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Pico forms alliance to drive smart
events in China
Subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Pico Far East
Holdings Limited, Global International Convention
and Exhibition (Tianjin) Company has formed a
strategic alliance in Northern China to develop venue
operations and services.
The alliance aims to create a high added-value,
high-traffic ecosystem for the cultural and business
sectors at Binhai Cultural Center - the largest single
cultural complex in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region,
with an area of 120,000sqm.
AMERICAS
New president & CEO for
Destination Canada
Marsha Walden has been appointed as new president
and CEO of the country’s destination promotion board
internationally, Destination Canada. Walden joins from
Destination British Columbia where she served as the
president and CEO since 2013. She takes over from
David Robinson.
Walden’s first day in the new role was 24 August,
2020.
In 2019, a record 22.1m visitors travelled to
Canada and tourism expenditures reached an
estimated CAD$105.1bn last year.
EUROPE
ECM launches Mentor Programme
for new meeting professionals
European Cities Marketing has launched its first ECM
Mentor Programme, an initiative designed to secure
networking and knowledge exchange between new
and advanced meetings professionals.
This 12-month programme is free and aims to
help young professionals who, during the pandemic,
have missed out on being properly introduced to the
sector.
Mentors and mentees will invest 90 minutes a
month in working together. Matchmaking will take
place at the end of September 2020.
ASIA
ICCA reveals regional hubs for 59th
Congress
The International Congress and Convention Association
(ICCA) has announced its list of regional hubs for its
59th Congress.
While the main venue remains Kaohsiung, Taiwan,
travel is a concern and ICCA is complementing the host
destination with regional hub hybrid events.
A virtual option will be available to those staying at
home or located in the Americas. The hubs are: Cape
Town, Sarawak, Luxembourg, Malaga and Riyadh, and
they will all feature live, streamed content from
Kaohsiung as well as bespoke, local content.
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