Event Trends and Ideas for Global Conferences

Learn latest industry trends, best practices and opinion pieces shaping the international meetings market.

Keeping you ahead of the competition, read industry-leading event trends and ideas for conferences from some of the foremost names in meeting and convention management.

Using insight and conference trends from our partner cities, we focus on the news that matters to meeting planners across the world. Want to find out more about the places that shape BestCities? Click to learn more about the world’s best cities for conferences.

May 18th 2018

Case Study: World Confederation for Physical Therapy

In November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. Winning one of the three $7,500 grants was the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).

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May 18th 2018

Case Study: World Parkinson Congress

Last year ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. TheWorld Parkinson Coalition was one of the three winners which secured a grant of US $7,500 for its work on the World Parkinson Congress.

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March 15th 2018

Creating Productive Cross-Cultural Relationships

In this article guest speaker, Miriam van der Horst, shares her cultural experiences in Japan and key take-aways of her presentations on Cultural Intelligence at the BestCities Global Forum 2017 in Tokyo.

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March 15th 2018

Case Study: The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)

On 14 November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. Securing one of the three $7,500 grants was The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) for its World Thrombosis Day Campaign.

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August 31st 2017

BestCities Global Forum 2018: Frequently Asked Questions

Please find below an overview of Frequently Asked Questions regarding the BestCities Global Forum in Bogotá. If you have a question that is not on the list please contact Nigel Brown or Jane Cunningham.

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May 12th 2017

Top Take-aways from the BestCities Global Forum Dubai

BestCities’ inaugural Global Forum in Dubai last December was a tremendous success, both for our partners, but most importantly the attending association guests. Hosted in partnership with Dubai Business Events and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the forum brought together a bank of insightful speakers, association Q&A sessions and fun, interactive workshops.

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October 5th 2016

How Local Ambassadors Can Impact International Meetings

Learn how 11 forward-thinking destinations are elevating the expertise of their locals and why planners and communities are reaping rewards.

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September 9th 2016

How One Industry Alliance Is Thinking Beyond The Economic Impact Equation

VBs and DMOs regularly tout convention room night numbers and estimated economic impact (EEI) to prove how valuable such events are to the economic vitality of their communities. But, in the current funding quagmire faced by many destination marketing organisations, the need for convention marketing and operations dollars seems to be falling on deaf ears.

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August 8th 2016

Unethical Bidding Is Becoming A Big Problem For Associations

Destinations play hard to win association meetings and events. But what happens when the playbook is cast aside and rules of the game no longer apply?

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