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Vivid Sydney shines

This year’s winter festival attracts record visitor numbers

Crowne Plaza Hotel to debut in Phu Quoc

Another win for Vietnam’s up and coming island destination

Crowne Plaza to debut in Phu Quoc

Another win for Vietnam’s up and coming island destination

Nikken Lease Kogyo will hold “UGOKAS”

Nikken Lease Kogyo, which leases a variety of items such as amusement is going to hold an event where people can experience a theme park called “UGOKAS” in Toyosu from July 18th Saturday to August 31st Monday.

The most attractive attraction is the water slider called “hydroplaning” where people enjoy the hydroplaning.
They can experience the eternal fear and uncontrollable joy in the course that is as long as 120 meters.

In addition, they prepare a variety of attractions such as zero shock where people jump down from 6 meters high and zip-line where people run 130 meters in the sky.

EXPO DIGITAL SHOW BAG PROVIDER EXPANDS TO ASIA

ASIA – A Swiss-based provider of technology for digital show bags has signed a distribution agreement with Asian event registration specialist Info Salons.

SALON LOOK MADRID TRADE EXPO A CUT ABOVE

EUROPE – International beauty expo Salon Look Madrid is putting the polish on its 2015 edition after changing dates to avoid the busiest day in beauticians’ calendars.

Info Salons Group and Konduko enter distribution agreement to deliver smart events in Greater Asia.

Konduko, Swiss-based provider of activity-based proximity technologies, and Info Salons, the leading registration partner in the Greater Asian event industry, seal a channel partnership to deliver a fully integrated and versatile digital solution to help event organisers re-imagine their visitor and exhibitor experiences. Jo-Anne Kelleway, Info Salons’ CEO says: “Konduko is the future of digital […]

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The world’s greenest festival?

At Iceland’s Secret Solstice the sun never sets over the three-day music festival, which is held in mid June outside the capital Reykjavik. Because of its close proximity to the Arctic Circle the sun only bounces off the horizon at 3.30am and it never gets dark. “It’s a bit shocking seeing the state of everyone,” […]

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£3bn boost to UK economy through music tourists

According to a report by industry body UK Music Foreign music fans visiting the UK for gigs and festivals boosted the economy by £3.1bn in 2014 and that foreign visitors spent an average of £751 and helped sustain almost 40,000 full time jobs. Across the UK 9.5 million people travelled to music events. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale […]

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Pacifico Yokohama released smartphone application

Pacifico Yokohama had a field test in June for to fully introduce “smartphone application to raise user friendliness of trade shows” which was the first event held in domestic MICE facility.

Pacifico Yokohama boasts the highest number of hosting international conferences in the country attracting many foreign participants, and in order to improve customer satisfaction they are currently working on digital network environment such as expanding “free high speed LAN (Wi-Fi) area inside the building. Along with that, they have started developing this smartphone application to support “organizer”, “exhibitors” and “visitors” for using the facility.