Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. The design I designed and facilitated a classic peer conference. ” — Jessica Connolly , Head of Global Events, Meltwater The above program was interspersed with interesting visits to venues and fun activities (e.g.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

After the coronavirus lockdown began, events-industry associations and venues scrambled to devise health protocols, hoping they would help ensure the rebound of live events. Andrea Berry, director of membership and conferences for the aviation non-profit RTCA, discovered “how vulnerable our event sponsorships were.” John Toner.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

IBTM today announced that it has signed a new three-year contract with Barcelona Convention Bureau and Fira de Barcelona that will see IBTM World take place in the city up to and including the 2022 edition. December 2020. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions. Event Tech.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 19, 2022

The overall scale of the event, with the footprint covering the entire Scottish Event Campus (SEC), including permanent venues and buildings as well as car parks. Initial discussions for the project were held in 2019 with the 2020 event postponed due to Covid and rescheduled for November 2021. Challenges.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bray Leino Events has been awarded the Event Management Services contract for the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, now set to take place in October 2021. The UK Pavilion virtual tour is the first of its kind so far created for Expo 2020 Dubai.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The wait is over… the 2020 edition of Event Buyers Live (EBL) will take place from November 23-25 at a location to be revealed next month. The change of date will allow event organisers to contract their suppliers more immediately and get their infrastructure in place at a time of year that’s better suited to their event planning.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. We may eventually tame the pandemic by developing effective and inexpensive antivirals and making them widely available to those contracting COVID-19. “ —Quote from a meeting planner’s January 2022 conference report.

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Event Industry News

MAY 15, 2020

Venue Search London has some great up-to-date insights into London corporate event buyers’ sentiment around their event plans for the Autumn and Christmas seasons. A few notes on the Survey method: * Undertaken via email to past Show visitors and recent Venue Search London enquirers. * 134 corporate buyers in the results pool.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

SWAPPING serving fans for supervising Covid testing, 12-hour shifts to serve key workers and live-streaming church services – these are just a few of the ways in which staff at venues across Newcastle and Gateshead helped their communities during the pandemic lockdowns.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 20, 2023

cities in 2020-21, by 20 percent in suburban communities, and, in 2021, increased by 25 percent in rural America. During the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, crime increased the most in poor communities where gun violence was already high. We thought, ‘Let’s make it feel good when you walk outside.’”

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Event Marketer

JULY 12, 2021

33% of consumers say their top life priorities and values have changed as a result of the challenges and opportunities faced in 2020. Brands have made significant business shifts and developed new products and services as a direct result of challenges faced in 2020. Inadequate staffing at venues and hotels is the No.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

The Event Planner's Guide to Venue Sourcing and the RFP Process This guide examines a shift event professionals are experiencing in negotiation power with venues. We'll show you how to get the most out of strategy, opportunities, and tools available to strike the best deal with venues. Well, it seems that the party is over.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Adrian Ott (from left), Clare Melton, and Ori Lahav discuss the rising costs associated with planning conferences and events at Convening EMEA 2023. The suggestion to co-locate smaller and larger events in the same location and negotiate venue and hotel contracts together came from an audience member.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We have a 2021 contract in late April in Chicago for which we updated the force majeure clause to include COVID-19 as a specific situation that would allow us to cancel.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, before you jump on the mobile conference app bandwagon, think about what you really need. 26 Best Mobile Event Apps of 2020. Here’s a quick rundown on 26 of the most popular and best mobile conference apps, in alphabetical order. Comprehensive event app builder for larger conferences and meetings.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2020

MeetingsMeanBiz (@meetingsmeanbiz) April 16, 2020. Some are putting their diverse skills to use, such as those at Conference Care Package, who have been planting tomatoes to give to those in need. Conference Care Package (@Confcarepackage) April 16, 2020. NYC & Company (@nycgo_press) April 16, 2020. GivingBack.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. Ask yourself, does my next meeting venue have plans should the power go out? However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Contracts have included Bristol Fashion Week Festival (pictured), Annual Air Finance Exhibition, National Grid’s leadership conference, as well as numerous tours for the likes of Nuffield Health and J P Morgan. Conferences. Austin said: “We have seen phenomenal growth this year, both with new clients and repeat bookings.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Almost three out of four (72 percent) had produced at least one in-person meeting between March 2020 and August 2021. The venue was being commandeered as a temporary Emergency Intake Site and was not going to be available for groups. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2020

ExecSpace, one of the UK’s leading venue-finding agencies, has appointed industry veteran, Louise Lowe, as commercial director. 2019 saw the company win its largest private sector contract to date, which was a key turning point in the business. Louise and I quickly bought into each other and have thoroughly enjoyed working together.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 27, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has thrown meeting professionals in an unprecedented position with cancellations, postponements and venue closures affecting the course of the next few months, at least. COVID-19 Considerations for Meetings Contracts. Do meetings cancelled as a result of coronavirus concerns quality as force majeure?

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Bookings for conferences, meetings and training events at Wyboston Lakes Resort for 2022 are currently over 140% ahead of 2019, alongside a record number of large events from leading pharmaceutical companies taking place this Autumn. New business has increased by 266%, compared to 2020, and is up by 14% on 2019.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Freeman, the world’s largest brand experience company, was awarded the highly sought-after contract for the delivery of exhibition services to Farnborough International Airshow and Farnborough International Limited for 2020-2024.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

The HBAA has spoken to a cross-section of agency and venue members and gathered opinions on how Brexit is impacting the events and hospitality industry. Tiernan Redmond, sales manager at etc.venues said: “In the last 12 months, around 150 meetings were held in our venues to discuss and plan for the consequences and opportunities of Brexit.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

How could you replace a printed conference booklet? What if my venue doesn’t have Wi-Fi?” Every couple of months, the number of event apps out in the world began to, ever so slightly, contract. A decade or so ago, despite brave event-planning souls paving the way, very few event apps were on the market—a handful, really.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive. Venues will play a key role in the restoration of the events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

Although the new Covid wave is seen as less serious for most who contract it, especially if they are vaccinated and boosted, the threat of spreading the disease has affected some high-profile gatherings, including postponement of the Grammy Awards, previously scheduled for Jan. 31 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. 18-20 this year.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The venue is a premium purpose-built conference and exhibition centre located in the heart of one of the safest, most attractive and welcoming towns in England. Facilities include a world-class conference auditorium, the splendid Royal Hall and 13,700 m 2 flexible event space along with onsite parking and adjacent hotels.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

Those are among the requirements attendees must agree to for Metrock’s Voice of Healthcare Summit 2020 , scheduled for early August in Boston. Martin Conference Center. Metrock is set to announce next week a change in venue for the event — a location “down the street” from the Martin Center, he told Convene. Registration Cycles.

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Event Industry News

JULY 25, 2019

This year, as the contract enters its 10th year, organisers of the festival took the decision to upgrade audience seating throughout the festival, to offer greater comfort for spectators. We’re already looking forward to 2020.”. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Exhibitions. Event Tech.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As MPI celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is looking forward to 2027 with a new contract for CEO and president Paul Van Deventer with a focus on advocacy, innovation and education to expand and engage a diverse community. Since April 2020, MPI Foundation has given back more than $1.1

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Regional countryside and sporting venues will be the main beneficiaries of this resurgence as their location and facilities will support the new best practices.” We will see a commitment from clients to run the events they may have held off in 2020 but I think virtual and hybrid will be the way in which they feel safe to do this.”.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick. Meeting planners are under a lot of stress because right now it’s not about getting one thing — the in-person conference — right. They have to get two things right: Working on that and on a virtual event.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 26, 2020

Original Event Date: February 24 - 27, 2020. Cancellation Announcement Date: March 17, 2020. Original Event Date: March 13 - 22, 2020. Cancellation Announcement Date: March 6, 2020. Original Event Date: March 12 - 14, 2020. Cancellation Announcement Date: March 7, 2020. Anticipated Attendee Count: 100,000+.

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Conference Care

JUNE 4, 2020

Here are three real life case studies for Conference Care clients where we’ve been able to match their needs with the right solution – after all, every event is different whether in-person or virtual ! We worked closely with our technology partner to bring the digital event to life and flow just like a live conference.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Provide a budget outline that breaks the total down into specific categories like venue costs, presentation tech, F&B, entertainment, decorations, and security. Include hidden event costs like guest count attrition, conference calls, credit card fees, and venue amenity expenses. Want to test out event diagramming for free?

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