Inaugural BestCities Global Forum Builds a Legacy of Success

100% delegate satisfaction sets the standard for future BestCities events and inspires associations to think outside the box when planning future meetings.

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Dubai Business Events to host BestCities Global Forum

BestCities Global Alliance, a strategic collaboration between 11 of the world’s premier meeting destinations, has announced its most impressive programme to date, for its flagship annual event, the BestCities Global Forum, taking place in Dubai from 4-8 December 2016.

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Moving Beyond Delegate Numbers In Dubai

When it comes to advancing the meetings industry, the BestCities Global Alliance has a broad-reaching goal: to move beyond reporting room nights and attendance numbers and create more meaningful meetings

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How Local Ambassadors Can Impact International Meetings

Learn how 11 forward-thinking destinations are elevating the expertise of their locals and why planners and communities are reaping rewards.

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How One Industry Alliance Is Thinking Beyond The Economic Impact Equation

VBs and DMOs regularly tout convention room night numbers and estimated economic impact (EEI) to prove how valuable such events are to the economic vitality of their communities. But, in the current funding quagmire faced by many destination marketing organisations, the need for convention marketing and operations dollars seems to be falling on deaf ears.

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Unethical Bidding Is Becoming A Big Problem For Associations

Destinations play hard to win association meetings and events. But what happens when the playbook is cast aside and rules of the game no longer apply?

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Leaving More Than Money Behind

The Best Cities Global Alliance is helping meetings effect lasting change in their host destinations in five ways.

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