Hosted Buyer Programs 2012

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about Hosted Buyre Programs


You may be eligible to attend following events as a Hosted Buyer if you or your members organise, influence or make budgetary decisions for
meetings, incentive travel, product launches, exhibitions, conventions, international business travel, staff training and special events.
Participation at these business-to-business forum is reserved for invited trade visitors and media only.
Hosted buyers who are accepted by the organizers commit to select a certain number of pre-scheduled appointments with exhibitors per day.


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Australian Businessevents Expo- Sidney - Australia

IncentiveWorks - Canada

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Cibtm - Beijing - China

La Cumbre - Orlando - Usa

Pata travel Mart  -  Macao

Venue uk   NEC, Birmingham - U:K:

No Frills   Bergamo - Italy

To know exact dates go to  www.kangocorp.com and click Industry Fairs
and Workshops.

The Incentive Club Event Survey 2012

The Incentive Club - www.TheIncentiveclub.com -  unveiled initial findings of Event Survey 2012 at their Far East Meetings and Events Conference.     The research shows that meetings and events provide the highest return on investment with more than 20% of respondents choosing event marketing as the discipline that provided the greatest ROI.   EventSurvey 2012 was the largest and longest-running annual survey of corporate sales and marketing executives and is produced through collaboration between the Incentive Club and Far East partners. More than 1,000 senior executives and marketing managers in Asia and Asia Pacific were surveyed about the role of events in the marketing mix.

Bacd & Eventia merge

The British Association of Conference Destinations (BACD) announced that its members have voted unanimously in favour of a proposal for BACD to merge with the trade body, Eventia. Following the merger the BACD brand disappeared but collaborative marketing opportunities continue to be offered to the community of British conference and event destinations. Eventia itself grew from the merger of the ITMA and the CEA in January 2006. It offers its membership a variety of networking opportunities, education options, social events, good practice guidance and benchmarks. Actually members are more than 320.

Adopt the Power of A

All associations and nonprofits are encouraged to tap into The Power of A campaign materials to help broadcast how your group builds a stronger nation and world. Just as you provide a community, network or home for your members, The Power of A is the identity for the more than 1.9 million associations and nonprofits in America, as well as those around the globe. Through The Power of A, ASAE provides several easy ways to be part of the industry’s Power of A campaign and help let legislators, members, partners and the public at large know how you are part of an industry that is essential to society, the economy and more. In addition to the ideas below, you are encouraged to find new ways to spread the word that best meet your organization’s needs. The Power of A is how we help enrich lives through setting industry standards of quality, ethics and safety. How we train our nation’s workforce; teaching skills, growing jobs. How we drive safety and sustainability standards, keeping the engine of Industry running smooth and safe. And how we draw on the wisdom and perspective of the collective so we can predict trends and seed progress. +++++ http://www.thepowerofa.org +++++    

Imex Association Days 2012

IMEX  introduced important new changes to the format and structure of its annual Association Day in Frankfurt, taking place at the Messe Frankfurt Congress Centre.  These allowed for greater choice in the education and networking programme and also took  more account of the differing levels of seniority and experience amongst the hosted buyers attending.  The hugely popular association evening at the Westin Hotel, welcomed 900 buyers and suppliers for a great evening of networking before doors to the trade show have opened.