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Thailand’s Exhibitions to Grow Sustainably as TCEB Takes Lead on Road to “Net Zero Events” from 2023

As Thai MICE entrepreneurs, you can step into a new dimension with the accountability of society and environment while increasing competitiveness in market sustainably, as Thailand is now moving forward to be the destination for sustainable MICE events. To raise the standards and enhance sustainable MICE events, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has integrated Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) economic model, which is now a national agenda, with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal [...]

By | 2022-02-28T09:10:32+00:00 February 25th, 2022|Asia – Pacific, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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2022 UFI AWARDS – OPEN FOR PARTICIPATION

The exhibition industry has been heavily affected by the global health situation and the need to collaborate and share best practices is essential to ensure the successful organisation of events. The Awards aim at honouring outstanding initiatives of companies that have contributed to overcome several challenges. WHO CAN APPLY The award is open to both UFI members and non-members (exhibition organisers, venues, service providers and partners), on the condition that entries are event-related. Par [...]

By | 2022-01-12T16:09:21+00:00 January 12th, 2022|All, Americas, Asia – Pacific, Digital Innovation, Europe, Human Resources, Middle East – Africa, Operations & Services, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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UFI serves the industry on all fronts

Corrado Peraboni, UFI President 2018. UFI has been present in Latin America for quite some time now – our first member from the region, Corferias, joined us back in 1956 and hosted the Global Congress in Bogota in 1975, and then again in 2014. We now have 42 members in the region from eight different countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador and Mexico. While this covers the most important exhibition markets, there are still several countries missing, and we hop [...]

By | 2019-12-20T13:06:20+00:00 July 6th, 2018|All, Americas, Exhibition Industry, Sustainable Development, UFI News|0 Comments
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Exhibition industry triggers best practice sharing

Exhibition Industry: Submit your best practice example today and win one of UFI's prestigious 2018 global industry awards! Your organization and teams work hard. Let the industry recognize their efforts! Deadlines are quickly approaching for the UFI Digital Innovations, Human Resources and Operations and Services Awards. Award themes are determined by their respective Committees and change annually. The Committees also serve as judges. The awards listed below are open to UFI members and non-memb [...]

By | 2018-02-15T10:57:52+00:00 February 15th, 2018|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Human Resources, Operations & Services, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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Sustainability In Not Only About Being Green

Blogger: Stephanie Selesnick, President of International Trade Information, Inc. Last month I had the opportunity to attend two UFI conferences in Singapore: the UFI Educational Forum on Sustainability 2017 and the UFI Open Seminar in Asia. They were both excellent events featuring top-notch speakers and education. It was my first time attending the annual Sustainability Seminar and found it quite interesting. Being from the Western United States and now living in Las Vegas (trade show capital [...]

By | 2017-12-10T11:55:26+00:00 March 15th, 2017|All, Asia – Pacific, Sustainable Development, UFI Updates|0 Comments
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10 Reasons Why I’m attending UFI’s Open Seminar in Asia and Educational Forum on Sustainability

Blogger: Stephanie Selesnick, President of International Trade Information, Inc I attended my first European Seminar #ufibasel last year in Basel, Switzerland and found the education and networking to be excellent. Open to UFI members and non-members, my expectations are high for the two events taking place this February 21-24 in Singapore #ufisingapore for the following reason:  Singapore – the City-State is world famous for many reasons, among them sustainability in the face of limited natural [...]

By | 2017-12-10T11:55:26+00:00 January 12th, 2017|All, Asia – Pacific, Sustainable Development, UFI News|0 Comments
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Moving beyond the comfort zone to a sustainable future

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager The UFI Sustainable Development Focus Meeting in Hong Kong will be hosted by the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong and Monica Lee Müller, HKCEC MD, will open the conference. I asked her about the efforts taken by HKCEC in the area of sustainability. Here is what she said. Barry: The HKCEC has taken the issue of sustainability seriously. Tell me about your sustainability background. Monica: Sustainability is a priority in the eve [...]

By | 2018-01-16T13:22:30+00:00 February 3rd, 2015|All, Asia – Pacific, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Education, Human Resources, Management, Operations & Services, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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The long term benefits of sustainability

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager On March 11th The UFI Sustainable Development Focus Meeting hosted by The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre will be moderated by Dianne Young, CEO of the Direct Energy Center of Toronto, Canada’s and Chair of the UFI Sustainable Development Committee. I asked Dianne a few questions about her participation. Barry: What prompted UFI to organize a Focus Meeting on sustainability in Asia? Dianne: The Asian marketplace is one of the fastest gro [...]

By | 2018-01-16T13:22:30+00:00 January 20th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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Sustainability is not just an exhibition challenge

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager The changing role of engineers can be thought of using a variation of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The bottom rung is technology followed by safety, sustainability and at the top Global Social Implications. The engineering community has raised the sustainability challenge and we have witnessed changes in government, industry and consumer behaviours at national and regional levels throughout the world. We have electric powered cars, hybrid fuels, re [...]

By | 2017-12-10T14:07:46+00:00 December 23rd, 2014|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry, Sustainable Development|0 Comments
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What’s new with Audience Response Systems

Posted byBarry SiskindUFI’s Community Manager It seems like not much time has passed when I was sitting in the audience of a conference I was attending listening to a keynote presenter who was asking their audience’s opinions. I remember that we were handed a small device as we entered the room. There were buttons on the face of the device and we could answer the speaker’s questions with a yes or no. Then in a flash our collective responses were displayed at the front of the room. So much has ha [...]

By | 2018-01-16T13:20:45+00:00 September 18th, 2014|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Education, Exhibition Industry, Human Resources, Operations & Services, Sustainable Development, Topics, UFI News|0 Comments
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