Conference & Meetings World Issue 119 | Page 5

Features
Regulars
12 Sustainability update
34 Athenian myth

Contents

Features

18 >> Interview down under Martin Fullard talks to Robin Mack , executive general manager , Tourism Australia , at IMEX Frankfurt
23 >> Agency interview CMW speaks to Dr Bleankney , chief people officer , Avantgarde about the industry ’ s key issues
25 >> GainingEdge Paul Colston interviews GainingEdge founder Gary Grimmer
48 >> Fad or Future ? Peter Gould , CEO of RendezVerse , tells CMW about the metaverse and its significance for planners

Regulars

3 >> Editor ’ s letter 6 >> Global snapshot
9 >> ICCA column CEO Senthil Gopinath talks about meta transformations
11 >> AIPC column Sven Bossu shares insights from AIPC ’ s recent summit
45 >> Event tech news CMW picks out some key news items the event tech sector
50 >> SITE column Padraic Gilligan contemplates the swinging pendulum for incentives

12 Sustainability update

Oliver Thomas reviews the event industy ’ s progress since COP26

15

IMEX
Martin Fullard reviews some key moments at IMEX Frankfurt this year

41 Case studies

Paul Colston provides case studies on two events managed by the international event management company , Pico

34 Athenian myth

Oliver Thomas investigates what makes the Greek capital a European MICE hotspot
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