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Large-scale disaster seminar by CPA
Convention Planners Association of Japan (CPA) will hold “A seminar on ‘who will be the people having difficulty in returning home?’ after a large-scale disaster” at a training room in Tokyo Fashion Town (TFT) bldg. starting from 10:30 am on Aug. 26.
The scaling & standardization committee of CPA has been reviewing the response and preparation for a large-scale disaster from the view of conference and convention field after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. They decided to hold the study meeting for convention industry related people who will be in charged with mission to guide visitors and participants safely and correspond to those people will be having difficulty in returning home in case a large-scale disaster will hit an event venue during the event period.
IMEX AMERICA TAILORS PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG EVENT PROFS
AMERICAS – The IMEX Group is preparing to welcome a raft of co-located partner events, tailored for young event professionals at its meetings industry tradeshow IMEX America.
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULES IN FAVOUR OF SDCCC
AMERICAS – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of the San Diego CC Corporation after the organisation was initially sued by United National Maintenance in 2007.
New ISES UK President to announce Strategy at AGM
The newly appointed president of the International Special Event Society UK Chapter (ISES UK), Kelly Baker, will announce the future strategy to members, invited guests and media at its AGM, hosted at EGG, London, 8th September 2014. ISES UK, established in 2001, is part of the global organisation with 5,500 members in 54 Chapters across […]
Event market scale in 2013 reached to 1,514,440 million yen
Japan Association for the Promotion of Creative Events (JACE) has released the “Report on Event Market Scale Estimation in 2013.”
According to the report the trial calculation for the event market scale in 2013 was for 383, 740 million yen. This figure was estimated based on calculating expenses spent within the event venue from total expenses spent by visitors.
In addition, the event market scale in 2013 reached to 1,514,440 million yen when expanding the concept of expenses and summarizing various expenses spent for events including expenses for preparation to visit events, transportation, accommodation, and expenses spent outside of events venues, and post event expenses.