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Thursday December 1st
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU page 21
Helping AIDS
page 19
The Touch of Minerva
The Velvet Football Terraces
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Gothenburg’s Got It!
Better By Design
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Let the Games Begin
As we prepare this last issue of EIBTM Show Daily 2011, we feel so charged with the buzz and the energy that have been circling on the show floor. Stopping anyone in the aisles for their thoughts and the mood was singularly one of optimism, as also confirmed by yesterday’s poll results. As Graeme Barnett, EIBTM Exhibitor Director, says: “We facilitate the platform to make business happen. The results will speak for themselves.” So we decided that we would let you, the meeting professionals, be the voice of our last cover. We held out the microphone and what we heard is that ...
“This year, we have noticed an increase in the number of leads, especially in new markets such as India, Russia, Turkey and China. In addition, we have also observed that planners have come with more solid and concrete requests.” Meenaz Lilani, Executive Director Global Sales EMEA of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. “We are really satisfied with the organisation, the quality of the requests, the increase in the number of leads, which are much more concrete in business, the way the appointments have turned out (we had only one no
show!), but what is really most important this year are the new businesses we have attracted. An important number of buyers who do not know us have asked us for a proposal and we have on our desk a large congress and also an incentive that already add to approximately some 2,000 people. We are already thinking of coming back next year!” Fiona Chappell, Director of Business Development, Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau and Anne Jamieson, Director of Sales and Marketing, Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre.
“We have always managed to close a lot of business at EIBTM, but this year it has been especially encouraging. To start with, it is very well organised and we have many appointments lined up. On top of that, we have more than 80% of the appointments and had more contacts than last year. We have also closed group bookings of approximately some 2,000 persons in various groups for 2012...” Esteban Misó, Solways, Group, Congress & Incentives Dept.
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