#4: MICE Conversations - Sergio Maccanti, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau

MICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry

#4: MICE Conversations - Sergio Maccanti, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau. Sergio has been with the Gran Canaria Convention Bureau since 2007. Prior to that he was with the Gran Canaria Tourist Board, at the Milan office.
About Sergio Maccanti, MICE Manager, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-maccanti-a05588157/
https://www.grancanariacb.com/informacion-sobre-el-personal/
https://www.grancanariacb.com/palacios-de-congresos/
Interview recorded Monday 19th April 2021.
Topics and questions, timeline or video chapters.
00:00​ - Intro
00:56​ - What has life been like in the Canaries during the lockdown?
06:20​ - The Canaries and Spain are opening up. FITUR is taking place 'live' in May 2021. Are you attending in person?
08:04​ - Will FITUR be a hybrid event?
09:10​ - 'Live' events are taking place again in Gran Canaria, this month, April?
11:35​ - How are 'live' events taking place in the Gran Canaria? What are the protocols, testing etc?
14:40​ - The MICE industry is leading the way and can show that events are safe?
16:28​ - Spain and the Canaries are leading the way, the first to run hybrid and hub events in Europe?
19:51​ - For me the contrast is stark. The Canaries is open for business. Ireland and a lot of the rest of Europe is still closed. The Canaries look like they will be the first to open again fully. Your numbers are so low. You can hold events outdoors.
This pocast is also available as a video, on the TravelMedia.ie YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/SwKcoUH4f5E
TravelMedia.ie run Ireland's only outbound MICE networking event, the MICE Meetup Dublin.
https://www.travelmedia.ie/mice-meetup-dublin/
Gran Canaria Convention Bureau
Domingo J. Navarro, 1, 4, p5.
35002 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. What has life been like in the Canaries during the lockdown? (00:00:56)

3. The Canaries and Spain are opening up. FITUR is taking place 'live' in May 2021. Are you attending in person? (00:06:20)

4. Will FITUR be a hybrid event? (00:08:04)

5. 'Live' events are taking place again in Gran Canaria, this month, April? (00:09:10)

6. How are 'live' events taking place in the Gran Canaria? What are the protocols, testing etc? (00:11:35)

7. The MICE industry is leading the way and can show that events are safe? (00:14:40)

8. Spain and the Canaries are leading the way, the first to run hybrid and hub events in Europe? (00:16:28)

9. For me the contrast is stark. The Canaries is open for business. Ireland and a lot of the rest of Europe is still closed. The Canaries look like they will be the first to open again fully. Your numbers are so low. You can hold events outdoors. (00:19:51)