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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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What You Told Us About Your Biggest Challenge Surprised Us

PCMA Convene

A number of people mentioned competition and a saturated events calendar as the biggest challenge, a response that we’ve seldom seen before. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that conventions and events would expand by 44 percent from 2010 to 2020, growing far faster than other industries. It makes sense — the U.S.

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Destination West London with ILEC Conference Centre!

Event Industry News

Over the next 30 years, the hotel operated under several brand names (Centre Hotel, Ramada, Park In…) until 2003 when Accor hotels Group took over the management contract under the Ibis brand. Initially the “ILEC Project” started during the summer 2010 with an investment of £0.5M into the banqueting kitchen facilities.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Contracting space — Total exhibition space shrank 20 percent compared to the average exposition footprint in last year’s survey. Plus, a seller’s market has added to the challenge: “Yes, I think the meetings industry as a whole improved last year, if you mean more meetings were hosted last year and more are being contracted for future years.

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The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Three Virtual Events

Event Leadership Institute

It took a 100-year event like COVID—slamming the brakes on all in-person events—to finally get people to pay attention to virtual. On April 13, 2010, I moderated a panel discussion on virtual events for the International Association for Exhibitions & Events. Increased Competition Brings Lower Prices.

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