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8 September 2010 Man-made beach furore at Warwickshire conference centre Court action may be taken to remove a man-made beach built at a conference centre in Warwickshire. The beach is part of Heart Park at Fillongley, which is used for... ...read more |
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8 September 2010 Irish pop band Westlife opens the Convention Centre, Dublin The Convention Centre, Dublin (The CCD) opened 7 September with a gala event for 700 international and local industry stakeholders featuring award-winning Irish pop band,... ...read more |
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7 September 2010 New convention era opens for Dublin with CCD The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) officially opened for business on 7 September after 40 months of development. Local meetings industry professionals welcomed the... ...read more |
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7 September 2010 Boris blasts union ‘Luddites’ threatening UK business tourism London Mayor Boris Johnson has slammed the RMT and TSSA rail unions’ strike action, which some estimate is set to cost businesses in the capital £50m. As London... ...read more |
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7 September 2010 China’s first Meetings Industry Advisory Board gathers post-CIBTM In an attempt to capitalise on the lucrative international and regional meetings market opened up by the Reed Travel Exhibitions’ CIBTM trade show last week, the Dongcheng... ...read more |
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6 September 2010 Corporate cost-cutting causing hotels to turn to leisure business Leisure guests will become increasingly important for hotels in the post-recession years, according to a World Travel Market sponsored think tank meeting, held in London last... ...read more |
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6 September 2010 Boris Bikes part of plans to mitigate effects of London tube strike Venues and organisers have been racing to run contingency plans and travel advisories on their websites, as London braces itself for the latest in a long-running series of strikes... ...read more |
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6 September 2010 NYS Corporate wins place in the government procurement framework York-based conference and events agency, NYS Corporate, has won a coveted place on the government’s Buying Solutions Framework Agreement. The framework is designed to supply... ...read more |
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3 September 2010 The Lowry arts centre expands into Digital World The Lowry arts and entertainment venue at Salford Quays, Manchester, is expanding its conference facilities with a development within the Digital World Centre building, situated... ...read more |
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3 September 2010 Short-term thinking following recession, report finds The recession has led event organisers into shorter-term thinking and a stronger focus on cost, new research has found. According to an IET Venues survey, 37 per cent... ...read more |
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