Design Center Linz set sustainable course for Green Meetings

The Design Center Linz has been pursuing Green Meetings, saving energy and conscious use of resources for several years now – and was honored for this: The efforts of the event location were recently rewarded by the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism and re-certified the Design Center Linz First time with the Austrian Ecolabel.

One of the plus points of the Design Center Linz in terms of green events is the glass-and-steel construction of the building, which helps to save energy. Thanks to the new well water cooling, the Design Center Linz can be optimally heated and ventilated at any time of the year. Other examples include two electric filling stations and motion detectors in the underground car park.

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Welcome to Austria’s largest conference centre!

Surrounded by contemporary architecture, just 7 minutes from the city centre and a few minutes’ walk from the Danube and the Donaupark. Austria’s largest conference centre has a total capacity for 20,000 delegates and offers 24 lecture rooms for between 100 and 4,320 participants, 180 meeting rooms and 22,000 m² of exhibition space.

The wide range of halls, rooms and outdoor spaces at the Austria Center Vienna is unrivalled in Europe, and the versatility of the rooms means event concepts can be tailored to both conventional and innovative meeting formats. The dedicated team works closely with event organisers to meet the needs of all of their participants. Because successful events bring people together.

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Carinthia: Incentives in the world's first Slow Food Destination

Carinthia is the world’s first Slow Food travel destination which focuses on a reliable, sustainable and healthy food culture. When it comes to MICE, guests can taste the specialities at the meeting hotel’s buffet or during coffee breaks. Kärnten Convention has started diverse and authentic Slow Food incentive programs, such as visits at traditional Carinthian bakeries, cheese factories or bacon production. The most typical Carinthian dish is the “Kärntner Kasnudel” (Carinthian pasta pockets).

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Artificial Intelligence - Key to the future of MICE

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been engaging with our lives since we have entered to the age of digital economies. The challenges for the MICE’s value chain—organizations, corporate travel, travel suppliers, MICE travel or visitor as well as government and association—are about how to satisfy the changing needs of travelers and what are the best ways to meet those needs. The MICE Intelligence Center displays a few examples of how AI could influence the future of MICE as follows:

• AI-powered Chatbot Creates Personalized Attendee Experiences
• How Facial Recognition Becomes a Ticket for an Event
• AI Matchmaking Changes the Way to Communicate

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"Austrian Congress Award" for special commitment

The Austrian Convention Bureau (ACB) has been awarded for the”Austrian Congress Award” for the 23rd time for special commitment in the domestic conference and convention industry. In the category “Organizer”, the award went to the organizing team of the IONICA and in the category “Industry Representatives” to Monika Scheinost of the Hofburg Vienna.

The “Austrian Congress Award” is an award by the meeting industry for honoring innovative and deserving personalities in the congress and conference industry. The prize is awarded annually as part of the Convention4U. This year, the award was handed over by Congress President Christian Mutschlechner.

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The Power of Personalization

There’s no denying that attending at professional events allows a deeper understanding of various topics of interest. Yet, personalization of an event is still developing. In the study “Inside the Mind of Event Attendees”, Edelman Intelligence and Cvent surveyed 3,000 (1,000 people from each the United States, UK, and Germany) people via a 15 minute online quantitative survey from August 9-21, 2018.

The report provide an insight into the thoughts and feelings of event attendees. One of results displays that more than 50% of German attendees of B2B events ask for personalized experiences before, during and after an event. Moreover, the study examines some differences regarding the Attendee Journey among the generations in the USA, UK and Germany and draws specific recommendations for action from the study results.

Successful anniversary celebration of the Convention4U in Feldkirch

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Convention4u returned to Vorarlberg from June 24 to 25, 2019 – the state of the first annual conference of the Austrian Conference Industry. 150 industry members accepted the invitation of the Austrian Convention Bureau (ACB) to Feldkirch.

Currently, the meeting industry is addressing exciting topics. The Convention4u program therefore spanned a range from learning psychology to sustainability and a new leadership culture. 19 national and international speakers provided input in a total of 20 sessions, partly implementing new and interactive formats.

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Vienna in 4th place in the UIA International Meeting Statistics

Following the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) 2018 ranking, which placed Vienna as the second most popular destination for international meetings, the UIA (Union of International Associations) has now published its own meeting statistics: As last year, Vienna once again comes in 4th place worldwide.

Of the international meetings hosted in Vienna in 2018, 401 met the UIA criteria for inclusion, placing it 4th in the list topped by Singapore (1,117). In second and third place came Brussels (733) and Seoul (431) respectively. Amongst the top ten Vienna is followed by Tokyo (313), Paris (259), Madrid (190), London (183), Barcelona (148), and Geneva (145).

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ICCA announces Tirol as destination for 2020 Association Meetings Programme

The International Congress and Convention Association announced today during the Closing Ceremony of the fourth edition of the ICCA Association Meetings Programme, which was held in Durban, South Africa from 18-20 June 2019, that the 2020 edition of the event will be held in the Tirol region of Austria. The destination of Tirol and cities of Innsbruck and Alpbach will act as joint hosts.
The four hosts of the ICCA AMP 2020 are Convention Bureau Tirol, Convention Service Innsbruck, Congress Messe Innsbruck, and Congress Centrum Alpbach.

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Lufthansa Group Airlines Win Four Airline Oscars

Lufthansa was chosen as “Best Airline in Europe” and “Best Western European Airline” for the third straight year. The award was presented this year at a Skytrax ceremony held within the context of the Le Bourget aviation and aerospace exhibition in Paris.

Austrian received the award for its catering in the Premium Economy Class – “Best Premium Economy Class Onboard Catering” and Swiss in the category “The Worlds Best First Class Lounge” for the outstanding SWISS Lounge in Zurich. Skytrax, the market research institute specialising in aviation, had previously surveyed some 20 million passengers from over 160 countries worldwide.

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Convention4U was Live!

From June 24th and 25th a live broadcast connected to the Convention4u 2019 in Feldkirch. On Monday, the keynotes started with the topic “Events 4.0 – Where does this path lead to?” with Thorsten Knoll.

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Upper Austria's succeeded in maiden voyage of the "MICE-Train"

As the sun was shining, so did the event organisers of this year’s maiden voyage of the “MICE-Train”. Over 80 customers and 15 parntners of the Upper Austria Convention Bureau attended at the rolling conference venue.

From the UNESCO City of Media Arts en route to the Imperial city in the Salzkammergut: the premiere of the MICE-Train from Linz to Bad Ischl showed the variety Upper Austria has to offer. The beauty was not only found within the landscape, but also with the “Majestic Train” – a truly, imperial event location on rail. During the trip, the partners presented their portfolio about the supply of conventions, seminars, congresses and events to the attendees.

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Montforthaus Feldkirch as main sujet for the Austrian National Tourist Office

Every year, the Austrian National Tourist Office chooses its marketing sujet for the meeting industry. This year’s sujet displays Austria with its innovative architecture, in an urban enviroment, embedded in the enchanting mountain landscape. It exactly distinguishes Austria’s quality as a central meeting destination – a country that shows welcoming and dedicated hosts with their special sense for an adequate individual meeting planning.

The conference sujet of the Austrian National Tourist Office can be seen on the homepage’s header of convention.austria.info.

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