\nZlata Mufti\u0107, Director of Convention Bureau Zagreb\nWe appreciate the opportunity to participate in this election. We are honored and proud to be winners of the SEEbtm Awards.\nI personally believe that the idea of developing i.e. establishing the regional awards for the best operators within the MICE industry is excellent, as well as the very professional and objective criteria followed by the jury during the award ceremony.\nAs an umbrella company, HUP Zagreb d.d. won the award for the \u2033Best Hotel Group for Meetings & Events\u2033 in the area of activity within the MICE sector, while, at the same time, our Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel was awarded as \u2033Best Seaside Hotel with Conference Center\u2033.\nOf course, we are glad to receive these awards. Those are an additional indication that we are on the right track and that our investments in the continuous improvement of offers and services in the destinations in which we operate, Zagreb and Dubrovnik, record adequate attention of the market and profession.\nTihana Bazdar Gasljevic, Head of Marketing Department, HUP Zagreb, Croatia\n5. Best Conference and Banqueting Staff\nAleksandar Vasilijevi\u0107, General Manager, Falkensteiner Hotel Belgrade\nThe SEEbtm Award in the category of the \u201cBest Conference and Banqueting Staff\u201d came as the most important confirmation of what we all strive for in meetings industry – to be recognized as a true and reliable partner.\n On the other hand, my business philosophy to make our hotel distinguished from the rest by our staff, proved to be completely founded. \nAs every year so far, the organization and the concept of the SEEbtm Party were at the most professional level, and I would like to take this opportunity to, in the name of the Hotel Falkensteiner, congratulate the Portal Kongresniturizam.com its first decade of work and wish a lot of future anniversaries.\nAleksandar Vasilijevic, General Manager, Falkensteiner Hotel Belgrade, Serbia\n6. Best City Hotel with Conference Center \u2013 2 Awards because\u00a0they had the exact same number of votes\nNemanja Mihajlovi\u0107, Director of Sales, Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade\nAfter many years of cooperation, we are proud of the fact that it was Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade that won the award for \u201cBest City Hotel with Conference Center\u2033. \nWe enjoyed your celebration, traditionally held every year, bringing together the most important representatives of the meetings and hospitality industry.\nIn the beautiful ambient, with exceptional refreshments and the band that astonished us, once again you have proved why one is always looking for an additional invitation card for the SEEbtm.\nMarija Vuckovic, PR & Marketing Executive, Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade, Serbia\n**********\nDejan Pejcinovic, General Manager, Zira Hotel Belgrade, Serbia\nParticipation of the Zira Hotel at the SEEbtm Awards, as well as winning the award in the category of the \u201cBest City Hotel with Conference Center\u201d, represents for us another confirmation of the quality and performance of work during the previous years. \nWe are extremely proud of all our awards (both regional and international character) and, of course, we have included this one in our presentation as a mark of superior services quality.\nBy extending the convention facilities on 1,300 sqm and with a team that strives for perfection, our motto – Serbian hospitality with international standards – gets its daily confirmation and I am sure that we will meet each other this year at the SEEbtm gathering as well, and be in the company of the best.\nDejan Pejcinovic, General Manager, Zira Hotel Belgrade, Serbia\n7. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel with Conference Center\nBranka Marinkovi\u0107, Brand Manager, A hoteli\nEverything that portal Kongresniturizam.com does or organizes is in advance known to have high standards, and, thus, the expectations of all of us invited to participate were huge. The expectations are exceeded, and impressions worthy of a successful jubilee, which we shall use this opportunity to congratulate once again.\nAlthough the Hotel Izvor has won more than 25 prestigious national and international awards, the SEEbtm Award is of a special significance, even a double one. For the hotel itself, it is a confirmation of quality given upon the evaluation of services and satisfaction of clients and business partners.\nIt is a great motivational encouragement for all employees and proof that team work results in visible result and guest satisfaction. I believe that the joy thus experienced is well known to you, as you have organized an event that had just the same effects.\nVesna Vlatkovic, Marketing & PR Manager, A Hoteli –\u00a0Hotel Izvor, Aran\u0111elovac, Serbia\n8. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)\nSanja Rajkovic, Director, Hotel Central, Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina\nI am very positively surprised by the atmosphere that, with very kind and professional staff, welcomed us, and followed throughout the whole event.\nThe utmost atmosphere and impressive protocol have made us proud to be partners of SEEbtm, and, as winners of the award, we feel the responsibility to confirm to our clients that we really are one of the best hotels, the best in its category.\nSanja Rajkovic, Director,\u00a0Hotel Central, Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina\n9. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)\nJelena \u010cabarkapa, Corporate and Leisure Executive, Regent Porto Montenegro\nWe are honored with the award for the \u201eBest Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (fewer than 100 rooms)\u201d for which we were recommended by the expert jury of the portal www.kongresniturizam.com and specialized magazine SEEbtm.\nThe Awards Ceremony at a gala evening held on Friday, November 18th in Belgrade was experienced by us as a gathering of well-known participants of the MICE industry of the region, a great opportunity for reaching relevant contacts and networking. We believe that the received award is a confirmation of the quality of our offer for organizing special events, conferences and congresses, and the continuity of high-quality services of Hotel Regent Porto Montenegro. \nWe are especially pleased that this tourism segment, crucial for both pre and post-season, has a great potential for Regent Hotel and the region which was proven by 174 successfully held special events, conferences and congresses we had during only two and half years of our work.\nElena Ljiljanic, PR & Marketing Manager, Regent Porto Montenegro, Tivat, Montenegro\n10. Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)\nMilica A\u0107imovi\u0107, Sales and Marketing Department, Hotel Tulip Inn Putnik\nWe were so excited to have received this award. This is a confirmation of the satisfaction of our clients with the cooperation with us. \nEveryone who voted for us showed that they notice and appreciate the effort we give to creating high-quality services and we express our gratitude for that. \nSpending time at the party was great. In particular, we shall give praises to the music, it was perfect.\nTanja Cujic, General Manager, Hotel Tulip Inn Putnik, Belgrade, Serbi\n11. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)\nKatarina Cicvaric, Executive Director for Sales and Marketing, Hotel Palisad, Zlatibor, Serbia\nI express sincere congratulations to all your team for the excellent organized SEEbtm Awards.\nIt is my great honor that the hotel Palisad took the title of the best in its category in the area of MICE industry, and I shall once again thank the organizers for their trust, and our dear friends, business partners and guests for recognizing for our knowledge and experience and voting for us.\nThis award carries a great value, because of the fact that it comes from our clients and associates, as well as a great responsibility and obligation to justify this title.\nWe hope that this event for all of us is just a beginning, and that we will have a lot of opportunities in future to meet each other and cooperate.\nKatarina Cicvaric, Executive Director for Sales and Marketing, Hotel Palisad, Zlatibor, Serbia\n12. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (100 \u2013 200 rooms)\nTomislav Hrala, Director of Sales and Marketing, Kempinski Palace Portoro\u017e, Slovenia\nKempinski Palace Portoro\u017e is extremely happy\u00a0to have won an award and considers it an honour. \nTo us, it represents recognition of the hard and quality work that has been done in the past and serves as the basis for the professional and hard work in the future.\nTomislav Hrala, Director of Sales and Marketing, Kempinski Palace Portoro\u017e, Slovenia\n13. Best City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)\nKsenija Lubarda, Director of Sales and Marketing, Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel Belgrade\nIt was our pleasure to attend the jubilee \u2013 the celebration of the first 10 years of work and 6th gathering of representatives of meetings industry and business travel. We congratulate our hosts, who delight us with the organization every year.\nWe would like to thank everyone who supported us, it is a great privilege to be awarded, in the presence of numerous colleagues from the industry, in the category of the \u201cBest City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)\u201d and to conclude 2016 with such an important recognition in the field of hospitality. \nWe will try to be even better in 2017, and to continuously improve our services and content.\nKsenija Lubarda, Director of Sales and Marketing, Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel, Belgrade, Serbia\n14. Best Out-of-the-City Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)\nVesna Kostadinovic, Marketing Director, Kraljevi \u010cardaci Spa, Kopaonik, Serbia\nThe Award we received by SEEbtm magazine and Kongresniturizam.com represents for us a great acknowledgement considering that we are still pioneers in MICE industry.\n It is an additional stimulus that the extension of the facilities of Cardak with the congress center was an excellent complement to everything that Cardaci otherwise has in the offer.\nWe express our gratitude to SEEbtm magazine and portal Kongresniturizam.com for having recognized us as safe and reliable partners in the last 3 years and thus additionally bound us to be even better \nVesna Kostadinovic, Marketing Director, Kraljevi \u010cardaci Spa, Kopaonik, Serbia\n15. Best Seaside Hotel for Meetings & Events (more than 200 rooms)\nZarko Radulovi\u0107, Co-owner of the Hotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort, Montenegro\nThis award is even more preferred as it is a newly established recognition in the regional framework. It is highly important for us this symbolic round of awards for this year. \nIt began in Slovenia with a Certificate of Excellence to the Hotel Splendid which is ranked in the top 10 MICE hotels in the South East Europe, and was closed, at least as far as the MICE segment is concerned, in Belgrade after receiving this award.\nAt the same time, everything happens in the year when both we and you are celebrating a decade of work.\nWe are honored to receive this award, because it is considered as an additional incentive and an obligation to respond as soon as possible with an additional quality with which we will animate some new people and events, which will continue to choose Hotel Splendid as a hotel where one shall make important decisions and create policies that concern us all.\nZarko Radulovi\u0107, Co-owner of the Hotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort, Montenegro\n16. Best New Hotel for Meetings & Events\nJelena Djuraskovic, General Manager, Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa, Igalo, Montenegro\nThis recognition once again confirmed the excellent quality of the offer and the facilities of the hotel, which is an important prerequisite for the successful organization of congresses gatherings and events. \nWe are extremely proud to have the expert jury and the public recognized the quality of the hotel. The award motivates us to constantly improve the quality of the offer, particularly when it comes to MICE industry.\nJelena Djuraskovic, General Manager, Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa, Igalo, Montenegro\n17. Best Special Venue\nOpera & Theatre Madlenianum, Belgrade, Serbia\n18. Best Rooftop Venue\nKatarina Stojanovic, Director of Marketing, Restaurant Top of the Hub, Belgrade, Serbia\nWe would like to express our gratitude to SEEbtm magazine and Kongresniturizam.com for a lovely evening and the opportunity to participate in the event like SEEbtm Awards for the \u201cBest Rooftop Venue\u2033 in 2016.\nThe award for the \u201cBest Rooftop Venue\u2033 gives us an incentive to keep trying to make our restaurant still on the map of leading facilities for organizing corporate events.\nWhat makes the restaurant Top of the Hub distinctive is certainly a panoramic view of the whole Belgrade, which is also our trademark, and thus, by receiving the award for the \u2033Best Rooftop Venue\u2033 is the best confirmation of our work.\nKatarina Stojanovic, Director of Marketing, Restaurant Top of the Hub, Belgrade, Serbia\n19. Best Wellness & SPA Hotel\nJelena Radivojevic, Chief od Reception, Hotel Premier Aqua, Vrdnik, Serbia\nAs every year, SEEbtm is a true event that is awaited with special energy. Thank you for being there and for managing to gather us, the hoteliers, in addition to summarizing the results and exchanging business ideas, manage always to have a good time with a great band and, of course, delicious food.\nThe award for \u201cThe Best Wellness and Spa Hotel\u201d represents for us the result of our work during the four-year existence of the hotel. The visionary owner, who puts his ideas into practice, good management who, with their team, manage to provide the best service and, of course, our guests who recognized the qualities, voted for us and together with the portal Kongresniturizam.com, brought us the most valuable award.\nOur task is to preserve the quality and upgrade it furthermore, educate the staff, make each guest satisfied, and keep the title of \u201cThe Best Wellness and Spa Hotel\u201d for the forthcoming year as well.\nJelena Radivojevic, Chief od Reception, Hotel Premier Aqua, Vrdnik, Serbia\n20. Best Hotel for Team Building\nGrand Hotel Bernardin, Portoro\u017e, Slovenia\n21. Best Business Hotel near Airport\nHotel Aristos, Zagreb\nThe award for the \u201cBest Business Hotel near Airport\u201d represents to the Hotel Aristos a confirmation of many years of high-quality work of all its employees, and, at the same time, it is the result of continuous improvement of services. \nThe very fact that the Hotel Aristos was recognized as a top business hotel by business and conference clients is of great significance because they make one of the most demanding segments of guests who are always looking for high level of service, professionalism, trust and reliability. \nIn the hotel business performance, the goal and the greatest recognition is a satisfied customer, and, therefore, the selection and award of the clients and the profession is certainly a good indication and positive stimulus for further work.\nNikolina Storga, Sales and Marketing Manager,\u00a0Hotel Aristos, Zagreb, Croatia\n22. Best Venue for Car Launch\nThe received award for the \u201cBest Venue for Car Launch\u201d is a great tribute to all the so far activities and successfully realized events, as, since the opening of Dubrovnik Sun Gardens in 2009, we have been strategically working on the 0909promotion of our resort and the city of Dubrovnik as an ideal destination for events from the automotive industry.\nIn 2016, we achieved more than 16,000 overnight stays from the automotive industry, and, at the very beginning of the next year, we expect 7,500 overnight stays on a global presentation of Nissan Micra.\nThe confirmation thereof is the exclusivity of our facilities, high standard service and dedication of the entire team, but also the qualities of Dubrovnik, which is becoming increasingly popular for the organization of such events.\nIva Svetac, Marketing & PR Manager,\u00a0Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Dubrovnik Sun Gardens, Croatia\nPhotos from SEEbtm Party you can see here, and the video you can watch at \u00a0https://youtu.be/9ad-veZf5so\nThe post SEEbtm Awards 2016 – Awards for the Best in Meetings Industry appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2017-03-09T15:40:42+01:00", "date_modified": "2017-12-13T16:15:36+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/SRD_7664.jpg", "tags": [ "event organization", "meetings industry", "SEEbtm Party", "seemice.com", "Hot topics" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-party-2016/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/seebtm-party-2016/", "title": "SEEbtm Party 2016", "content_html": "Meetings industry of the region gathered traditionally in Belgrade on November 18th, for 6th time, on the event popular known as SEEbtm Party, organized by portal SEEmice.com / Kongresniturizam.com and SEE business travel & meetings magazine.
\nThis event attended around 250 most important represents of hotel meetings industry, as well as companies \u2013 the event organizers. Among them, there were represents of pharmaceutical, IT, insurance, banking and auditor, food companies and many others.
\nThis year\u2019s novelty are SEEbtm Awards \u2013 recognitions in 22 categories for the best hotels in meetings industry and business tourism of the region. These prestige recognitions are given based on votes of congress tourism buyers \u2013 event organizers, but also SEEbtm magazine jury and its readers.
\n\nThe post SEEbtm Party 2016 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Meetings industry of the region gathered traditionally in Belgrade on November 18th, for 6th time, on the event popular known as SEEbtm Party, organized by portal SEEmice.com / Kongresniturizam.com and SEE business travel & meetings magazine.\nThis event attended around 250 most important represents of hotel meetings industry, as well as companies \u2013 the event organizers. Among them, there were represents of pharmaceutical, IT, insurance, banking and auditor, food companies and many others.\nThis year\u2019s novelty are SEEbtm Awards \u2013 recognitions in 22 categories for the best hotels in meetings industry and business tourism of the region. These prestige recognitions are given based on votes of congress tourism buyers \u2013 event organizers, but also SEEbtm magazine jury and its readers.\n\nThe post SEEbtm Party 2016 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2016-11-29T16:17:38+01:00", "date_modified": "2016-11-29T16:17:38+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/SRD_7546.jpg", "tags": [ "meetings industry", "SEEbtm Party", "Video" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-hotels-open-in-serbia-croatia-montenegro-and-macedonia/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-hotels-open-in-serbia-croatia-montenegro-and-macedonia/", "title": "New Hotels Open in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia", "content_html": "These new hotels meet the needs of leisure tourists and \u2013 according to www.SEEmice.com \u2013 the needs of event planners, too. You can find out more about the hotels opened in this period \u2013 as well as about their capacities \u2013 in the following paragraphs.
\nWhen it comes to the opening of new hotels in Serbia, the largest number of hotels has opened in Belgrade.
\nThe four-star hotel offer was expanded by the opening of the Envoy Hotel, which has 49 rooms and 6 conference rooms, with the biggest room boasts 160 seats in a cinema-style setting.
\nThere is also the Courtyard Belgrade City Center Hotel from the Marriott chain, which has a capacity of 112 rooms and 2 suites, as well as one conference hall with a capacity of 45 people in a cinema-style setting.
\n![\"Envoy](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Envoy-Hotel-photos-Exterior-Hotel-information.jpeg\" "\\"Envoy")
The Heritage Hotel is another newly opened hotel whose capacities con\u00adsist of 39 rooms and suites, 2 conference rooms, as well as the Afeliu restaurant, which can be converted for a variety of customer needs \u2013 seminars, banquets, or receptions with up to 55 available seats.
\nIn addition to the opening of the four \u00adstar hotels in Belgrade, the\u00a0three\u00ad star Holiday Inn Express Ho\u00adtel also opened, offering 123 rooms and 2 multi-purpose meeting rooms, having the maximum capacity of up to 70 people in a cinema-style setting.
\n![\"Heritage](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/HERITAGE-1.jpg\")
Another addition to Belgrade\u2019s hotel scene will be the SAINT Ten Hotel, whose opening is set for October 2016, offering 54 rooms and suites, as well as 5 meeting rooms.
\nAs for newly opened hotels outside of Belgrade, Aleksinac saw the opening of the Bosphorus Hotel, which offers to the guests and event planners 60 rooms and 2 conference rooms with a capacity up to 200 seats in a cinema-style setting.
\nDuring the year, Nis is expected to see the opening of two new hotels.
\nTo be more precise, early August saw the launch of the New City Ho\u00adtel (formerly Grand Hotel Nis) and the Constantinus Palace Hotel.
Zlatibor is set to see the opening of the five-star Tornik Hotel by the end of the year, consisting of the hotel building and the annex.\u00a0The hotel will have 360 rooms and suites, of which 130 will be in the main building of the hotel, and the remaining 230 in the annex build\u00ading.\u00a0When it comes to MICE capacities, these will include a convention center spread over 1,000 sqm\u00a0in the annex building, as well as 4 meeting rooms in the main building of the hotel.
\nApart from Zlatibor, Kopaonik has also welcomed another new, bou\u00adtique hotel \u2013 Gray Hotel, which has an accommodation capacity of 17 rooms/suites.
\nCroatia\u2019s MICE\u00a0offer has expanded by the opening of the Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel (5*), which operates as part of HUP Zagreb lo\u00adcated in Mlini, as well as the open\u00ading of the D-Resort (4*) in Sibenik. The Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera\u00a0Ho\u00adtel has 251 rooms and suites and 5 conference rooms\u2013 the biggest one having a capacity of 900 seats\u2013 for event planning purposes.
\n![\"Sheraton](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/sheraton-dubrovnik-1.jpg\")
Guests and event planners visiting the D-Resort in Sibenik can choose among 72 rooms and suites, as well as one hall for up to 160 people in a theater-style setting that can be divided into three smaller rooms.
\nIn May 2016, after complete reno\u00advation and more floors added, the Solaris Hotel Jure (4*)\u00a0in Sibenik opened its door for business.\u00a0With the last works finalized, the \u00a0hotel now has 384 rooms and suites, as well as a number of additional amenities, including a Wellness & Spa center.
\nIn addition to these three lodging options, the Crvena Luka Hotel & Resort ****\u00a0located in Biograd na Moru also opened, offering 166 rooms\u00a0\u2013 of which 46 are suites \u2013 \u00a0and 2 conference rooms accommo\u00addating up to 258 people.
\nThe offer in Montenegro has also expanded, with the opening of seve\u00adral hotels in different destinations \u2013in Budva, Podgorica, Tivat, Igalo and Sutomore.
\nBudva saw the opening of the Hotel Budva 4*, located in the city center, on the promenade, offering 80 ro\u00adoms, of which 3 are suites. When it comes to event planning, the Hotel Budva will have 3 meeting rooms and one board room, which are set to open in October 2016.
\nThe Hotel Moskva is a new four\u00ad-star hotel in Budva, which opened for business in July 2016 offering 38 rooms and 2 suites.
\n![\"VerdeComplex](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/verde-1.jpg\")
In 2016, Podgorica will expand its hotel scene by as many as 3 options.
\nLate August saw the opening of the Verde Complex (Hotel & Wellness), boasting the 4 ****+ category.
\nThe Complex has 81 accommoda\u00adtion units\u00a0and 3 conference rooms that can be used to organize different kinds of events. The capacity of the largest hall is 254 people in a theater-style set\u00adting.
Next to the newly opened Verde Complex, as of October Podgorica will also have the Hilton Hotel, boasting 180 rooms and suites and 5 conference rooms.
\nThe Capital Plaza Center is set to ex\u00adpand by Centreville Hotel, the third hotel to open this year in Podgorica. The hotel will have 122 rooms and\u00a0suites, as well as 3 conference rooms and a large banquet hall.\u00a0The Capital Plaza Center will also include Hard Rock Cafe, alongside a fitness center, a spa, and a beauty salon.
\nFurthermore, home to the Mon\u00adtenegrin airport, the coastal town of Tivat, saw the fully renovated Hotel Palma re-open for business in July this year.\u00a0After the renovation of accommo\u00addation, conference, and restaurant capacities and the construction of its wellness center, now the Hotel Palma represents a modern four\u00ad-star hotel boasting 116 rooms and 2\u00a0meeting rooms.
\nIn 2015, the town of Igalo saw the opening of the Hotel Palmon Bay & Spa, whose accommodation capacities have been increased in 2016, and so after the renovation \u00a0the hotel has 202 rooms and suites and 4 conference rooms, its largest capacity being upto 100 seats in a theater-style setting.
\n![\"Hotel](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/palmon-bay-SEEBTM.COM_.jpg\")
The four-\u00adstar Sato Hotel Conference & Spa Resort(formerly Hotel Niksic) in Sutomore underwent renovation and now has 115 rooms\u00a0and suites, as well as 2 conference
\nrooms. The maximum capacity of the conference room is 400 people in a theater-style setting.
The fact that Macedonia and its capital are attractive tourist and MICE destinations is clearly reflected in the opening of the first hotel under the Marriott Interna\u00adtional Hotel Chain called the Skopje Marriott Hotel.\u00a0This hotel offers 164 guest rooms and suites, including the luxurious Presidential Suite. In terms of conference capacities, the hotel boasts 9 conference rooms with the maximum capacity of up to 600 people.
\nThe popular Ohrid\u00a0saw the open\u00ading of the five-star Izgrev Hotel, Spa & Aqua Park, comprising of 207 rooms and suites alongside a convention center spread over an area of 1,250 sqm.\u00a0
\nBosnia and Herzegovina, or to be more precise the city of Sarajevoexpanded its hotel scene by the opening of the five-star Hills Hotel, Congress & Thermal Spa Resort, boasting 260 rooms and suites.\u00a0The hotel also includes a multi-pur\u00adpose convention center with halls furnished with 1,500, 180, 150, and 100 seats.
\n![\"Hills](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/hotel-hills.jpg\" "\\"Hills")
In the immediate vicinity of Saraje\u00advo, earlier this year Trebevic saw the opening of the Pino Nature Ho\u00adtel, which offers its guests 24 rooms and suites, a conference room with up to 120 seats in a theater \u00adstyle setting that can be divided into two smaller areas.
\nThe www.SEEmice.com portal specializes in finding hotels, venu\u00ades, services and event planning for all kinds of events.
\nThe team of SEEmice.com, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, can be reached at office@seemice.com for additional information, as well as for assistance with event planning and realization.
The post New Hotels Open in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "The opening of hotels in the Southeast Europe re\u00adgion marked 2015 and 2016.\nThese new hotels meet the needs of leisure tourists and \u2013 according to www.SEEmice.com \u2013 the needs of event planners, too. You can find out more about the hotels opened in this period \u2013 as well as about their capacities \u2013 in the following paragraphs.\nWhen it comes to the opening of new hotels in Serbia, the largest number of hotels has opened in Belgrade.\nThe four-star hotel offer was expanded by the opening of the Envoy Hotel, which has 49 rooms and 6 conference rooms, with the biggest room boasts 160 seats in a cinema-style setting.\nThere is also the Courtyard Belgrade City Center Hotel from the Marriott chain, which has a capacity of 112 rooms and 2 suites, as well as one conference hall with a capacity of 45 people in a cinema-style setting.\nEnvoy Hotel\nThe Heritage Hotel is another newly opened hotel whose capacities con\u00adsist of 39 rooms and suites, 2 conference rooms, as well as the Afeliu restaurant, which can be converted for a variety of customer needs \u2013 seminars, banquets, or receptions with up to 55 available seats.\nIn addition to the opening of the four \u00adstar hotels in Belgrade, the\u00a0three\u00ad star Holiday Inn Express Ho\u00adtel also opened, offering 123 rooms and 2 multi-purpose meeting rooms, having the maximum capacity of up to 70 people in a cinema-style setting.\nHeritage Hotel\nAnother addition to Belgrade\u2019s hotel scene will be the SAINT Ten Hotel, whose opening is set for October 2016, offering 54 rooms and suites, as well as 5 meeting rooms.\nAs for newly opened hotels outside of Belgrade, Aleksinac saw the opening of the Bosphorus Hotel, which offers to the guests and event planners 60 rooms and 2 conference rooms with a capacity up to 200 seats in a cinema-style setting.\nDuring the year, Nis is expected to see the opening of two new hotels.\nTo be more precise, early August saw the launch of the New City Ho\u00adtel (formerly Grand Hotel Nis) and the Constantinus Palace Hotel.\nZlatibor is set to see the opening of the five-star Tornik Hotel by the end of the year, consisting of the hotel building and the annex.\u00a0The hotel will have 360 rooms and suites, of which 130 will be in the main building of the hotel, and the remaining 230 in the annex build\u00ading.\u00a0When it comes to MICE capacities, these will include a convention center spread over 1,000 sqm\u00a0in the annex building, as well as 4 meeting rooms in the main building of the hotel.\nApart from Zlatibor, Kopaonik has also welcomed another new, bou\u00adtique hotel \u2013 Gray Hotel, which has an accommodation capacity of 17 rooms/suites.\nCroatia\u2019s MICE\u00a0offer has expanded by the opening of the Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel (5*), which operates as part of HUP Zagreb lo\u00adcated in Mlini, as well as the open\u00ading of the D-Resort (4*) in Sibenik. The Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera\u00a0Ho\u00adtel has 251 rooms and suites and 5 conference rooms\u2013 the biggest one having a capacity of 900 seats\u2013 for event planning purposes.\nSheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel\nGuests and event planners visiting the D-Resort in Sibenik can choose among 72 rooms and suites, as well as one hall for up to 160 people in a theater-style setting that can be divided into three smaller rooms.\nIn May 2016, after complete reno\u00advation and more floors added, the Solaris Hotel Jure (4*)\u00a0in Sibenik opened its door for business.\u00a0With the last works finalized, the \u00a0hotel now has 384 rooms and suites, as well as a number of additional amenities, including a Wellness & Spa center.\nIn addition to these three lodging options, the Crvena Luka Hotel & Resort ****\u00a0located in Biograd na Moru also opened, offering 166 rooms\u00a0\u2013 of which 46 are suites \u2013 \u00a0and 2 conference rooms accommo\u00addating up to 258 people.\nThe offer in Montenegro has also expanded, with the opening of seve\u00adral hotels in different destinations \u2013in Budva, Podgorica, Tivat, Igalo and Sutomore.\nBudva saw the opening of the Hotel Budva 4*, located in the city center, on the promenade, offering 80 ro\u00adoms, of which 3 are suites. When it comes to event planning, the Hotel Budva will have 3 meeting rooms and one board room, which are set to open in October 2016.\nThe Hotel Moskva is a new four\u00ad-star hotel in Budva, which opened for business in July 2016 offering 38 rooms and 2 suites.\nVerde Complex (Hotel & Wellness)\nIn 2016, Podgorica will expand its hotel scene by as many as 3 options.\nLate August saw the opening of the Verde Complex (Hotel & Wellness), boasting the 4 ****+ category.\nThe Complex has 81 accommoda\u00adtion units\u00a0and 3 conference rooms that can be used to organize different kinds of events. The capacity of the largest hall is 254 people in a theater-style set\u00adting.\nNext to the newly opened Verde Complex, as of October Podgorica will also have the Hilton Hotel, boasting 180 rooms and suites and 5 conference rooms.\nThe Capital Plaza Center is set to ex\u00adpand by Centreville Hotel, the third hotel to open this year in Podgorica. The hotel will have 122 rooms and\u00a0suites, as well as 3 conference rooms and a large banquet hall.\u00a0The Capital Plaza Center will also include Hard Rock Cafe, alongside a fitness center, a spa, and a beauty salon.\nFurthermore, home to the Mon\u00adtenegrin airport, the coastal town of Tivat, saw the fully renovated Hotel Palma re-open for business in July this year.\u00a0After the renovation of accommo\u00addation, conference, and restaurant capacities and the construction of its wellness center, now the Hotel Palma represents a modern four\u00ad-star hotel boasting 116 rooms and 2\u00a0meeting rooms.\nIn 2015, the town of Igalo saw the opening of the Hotel Palmon Bay & Spa, whose accommodation capacities have been increased in 2016, and so after the renovation \u00a0the hotel has 202 rooms and suites and 4 conference rooms, its largest capacity being upto 100 seats in a theater-style setting.\nHotel Palmon Bay and Spa\nThe four-\u00adstar Sato Hotel Conference & Spa Resort(formerly Hotel Niksic) in Sutomore underwent renovation and now has 115 rooms\u00a0and suites, as well as 2 conference\nrooms. The maximum capacity of the conference room is 400 people in a theater-style setting.\nThe fact that Macedonia and its capital are attractive tourist and MICE destinations is clearly reflected in the opening of the first hotel under the Marriott Interna\u00adtional Hotel Chain called the Skopje Marriott Hotel.\u00a0This hotel offers 164 guest rooms and suites, including the luxurious Presidential Suite. In terms of conference capacities, the hotel boasts 9 conference rooms with the maximum capacity of up to 600 people.\nThe popular Ohrid\u00a0saw the open\u00ading of the five-star Izgrev Hotel, Spa & Aqua Park, comprising of 207 rooms and suites alongside a convention center spread over an area of 1,250 sqm.\u00a0\nBosnia and Herzegovina, or to be more precise the city of Sarajevoexpanded its hotel scene by the opening of the five-star Hills Hotel, Congress & Thermal Spa Resort, boasting 260 rooms and suites.\u00a0The hotel also includes a multi-pur\u00adpose convention center with halls furnished with 1,500, 180, 150, and 100 seats.\nHills Hotel, Congress & Thermal Spa Resort\nIn the immediate vicinity of Saraje\u00advo, earlier this year Trebevic saw the opening of the Pino Nature Ho\u00adtel, which offers its guests 24 rooms and suites, a conference room with up to 120 seats in a theater \u00adstyle setting that can be divided into two smaller areas.\nThe www.SEEmice.com portal specializes in finding hotels, venu\u00ades, services and event planning for all kinds of events. \nThe team of SEEmice.com, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, can be reached at office@seemice.com for additional information, as well as for assistance with event planning and realization. \nThe post New Hotels Open in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2016-10-27T10:39:20+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-10-27T10:39:20+02:00", "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/Tornik.jpg", "tags": [ "hotel in belgrade", "hotel tornik", "hotels in montenegro", "hotels in podgorica", "hotels in sarajevo", "meetings industry", "MICE", "new hotels", "Hotels and venues" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-worldwide-investments-convention-centres/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/new-worldwide-investments-convention-centres/", "title": "New Worldwide Investments in Convention Centres", "content_html": "Many countries and cities are doing\u00a0rebuilding and building of the\u00a0convention\u00a0centers as one of the\u00a0measure\u00a0of economic growth or\u00a0recovery. About\u00a0convention centres openings in 2016 you can read at\u00a0https://www.seebtm.com/convention-centres-openings-2016/?lang=en.
\nThat fact gives us insight of great\u00a0importance and impact of convention\u00a0center, not just in meetings\u00a0and events industry and area of\u00a0business\u00a0tourism, but significant\u00a0economic returns to the whole\u00a0destination, too.
\nLet\u2019s take a look what destinations\u00a0worldwide are doing with their convention\u00a0centres last couple of years.
\nAre they crazy or wise?
\nIf we talk about quantity, Spain\u00a0and UK have even 13 convention\u00a0centres\u00a0each, while Germany has\u00a0also\u00a0significant number – 8 convention\u00a0centres.
\nConsidering Austria\u00a0as a not so big country and the fact\u00a0that there can be chosen among 7\u00a0congress centres to plan an event, is\u00a0quite impressive. Although there\u2019s\u00a0nothing to be surprised about, since\u00a0these countries are the leaders in\u00a0the meeting and event industry, not\u00a0just in Europe, but in the world, too.\u00a0Not to forget, Netherland and Belgium\u00a0have \u201cjust\u201d 4 of them, each.
Wondering do these countries\u00a0think\u00a0about convention centres as an\u00a0important\u00a0part of their economic\u00a0strategy?
\n![\"Halifax](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Halifax-Ballroom.jpg\")
Latest investments in\u00a0convention centres\u00a0worldwide
\nBelow you may read and have an\u00a0insight of what other countries was\u00a0and are doing with their congress\u00a0centres, started chronologically\u00a0from 2011.
\n![\"Royal](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/ICCSydneyThe-Theatre-from-Tumbalong-Park-1.jpg\")
![\"Exhibition](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/BEXCO.jpg\" "\\"Exhibition")
![\"SWISSTECH](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/2-1.png\")
![\"ACC](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/ACC-Liverpool-virtual-journey_credit-McCoy_Wynne-resized.jpg\")
Huge investments in US convention centres
\nOver the next three years (2016-2018), the Miami Beach Convention Center,\u00a0managed by Spectra Venue Management, will be undergoing a $515 million\u00a0renovation and expansion that will set a new standard of excellence.
\nLos Angeles Convention Center announced total of $470 million for renovation,\u00a0reconstruction and expansion, began this year with ultimate project\u00a0completion in December 2020.
The post New Worldwide Investments in Convention Centres appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "Convention center is a backbone of meetings industry of each country and city.\u00a0Especially when we talk about visibility on world meetings market, big international\u00a0congresses, associations, long time leads, full hotels occupancy and others.\u00a0All of this simply isn\u2019t discussible without proper convention center.\nMany countries and cities are doing\u00a0rebuilding and building of the\u00a0convention\u00a0centers as one of the\u00a0measure\u00a0of economic growth or\u00a0recovery. About\u00a0convention centres openings in 2016 you can read at\u00a0https://www.seebtm.com/convention-centres-openings-2016/?lang=en.\nThat fact gives us insight of great\u00a0importance and impact of convention\u00a0center, not just in meetings\u00a0and events industry and area of\u00a0business\u00a0tourism, but significant\u00a0economic returns to the whole\u00a0destination, too.\nLet\u2019s take a look what destinations\u00a0worldwide are doing with their convention\u00a0centres last couple of years.\nAre they crazy or wise?\nIf we talk about quantity, Spain\u00a0and UK have even 13 convention\u00a0centres\u00a0each, while Germany has\u00a0also\u00a0significant number – 8 convention\u00a0centres.\nConsidering Austria\u00a0as a not so big country and the fact\u00a0that there can be chosen among 7\u00a0congress centres to plan an event, is\u00a0quite impressive. Although there\u2019s\u00a0nothing to be surprised about, since\u00a0these countries are the leaders in\u00a0the meeting and event industry, not\u00a0just in Europe, but in the world, too.\u00a0Not to forget, Netherland and Belgium\u00a0have \u201cjust\u201d 4 of them, each.\nWondering do these countries\u00a0think\u00a0about convention centres as an\u00a0important\u00a0part of their economic\u00a0strategy?\nHalifax Ballroom\nLatest investments in\u00a0convention centres\u00a0worldwide\nBelow you may read and have an\u00a0insight of what other countries was\u00a0and are doing with their congress\u00a0centres, started chronologically\u00a0from 2011.\n\nLausanne features one of Switzerland\u2019s\u00a0largest venues, the Beaulieu\u00a0Convention & Exhibition Centre.\nThe centre disposes with 30 separate\u00a0event spaces, including\u00a0the\u00a0South\u00a0Halls, which were rebuilt in\u00a02011.\u00a0Beaulieu Lausanne will continue\u00a0its development by renovating\u00a0the North Halls in the near\u00a0future\u00a0and, subsequently, the south\u00a0wing\u00a0of the main building, with\u00a0hotel\u00a0complex, all together as a part of\u00a0\u201cBeaulieu 2020\u201d project.\n\n\nAfter series of earthquakes in\u00a0Christchurch,\u00a0New Zeland\u2019s second\u00a0largest\u00a0city, on September 2010,\u00a0and more damaging on February\u00a02011, The Christchurch Central\u00a0Recovery\u00a0Plan (CCRP) has formed\u00a0to outline the future development\u00a0of the city.\nAs a part of CCRP there is the project\u00a0of building Convention Centre\u00a0Precinct, a world class Convention\u00a0Centre which will attract business,\u00a0events, and conferences to Christchurch.\nThe Centre will be able to host\u00a0several\u00a0events at the same time;\u00a0starting\u00a0with space for up to 2,000\u00a0people. The Centre is scheduled\u00a0to be open for business at the\u00a0end of 2018.\n\n\nThe Adelaide Convention Centre\u00a0is a large convention center in\u00a0Adelaide,\u00a0Australia.\nIt was the first purpose-built\u00a0convention\u00a0center to be built in\u00a0Australia. The most recent big expansion\u00a0was announced in 2011,\u00a0with $350 investment.\nSo, their newest addition, the\u00a0West\u00a0Building, was completed and\u00a0began to operate in 2015 and already\u00a0having hosted an astounding\u00a0560 events over the 12 months.\nIn addition, the Centre\u2019s original\u00a0plenary building, which dates\u00a0back\u00a0to 1987, was demolished to\u00a0make way for construction of the\u00a0new East Building \u2013 set to open in\u00a02017.\n\n\nAlso in Australia, since opening\u00a03 years ago, in March 2013, Brisbane\u2019s\u00a0newest convention center,\u00a0the Royal International Convention\u00a0Centre (Royal ICC) has fast\u00a0gained a reputation for offering\u00a0a personalised, boutique event\u00a0experience. The Royal ICC development\u00a0included also building of a\u00a0four-star 200 room Rydges Hotel\u00a0located on site, opened this year\u00a0in February.\n\nRoyal International Convention Centre (Royal ICC)\n\nBusan Exhibition and Convention\u00a0Center, commonly known as\u00a0BEXCO is a convention and exhibition\u00a0center located in Centum\u00a0City, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South\u00a0Korea. It features over 46,500 m2\u00a0of exhibition space and 53 meeting\u00a0rooms. In June 2012, BEXCO\u00a0completed its expansion to add a\u00a04,002 seat auditorium and a new\u00a0exhibition center.\n\n\nIn 2013, Hall 12 of the Brussels\u00a0Expo in Belgium was completely\u00a0transformed into a sophisticated\u00a0concert hall and show venue that\u00a0can also serve as high-capacity\u00a0convention hall.\nIn 2015, Brussels\u00a0Expo announced\u00a0additional significant investments\u00a0into the renovation of its infrastructures.\n\n\nOpened in April 2014, The SWISSTECH\u00a0CONVENTION CENTER\u00a0at the Lake Geneva Region in\u00a0Switzerland,\u00a0set new standards in\u00a0transforming seating options and\u00a0event formats.\nNamely, the innovative auditorium\u00a0is fully modular. It can be\u00a0converted\u00a0from conference\u00a0auditorium,\u00a0to exhibition hall, to\u00a0banquet\u00a0room in only 15 minutes.\u00a0Using the Canadian \u201cGala Venue\u201d\u00a0technology, the 2,205 – seat\u00a0auditorium\u00a0is a 795 – seat mezzanine,\u00a0for a total capacity of 3,000\u00a0seats.\n\nExhibition and Convention Center BEXCO\n\nIn October 2014, after more than\u00a0twelve years of effort, seven years\u00a0of design work and three years\u00a0and a half of construction works,\u00a0ICE Krak\u00f3w Congress Centre in\u00a0Poland has opened.\nIn 2015, Krakow was the second\u00a0city in Poland in terms of the\u00a0number\u00a0of meetings and events,\u00a0according to the \u201cMeetings and\u00a0event industry in Poland 2016\u201d\u00a0report prepared by the Poland\u00a0Convention Bureau.\u00a0The ICE Krak\u00f3w Congress Centre\u00a0contributed significantly to this –\u00a068% of meetings and events\u00a0in Krakow are conferences and\u00a0congresses.\n\n\nAt the end of 2014, a new third\u00a0tower was completed at the\u00a0Gothia Towers hotel, part of the\u00a0Swedish Exhibition and Congress\u00a0Centre in Gothenburg. This made\u00a0this centre Europe\u2019s largest fully\u00a0integrated hotel and meetings\u00a0venue under one roof. The whole\u00a0complex covers an area of 180,000\u00a0sqm with capacity for 9,500\u00a0people. It includes total number\u00a0of 1,200 hotel rooms, 63 meeting\u00a0rooms, 41,000 sqm of exhibition\u00a0space and a show arena.\nEvery year, around 1.8 million people\u00a0from all over the world visit\u00a0this Centre because of business,\u00a0entertainment and experience.\nOverall, the centre is so huge that\u00a0there is a smartphone app for\u00a0navigating your way around it.\nIn 2015, turnover increased by 30\u00a0million euros and visitor numbers\u00a0by just over 20 per cent.\n\nSWISSTECH Convention Centre\n\nIn September 2015, ACC Liverpool\u00a0opened its new, 8,100 sqm venue –\u00a0Exhibition Centre Liverpool.\nThe ACC Liverpool Group delivered\u00a0\u00a3126m of economic benefit to\u00a0Liverpool and the region in 2015.\nAnd since their first opening in\u00a02008, The ACC Liverpool Group\u00a0has generated \u00a31bn in economic\u00a0benefit for the local economy.\n\n\nIn October 2015, started $5milion\u00a0improvement investment into the\u00a0London Convention Centre based\u00a0in a Canadian city London.\n\n\nOn April 2016, Rotterdam Ahoy\u00a0in Netherland announced, after\u00a0the big refurbishment of the Ahoy\u00a0Arena (finished in 2011), brand\u00a0new convention centre.\nThe multifunctional event venue\u00a0is now refurbishing its 20,000 m2\u00a0Exhibition & Event Halls and is\u00a0expanding with a large international\u00a0Convention Centre, named\u00a0the Rotterdam Ahoy Convention\u00a0Centre (RACC), including brand\u00a0new 250 room hotel.\n\n\nAustria Center Vienna, Austria\u2019s\u00a0largest conference centre, which\u00a0has a total capacity for 20,000\u00a0delegates and offers 24 lecture\u00a0rooms for between 100 and 4,320\u00a0participants, 180 meeting rooms\u00a0and 22,000 m\u00b2 of exhibition space,\u00a0from autumn 2016 will be adding\u00a0520m2 of space for five new meeting\u00a0rooms.\n\n\nNova Scotia\u2019s new Halifax Convention\u00a0Centre in North America,\u00a0offers over 120,000 square feet\u00a0of flexible event space, with the\u00a0total construction cost of $164.2\u00a0million. The convention centre is\u00a0set to open in early 2017.\n\nACC Liverpool\n\n\nAt the end of\u00a0May, Dubai has also announced\u00a0plans to build a new convention\u00a0center in Al Jaddaf near Dubai\u00a0Creek. The new facility, which\u00a0will span 55,000 sqm and provide\u00a0space for 10,000 people, is scheduled\u00a0to be completed in 2 years\u00a0at a cost of \u20ac432 million. The new\u00a0convention center is part of the\u00a0city\u2019s run-up to World Expo 2020,\u00a0which will take place in Dubai.\n\nHuge investments in US convention centres\nOver the next three years (2016-2018), the Miami Beach Convention Center,\u00a0managed by Spectra Venue Management, will be undergoing a $515 million\u00a0renovation and expansion that will set a new standard of excellence.\nLos Angeles Convention Center announced total of $470 million for renovation,\u00a0reconstruction and expansion, began this year with ultimate project\u00a0completion in December 2020.\nThe post New Worldwide Investments in Convention Centres appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2016-07-27T16:12:08+02:00", "date_modified": "2017-12-13T16:30:39+01:00", "author": { "name": "Miona Milic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miona/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20240224-WA0003-e1728981138373.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/bigstock-Investing-109422992.jpg", "tags": [ "Adelaide Convention Centre", "Austria Center Vienna", "BEXCO", "Brussels Expo", "convention centres", "Halifax Convention Centre", "ICE Krak\u00f3w", "meetings industry", "new", "pick", "SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER", "Worldwide Investments", "Hot topics" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-frankfurt-2016-tailored-business-opportunities-at-every-step-of-the-way/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-frankfurt-2016-tailored-business-opportunities-at-every-step-of-the-way/", "title": "IMEX Frankfurt 2016 \u2013 Tailored business opportunities at every step of the way", "content_html": "Alongside new exhibitors, new educational tracks and networking opportunities dedicated to each sector of the industry, IMEX has added important new features to its distinctive Hosted Buyer programme.
\nEnhanced Hosted Buyer programme
\nNew for 2016, European buyers can extend their visit to IMEX and opt in advance for a three day (two night) programme. This will allow them to spend more time at the show, giving them more time to complete their business objectives and take part in networking events and education sessions. This new option makes the programme highly flexible and is in addition to the day only and two day (one night) programmes which have become well-established over the last 13 years.
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Revised group appointment timings will give hosted buyers more time to explore the show floor – the show will now open at 9.45am, with no group appointments scheduled before 11am or after 4pm.
\nIMEX is set to welcome more than 20 new hosted buyer groups from around the world including Germany, Poland, China, South Africa and South America, plus UNICEO \u2013 the network for corporate event decision makers. ISES (International Special Events Society) is also bringing their Global Event Summit to the show for the first time.
\nBuyers have a wide choice of suppliers to meet, with many established exhibitors having increased their stand space including Croatia, New Zealand, PromPeru, San Francisco and Serbia \u2013 and hotel groups \u2013 ATA Hotels, Hilton International, Preferred Hotels and Trump Hotel Collection.
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\nDid you know?
\nEuropean buyers can extend their visit to IMEX and opt for a three day (two night) programme.
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\nNew destinations and venues
\nDemand from buyers to attend is at an all-time high with 24 new hosted buyer groups already confirmed from across Europe and the world. As always, among the 3,500 exhibitors who represent 150 countries, IMEX will feature a host of new meetings industry suppliers, destinations and venues who use the show to launch their products and services to the market.
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Two new themes will run throughout the show this year: \u2018Business + ME\u2019 focusses on personal development, CSR activities and wellbeing. New also is a track focused on the sharing economy and how it is reshaping the way we travel and do business \u2013 this will include a high level panel discussion, due to take place on Wednesday 20th April, that will debate its impact on the meetings industry. The Inspiration Hub, home to all the show floor education, will also host experts exploring personal branding, business skills, creative learning, marketing and social media, research and trends and technology. Also new for this year is a series of short and snappy talks focused on \u2018Trends and Future-Think\u2019. These TED-style talks will take place at the Inspiration Hub before the show begins each day and are sponsored by Sweden.
\nThe day prior to IMEX in Frankfurt, Monday 18th April, is now packed with high level educational activities for both buyers and suppliers including:
\nTaking place at the Villa Kennedy Hotel, this is a valuable opportunity for corporate meeting planners from around the world to gather for a tailor-made day of education and private networking.
\nThis year\u2019s Exclusively Corporate event puts the spotlight on meeting and event planning as a career, focusing on how attendees can build their personal brand, demonstrate their value within an organisation and be more effective and efficient.
\nFor professionals working for associations, organising international conferences and events, Association Day is a chance to assess how well their association is adapting in an ever-changing world. Relevancy is the focus for this year\u2019s event and the ways in which associations across the globe are tackling this issue will be explored via a tailored programme of educational sessions and peer-to-peer problem-solving workshops. Throughout the day, issues experienced by associations across all industries are discussed, giving delegates the chance to forge partnerships and make worthwhile connections. The Day concludes with the ever-popular Association Evening event at the Marriott Hotel.
\nPCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) is bringing its prestigious Business School to Europe for the first time alongside IMEX in Frankfurt. This free of charge programme is open to all and offers executives the chance to develop core business skills and learn from an MBA level professor. Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, renowned business strategist, consultant and best-selling author, will lead the interactive session on \u2018The Outthinker Playbook \u2013 Devising Disruptive Strategies\u2019, exploring how to cultivate new approaches to business thinking and adopt a fresh \u201coutthinkers\u201d approach in response to changes in business. The innovative class is also CMP certified.
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Finally, the renowned Politicians Forum brings together meetings industry leaders, representatives from government and business, professionals and academics to discuss building and sustaining a successful meetings industry.
\nRay Bloom, Chairman of the IMEX Group explains: \u201cIMEX in Frankfurt, now in its 14th year, continues to showcase the amazing diversity and innovation within our industry, with both our new and established exhibitors using the show as their main platform to launch their products, destinations and venues to the global meetings market. At the same time we are constantly evolving the show and this year will be no exception, with major investment in our hosted buyer programme ensuring that buyers have the flexibility and time that they need to make the most of the range of business and educational opportunities at the show.\u201d
\nCarina Bauer, CEO of IMEX Group, explains: \u201cWe continually consult with our buyers and intermediaries and have made changes to the programme this year to ensure that the show is truly tailored to their needs. We believe that both the buyers and exhibitors will benefit strongly from these. IMEX in Frankfurt promises a host of opportunities for all members of the meetings and incentive travel community. We know that there is no better way to do business or build a network of professional contacts and friends than face to face and we look forward to welcoming the world to Frankfurt this April.\u201d
\nThe post IMEX Frankfurt 2016 – Tailored business opportunities at every step of the way appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "IMEX in Frankfurt, taking place from 19th to 21st April 2016 at Messe Frankfurt, is set to provide an experience that is flexible and tailored to fit each visitor\u2019s business needs.\nAlongside new exhibitors, new educational tracks and networking opportunities dedicated to each sector of the industry, IMEX has added important new features to its distinctive Hosted Buyer programme.\nEnhanced Hosted Buyer programme\nNew for 2016, European buyers can extend their visit to IMEX and opt in advance for a three day (two night) programme. This will allow them to spend more time at the show, giving them more time to complete their business objectives and take part in networking events and education sessions. This new option makes the programme highly flexible and is in addition to the day only and two day (one night) programmes which have become well-established over the last 13 years.\nIMEX Frankfurt\nRevised group appointment timings will give hosted buyers more time to explore the show floor – the show will now open at 9.45am, with no group appointments scheduled before 11am or after 4pm.\nIMEX is set to welcome more than 20 new hosted buyer groups from around the world including Germany, Poland, China, South Africa and South America, plus UNICEO \u2013 the network for corporate event decision makers. ISES (International Special Events Society) is also bringing their Global Event Summit to the show for the first time.\nBuyers have a wide choice of suppliers to meet, with many established exhibitors having increased their stand space including Croatia, New Zealand, PromPeru, San Francisco and Serbia \u2013 and hotel groups \u2013 ATA Hotels, Hilton International, Preferred Hotels and Trump Hotel Collection.\n[quote_box_left]\nDid you know?\nEuropean buyers can extend their visit to IMEX and opt for a three day (two night) programme.\n[/quote_box_left]\nNew destinations and venues\nDemand from buyers to attend is at an all-time high with 24 new hosted buyer groups already confirmed from across Europe and the world. As always, among the 3,500 exhibitors who represent 150 countries, IMEX will feature a host of new meetings industry suppliers, destinations and venues who use the show to launch their products and services to the market.\nShow floor at IMEX Frankfurt\nEducation\nTwo new themes will run throughout the show this year: \u2018Business + ME\u2019 focusses on personal development, CSR activities and wellbeing. New also is a track focused on the sharing economy and how it is reshaping the way we travel and do business \u2013 this will include a high level panel discussion, due to take place on Wednesday 20th April, that will debate its impact on the meetings industry. The Inspiration Hub, home to all the show floor education, will also host experts exploring personal branding, business skills, creative learning, marketing and social media, research and trends and technology. Also new for this year is a series of short and snappy talks focused on \u2018Trends and Future-Think\u2019. These TED-style talks will take place at the Inspiration Hub before the show begins each day and are sponsored by Sweden.\nThe day prior to IMEX in Frankfurt, Monday 18th April, is now packed with high level educational activities for both buyers and suppliers including:\n\nExclusively Corporate @IMEX – building your personal brand\n\nTaking place at the Villa Kennedy Hotel, this is a valuable opportunity for corporate meeting planners from around the world to gather for a tailor-made day of education and private networking.\nThis year\u2019s Exclusively Corporate event puts the spotlight on meeting and event planning as a career, focusing on how attendees can build their personal brand, demonstrate their value within an organisation and be more effective and efficient.\n\nAssociation Day & Evening \u2013 how relevant is your association?\n\nFor professionals working for associations, organising international conferences and events, Association Day is a chance to assess how well their association is adapting in an ever-changing world. Relevancy is the focus for this year\u2019s event and the ways in which associations across the globe are tackling this issue will be explored via a tailored programme of educational sessions and peer-to-peer problem-solving workshops. Throughout the day, issues experienced by associations across all industries are discussed, giving delegates the chance to forge partnerships and make worthwhile connections. The Day concludes with the ever-popular Association Evening event at the Marriott Hotel.\n\nInaugural PCMA Business School in Europe \u2013 rip up the rule-book, become an \u201coutthinker\u201d\n\nPCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) is bringing its prestigious Business School to Europe for the first time alongside IMEX in Frankfurt. This free of charge programme is open to all and offers executives the chance to develop core business skills and learn from an MBA level professor. Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff, renowned business strategist, consultant and best-selling author, will lead the interactive session on \u2018The Outthinker Playbook \u2013 Devising Disruptive Strategies\u2019, exploring how to cultivate new approaches to business thinking and adopt a fresh \u201coutthinkers\u201d approach in response to changes in business. The innovative class is also CMP certified.\nInspiration Hub\nFinally, the renowned Politicians Forum brings together meetings industry leaders, representatives from government and business, professionals and academics to discuss building and sustaining a successful meetings industry.\nRay Bloom, Chairman of the IMEX Group explains: \u201cIMEX in Frankfurt, now in its 14th year, continues to showcase the amazing diversity and innovation within our industry, with both our new and established exhibitors using the show as their main platform to launch their products, destinations and venues to the global meetings market. At the same time we are constantly evolving the show and this year will be no exception, with major investment in our hosted buyer programme ensuring that buyers have the flexibility and time that they need to make the most of the range of business and educational opportunities at the show.\u201d\nCarina Bauer, CEO of IMEX Group, explains: \u201cWe continually consult with our buyers and intermediaries and have made changes to the programme this year to ensure that the show is truly tailored to their needs. We believe that both the buyers and exhibitors will benefit strongly from these. IMEX in Frankfurt promises a host of opportunities for all members of the meetings and incentive travel community. We know that there is no better way to do business or build a network of professional contacts and friends than face to face and we look forward to welcoming the world to Frankfurt this April.\u201d\nThe post IMEX Frankfurt 2016 – Tailored business opportunities at every step of the way appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2016-03-30T10:53:24+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-09T14:02:16+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/Show-floor.jpg", "tags": [ "hosted buyer", "imex frankfurt", "imex group", "inspiration hub", "meetings industry", "Trade Shows" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/how-to-organize-an-event-in-south-east-europe/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/how-to-organize-an-event-in-south-east-europe/", "title": "How to organize an event in South East Europe?", "content_html": "During the whole process event planners also have to make sure to stay within the budget and time frame. We can all agree that this is not an easy job.
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In order to help event planners with choosing the best destination and\u00a0 finding the right venue in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania,… \u2013 in South East Europe in one word, portal www.SEEmice.com was established 9 years ago. And today, www.SEEmice.com, with over 230 meeting suppliers, remains the\u00a0leading online tool in South East Europe for event planning.
\nSEEmice.com, together with its sister website www.kongresniturizam.com, for almost 10 years successfully connects event organizers \u2013 buyers with meeting suppliers in South East Europe. Today, many of the respective companies, such as Astra Zeneca, Henkel, Bosch, Berlin-Chemie, Strabag etc., are regular users of this websites.
\nSearch is everything, just looking is nothing
\nPresentations of destinations, hotels, venues and agencies are enriched and made according to the event planners standards.
\nWith all-time updated and all-in-one-place presentations of previously checked hotels, venues and suppliers, finding the best location and venue for the event is very easy.
\nThanks to multi-criteria search options, every user of the portal has the easiest way to find the best choice, according to their needs.
\nOrganizers can use QUICK SEARCH to find what they need in just one click. For fine tuning, they can go to the DETAILED SEARCH.
\nAlso, on HOME page there is an option to just click on type of the venue or service that they need, and the results will be shown in broad listing.
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After the search, users may add their favorites to MY SELECTION and SEND them RF\u00a0(separately or one RFP for all selected). Those RFPs goes directly to the suppliers, with notification that they contact them via SEEmice.com.\u00a0This gives them benefits with obligation of fast response and guaranteed best-price at the moment. And for SEEmice.com team this gives the evidence that they are doing job right.
\nThanks to the SEARCH FLIGHTS planners can find out in which country of\u00a0South East Europe\u00a0exists\u00a0DIRECT FLIGHTS\u00a0from delegate destinations!
\nIf planners don\u2019t have time to search suppliers by themselves, they can always contact the team of SEEmice.com on office@seemice.com, which will help them and provide the best offers which will satisfy their needs.
\nThe post How to organize an event in South East Europe? appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.
\n", "content_text": "When organizing an event many planners have to make important and not easy decisions, such as choosing a right destination, hotel, venue or an agency, checking out are there direct flights from their delegate\u2019s locations to those destinations, and so on. Of course, they need to negotiate and make agreements with local suppliers.\nDuring the whole process event planners also have to make sure to stay within the budget and time frame. We can all agree that this is not an easy job.\nSEEmice.com\nIn order to help event planners with choosing the best destination and\u00a0 finding the right venue in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania,… \u2013 in South East Europe in one word, portal www.SEEmice.com was established 9 years ago. And today, www.SEEmice.com, with over 230 meeting suppliers, remains the\u00a0leading online tool in South East Europe for event planning.\nSEEmice.com, together with its sister website www.kongresniturizam.com, for almost 10 years successfully connects event organizers \u2013 buyers with meeting suppliers in South East Europe. Today, many of the respective companies, such as Astra Zeneca, Henkel, Bosch, Berlin-Chemie, Strabag etc., are regular users of this websites.\nSearch is everything, just looking is nothing\nIn order to fulfill the needs of #eventprofs SEEmice.com was continuously improved during the years, and latest was at the end of 2015, when it was completely redesigned and made responsive on all devices.\nPresentations of destinations, hotels, venues and agencies are enriched and made according to the event planners standards.\nWith all-time updated and all-in-one-place presentations of previously checked hotels, venues and suppliers, finding the best location and venue for the event is very easy.\nThanks to multi-criteria search options, every user of the portal has the easiest way to find the best choice, according to their needs.\nOrganizers can use QUICK SEARCH to find what they need in just one click. For fine tuning, they can go to the DETAILED SEARCH.\nAlso, on HOME page there is an option to just click on type of the venue or service that they need, and the results will be shown in broad listing.\nSEEmice.com\nAfter the search, users may add their favorites to MY SELECTION and SEND them RF\u00a0(separately or one RFP for all selected). Those RFPs goes directly to the suppliers, with notification that they contact them via SEEmice.com.\u00a0This gives them benefits with obligation of fast response and guaranteed best-price at the moment. And for SEEmice.com team this gives the evidence that they are doing job right.\nThanks to the SEARCH FLIGHTS planners can find out in which country of\u00a0South East Europe\u00a0exists\u00a0DIRECT FLIGHTS\u00a0from delegate destinations!\nIf planners don\u2019t have time to search suppliers by themselves, they can always contact the team of SEEmice.com on office@seemice.com, which will help them and provide the best offers which will satisfy their needs.\nThe post How to organize an event in South East Europe? appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-12-18T14:39:41+01:00", "date_modified": "2017-12-18T12:01:07+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/seemice_cover_012.jpg", "tags": [ "event planners", "event planning", "meetings industry", "seemice.com", "south east europe", "Hot topics" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-highlights-trends-to-note-in-2016/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/imex-highlights-trends-to-note-in-2016/", "title": "IMEX highlights trends to note in 2016", "content_html": "[quote_box_center]What will be the trends and buzzwords in the world of business, in the meetings industry and in our lives in 2016? Here are six ideas and trends identified by the IMEX team that are likely to be more evident and influential next year.[/quote_box_center]
\n1. Personalisation \u2013 is this just the start?
\nCocaCola and Starbucks have already been using it, and McDonalds and British Airways have recently indicated that it is going to be part of their strategy: personalisation, described in December 2015 by leading UK marketing title The Drum as \u201cone of the hottest topics in the marketing industry today. Consumers today are living seamlessly across different devices and platforms and today expect a highly personalised experience from brands.\u201d
\nIn 2015, Gartner indicated that personalisation will continue upwards and reach its plateau in two to five years. This suggests that this flurry of activity is just a prelude to what may develop next year and beyond.
People like to be treated as individuals and like to be able to tailor how they are treated whether as an employee or as a consumer. Similarly IMEX has extended the options and flexibility of its hosted buyer programme to allow buyers more opportunities to tailor their experience at the show to fulfil their personal needs and interests.
\nTrends by IMEX for 2016
\n1.\u00a0Personalisation
\n2. Data and analytics
\n3. Being human
\n4. Shared economy
\n5. Community
\n6. Asia \u2013 potentially the key growth area
\n2. Data and analytics \u2013 underpinning new marketing strategies
\nData gathering and analytics that drill down into the behavior of the individual and groups are essential to personalisation strategies so, as a corollary of the growth of personalisation, there will be an increased focus on these elements. Digital marketing expert Mark Goddard in Forbes magazine says that in 2016, personalisation \u201cwill rely heavily on data integration and customer segmentation.\u201d Also in Forbes magazine\u2019s marketing predictions for 2016, Fintech expert Kevin Brown says: \u201cMarketing and Data Science will be the new Dynamic Duo.\u201d
\n3. Being human
\nThe continuing growth of the meetings and conference industry in an era when Skype and video conferencing are established reflects the essential importance and need for face to face contact.
\nSimilarly, in contrast to the data driven approach, marketing expert Alan Hart, founder of marketing consultancy avidimpact.com predicts that \u201cBeing Human will return to marketing\u201d because \u2018consumers want to be inspired and have meaningful and personal connections with brands to move them to buy products and services.\u2019
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4. Shared economy \u2013 from consumer travel to the meetings industry
\nPwC predicts that the shared economy globally will grow from a value of $15bn in 2013 to $335bn in 2025. Within the travel sector, from Airbnb to Uber, from Bookalokal to Vizeat, the concept has made enormous inroads among consumers.
\nNext year will see the meetings industry discussing more intensively and proactively how it can and should adapt to this trend and use it co-operatively, with first steps to put words into action being seen.
5. Community \u2013 giving back
\nIn an age when spare time is supposedly under pressure, the drive to contribute and give back, whether it is through volunteering or through schemes such as The Meetings Industry Fund, is a growing trend.
\nIn 2013, one in four adults in the USA (25.4 percent) volunteered through an organization.\u00a0Altogether, 62.6 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.7 billion hours last year.
Based on the Independent Sector’s estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour, the estimated value of this volunteer service is nearly $173 billion.
\nAccording to the UK\u2019s annual Community Life Survey, in 2014-15 \u201cthere was a significant increase in the proportion of people taking part in civic participation at least once a month (5%) compared to 2013-14 (3%)\u201d.
\nIt also reports that in 2014-15, 8% of people participated in employer volunteering, a significant increase compared to 2012-13 (6%). While there seems to be an emphasis in society on \u2018looking after yourself\u2019, it is good to see altruism also increasing as well.
6. Asia \u2013 potentially the key growth area for new meetings destinations and venues.
\nThe importance of this region is endorsed by the latest annual American Express meetings and events industry report which says that \u2018meetings spending is rising globally, led by the Asia Pacific region with 2.1 per cent growth expected.\u2019
\nIn the 2012 IMEX Power of 10 study \u2013 looking at what the next decade holds for the meetings industry \u2013 46% of respondents anticipated growing political and economic influence coming from Asia.
\nThis was evident at IMEX in Frankfurt 2015 where stand space taken by countries from the Asia Pacific region expanded by 16 percent. Hosted buyer participation from the region has also increased significantly over the past 3 years.
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\n", "content_text": "[quote_box_center]What will be the trends and buzzwords in the world of business, in the meetings industry and in our lives in 2016? Here are six ideas and trends identified by the IMEX team that are likely to be more evident and influential next year.[/quote_box_center]\n1. Personalisation \u2013 is this just the start?\nCocaCola and Starbucks have already been using it, and McDonalds and British Airways have recently indicated that it is going to be part of their strategy: personalisation, described in December 2015 by leading UK marketing title The Drum as \u201cone of the hottest topics in the marketing industry today. Consumers today are living seamlessly across different devices and platforms and today expect a highly personalised experience from brands.\u201d\nIn 2015, Gartner indicated that personalisation will continue upwards and reach its plateau in two to five years. This suggests that this flurry of activity is just a prelude to what may develop next year and beyond.\nPeople like to be treated as individuals and like to be able to tailor how they are treated whether as an employee or as a consumer. Similarly IMEX has extended the options and flexibility of its hosted buyer programme to allow buyers more opportunities to tailor their experience at the show to fulfil their personal needs and interests.\nTrends by IMEX for 2016\n1.\u00a0Personalisation\n2. Data and analytics\n3. Being human\n4. Shared economy\n5. Community\n6. Asia \u2013 potentially the key growth area\n2. Data and analytics \u2013 underpinning new marketing strategies\nData gathering and analytics that drill down into the behavior of the individual and groups are essential to personalisation strategies so, as a corollary of the growth of personalisation, there will be an increased focus on these elements. Digital marketing expert Mark Goddard in Forbes magazine says that in 2016, personalisation \u201cwill rely heavily on data integration and customer segmentation.\u201d Also in Forbes magazine\u2019s marketing predictions for 2016, Fintech expert Kevin Brown says: \u201cMarketing and Data Science will be the new Dynamic Duo.\u201d\n3. Being human\nThe continuing growth of the meetings and conference industry in an era when Skype and video conferencing are established reflects the essential importance and need for face to face contact.\nSimilarly, in contrast to the data driven approach, marketing expert Alan Hart, founder of marketing consultancy avidimpact.com predicts that \u201cBeing Human will return to marketing\u201d because \u2018consumers want to be inspired and have meaningful and personal connections with brands to move them to buy products and services.\u2019\n\n4. Shared economy \u2013 from consumer travel to the meetings industry\nPwC predicts that the shared economy globally will grow from a value of $15bn in 2013 to $335bn in 2025. Within the travel sector, from Airbnb to Uber, from Bookalokal to Vizeat, the concept has made enormous inroads among consumers.\nNext year will see the meetings industry discussing more intensively and proactively how it can and should adapt to this trend and use it co-operatively, with first steps to put words into action being seen.\n5. Community \u2013 giving back\nIn an age when spare time is supposedly under pressure, the drive to contribute and give back, whether it is through volunteering or through schemes such as The Meetings Industry Fund, is a growing trend.\nIn 2013, one in four adults in the USA (25.4 percent) volunteered through an organization.\u00a0Altogether, 62.6 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.7 billion hours last year.\nBased on the Independent Sector’s estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour, the estimated value of this volunteer service is nearly $173 billion.\nAccording to the UK\u2019s annual Community Life Survey, in 2014-15 \u201cthere was a significant increase in the proportion of people taking part in civic participation at least once a month (5%) compared to 2013-14 (3%)\u201d.\nIt also reports that in 2014-15, 8% of people participated in employer volunteering, a significant increase compared to 2012-13 (6%). While there seems to be an emphasis in society on \u2018looking after yourself\u2019, it is good to see altruism also increasing as well.\nAt IMEX in Frankfurt 2016, a new education track on the\u00a0topic of shared economy will run throughout the show.\n6. Asia \u2013 potentially the key growth area for new meetings destinations and venues.\nThe importance of this region is endorsed by the latest annual American Express meetings and events industry report which says that \u2018meetings spending is rising globally, led by the Asia Pacific region with 2.1 per cent growth expected.\u2019\nIn the 2012 IMEX Power of 10 study \u2013 looking at what the next decade holds for the meetings industry \u2013 46% of respondents anticipated growing political and economic influence coming from Asia.\nThis was evident at IMEX in Frankfurt 2015 where stand space taken by countries from the Asia Pacific region expanded by 16 percent. Hosted buyer participation from the region has also increased significantly over the past 3 years.\nThe post IMEX highlights trends to note in 2016 appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-12-16T15:25:23+01:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-23T16:07:14+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/IMEX-2016-logo-1.jpg", "tags": [ "imex", "meetings industry", "TRENDS", "trends 2016", "Trends" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/the-international-eventex-2016-is-open-for-registration/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/the-international-eventex-2016-is-open-for-registration/", "title": "The International Eventex 2016 is Open for Registration", "content_html": "Eventex represents an annual event dedicated to meetings and event professionals providing the leading industry expertise. Registrations are opened for international meeting and event professionals.
\nFor this edition, Eventex provides a various program delivered by global experts from the meeting and event industry. Also, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy in other activities including dining, cultural angle and smart networking.
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The first two days of Eventex 2016 are scheduled for acquiring new skills: 6 exclusive masterclasses led by experienced trainers from UK, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany and USA will ensure a five-star education. The main topics of the masterclasses are: meeting and event design, event ROI, experience marketing, content marketing, incentive travel, audiovisual and event technology.
\nThe third day will be dedicated to conferences with speakers as well as with best-selling authors from around the world.
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\n", "content_text": "The 8th edition of Eventex 2016 will be held from 16th to 18th March in Sofia, Bulgaria.\nEventex represents an annual event dedicated to meetings and event professionals providing the leading industry expertise. Registrations are opened for international meeting and event professionals.\nFor this edition, Eventex provides a various program delivered by global experts from the meeting and event industry. Also, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy in other activities including dining, cultural angle and smart networking.\n\nThe first two days of Eventex 2016 are scheduled for acquiring new skills: 6 exclusive masterclasses led by experienced trainers from UK, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany and USA will ensure a five-star education. The main topics of the masterclasses are: meeting and event design, event ROI, experience marketing, content marketing, incentive travel, audiovisual and event technology.\nThe third day will be dedicated to conferences with speakers as well as with best-selling authors from around the world.\nThe post The International Eventex 2016 is Open for Registration appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-10-14T15:31:56+02:00", "date_modified": "2016-12-29T16:44:43+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/Copy-of-Eventex-main-logo.jpg", "tags": [ "bulgaria", "eventex 2016", "eventprofs", "meetings industry", "Trade Shows" ] } ] }