GLOBAL — Hilton has launched a new cleanliness and customer service programme specific to meetings and events, which will be rolled out across its 6,100 hotels worldwide.

UAE — Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) has announced its Go Safe certification initiative, which is aimed at elevating and standardising hygiene and cleanliness levels across tourism and retail establishments in the emirate, has been successfully rolled out at 146  hotels since its launch in June.

KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian Government has endorsed the latest version of MICE industry Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to stimulate the resumption of domestic business events with no set limit on the number of attendees.

GLOBAL — The Joint Meetings Industry Council has released a Meetings Industry Manifesto, which makes the case for why conventions, trade shows and other business events are key to driving a global economic recovery.

AUSTRALIA — Brand experience agency, INVNT, has relaunched as INVNT Group, which now houses four brands and is headed up in APAC by Laura Roberts.

The Japan Best Incentive Travel Awards is back for its fifth installation this year.

UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released a Covid-19 damage assessment for the global exhibitions and trade show industry, covering the entire 2020.

Travel management company CWT is introducing two new data-powered solutions to guide companies and their employees on resuming travel in a changed landscape.

China’s domestic MICE recovery continues to gain traction following the the 27th Quanzhou International Automobile Exhibition, which took place at the newly opened Jinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center (JJCEC) in China’s Fujian province place last month.

SINGAPORE – Taking the recent General Elections on July 10 as a case study, M&C Asia outlines lessons to avoid and possibly, indications of protocols to come for events planners awaiting official guidelines.

As Spain reopens to tourism again, the local tourism boards in Andalusia are excited to share with Asia's travel experts the diverse beauty that awaits discovery, from vibrant cities and sunny beaches to sunbaked vineyards and rugged mountains.

Due to the travel restrictions and lockdown imposed by countries in varying degrees over the past months, much of the world has had to quickly adapt to a new remote work-from-home arrangement, which has seen meetings, conferences and team-building events cancelled or postponed.

As domestic meetings make a comeback across Asia (namely in Malaysia, Thailand and China), event professionals are gearing up for regional recovery, and a new guide from IACC offers strategies and advice on how to reopen venues safely.

After a brief hiatus, industry leader and former APAC director of CWT M&E, Sam Lay is back in action — as a partner and executive director of 1000meetings, an online venue sourcing platform for meetings and events.