Conference & Meetings World Issue 101 — July / August | Page 6

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etc.venues rolling out in NYC
UK venue group etc.venues has unveiled a first,
4,200sqm venue in Madison Avenue, NYC, and tells
CMW there will be two more venues operational
Stateside within 12 months. The move follows a
$35m investment, including from its US partners.
With a 17th venue recently announced in the UK, etc.
venues has now overtaken Hilton and Marriott with a
total of 278 meeting rooms. The company plans to
double its business over the next 3-5 years.
EUROPE
Messe Frankfurt stakes on nextrade
Messe Frankfurt has acquired a stake in Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI) company nmedia GmbH, part
of a plan to set up its “nextrade” digital B2B
marketplace to provide standardised ordering and
data services for suppliers and retailers.
Messe Frankfurt says nextrade “eliminates the
need to order manually from individual suppliers on
site during tradefairs. Via nextrade, orders can be
placed day or night 365 days a year, regardless of
whether retailers have their own merchandise
management system.”
ASIA EUROPE
Japan incentives awards open Prague CC in profit and building
Japan’s national tourism organisation, JNTO, has Prague Congress Centre (PCC) achieved a profit of
opened submissions for its JAPAN Best Incentive CZK33m (US$1.46m) in 2018, on turnover of CZK486m.
Travel Awards 2019. Entries can be accepted The centre reports 86 hotel rooms have been refurbished
until 2 August. The awards ceremony in the adjacent 254-room Holiday Inn and, with an
will be held 23 October, at the Osaka City increase in average hotel occupancy to 73.9%, the
Central Public Hall. Holiday Inn increased its 2018 sales to CZK155m.
Winners will be invited to Japan for the awards
Revenues from short-term rental of PCC congress and
ceremony with complimentary round trip Business conference events amounted to CZK152.2m,
Class airfare provided. management revealed.
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