CMW Issue 140 January-February 2026 | Page 5

Features
Regulars

Contents

Features

24 >> Theo Reilly reviews there. app, the Swiss army knife of event operations
38 >> Iain Sterling discovers Guadalajara, Mexico’ s cultural heart for business events
42 >> The venue spotlight shines on Bournemouth International Centre
45 >> What’ s in store at AIME when it returns to Melbourne in February?
53 >> PCMA’ s outgoing chair, Neil Brownlee, discusses the achievements of his tenure

Regulars

03 >> Editor’ s letter 06 >> Global snapshot
09 >> ICCA’ s CEO reflects on the association’ s congress in Porto
10 >> PCMA: The power of social infrastructure
19 >> Destinations International on why community alignment matters
20 >> MPI’ s Paul Cook looks ahead to EMEC 2026 in Barcelona
23 >> CityDNA president Barbara Jamison-Woods previews the body’ s CEO Meeting

16 BestCities

How three member cities are gearing up for a summer of football festivities when the FIFA World Cup arrives.

46-49

Brazil focus
Thadeu Araujo reports on Brazil’ s growing MICE industry

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Gallery
In pictures: ICCA shares its vision for a transformative future from Porto
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