The IMEX Group will continue to build on its strong environmental track record and reputation on green issues when it launches IMEX America in October 2011.

Post-show figures issued about IMEX 2010 show an increase in the number of long-haul buyers attending including a significant number from emerging meetings markets.

Events Thailand and Skal Phuket are joining forces to organise the inaugural ‘Asian Hospitality & Travel Show’ in Phuket this October, the Phuket Gazette has reported.

The 6th ICCA Association Expert Seminar (AES) took place the weekend before IMEX (22-24 May) at the MARITIM Hotel Frankfurt.

IMEX 2010 came to a close at Messe Frankfurt today with IMEX Group Chairman, Ray Bloom, announcing that the award-winning show has once again set new records for hosted buyer numbers and countries represented.

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) reported a 25 percent jump in the number of participants attending the ACTE Executive Forum convened in Moscow, on 13 April, 2010 with total attendance for the second annual event rising to 103 delegates.

Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) has announced that IMEX America is to become its newest Alliance Partner.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated that the Icelandic volcano crisis cost airlines more than $1.7 billion in lost revenue through Tuesday—six days after the initial eruption.

A strong run-up to the opening of IMEX 2010 on May 25th has seen a significant number of new exhibitors deciding to take space at the Frankfurt trade show plus an upturn in stand increases from existing exhibitors.

Benchmark Hospitality International, the leading privately held hospitality management company in the United States, which operates 30 award-winning hotels, resorts, and conference centers nationwide, announces its annual «Top Ten Meeting Trends» as observed by its properties in 2010.