Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

During the rest of 2022, we will highlight the power of in-person business events and Dubai’s strong value proposition to associations executives, corporate meeting planners and other decision-makers. Dubai’s ability to book this number of events are credited to the success of the country’s Expo 2020. Travel Rules in Dubai.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. Deloitte University opened in Texas in 2011, and KPMG Lakehouse opened in early 2020 outside of Orlando.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

This will be the city’s 11th time hosting the Super Bowl, tying it with Miami, which hosted Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020 for its 11th time. But as things cool down on The Strip, eyes are now set on Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. This particular year was very important [for Las Vegas],” she says. They had a fresh start.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2023

By Phoenix Porcelli, Vice President of Sales, Convene Since the pandemic struck in 2020, corporate holiday parties have been small, fragmented affairs, glorified Zoom calls with colleagues awkwardly sipping a drink in front of their laptops, or cancelled altogether due to health or budgetary concerns.

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The Castle Group

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we learned in 2020, the ability to adapt and remain flexible has become the norm and is critical to the success of any event program. In 2021, Castle Events tripled the number of events we produced from 2020, organizing programs with a combined total of 12,000 + attendees and 1,000 + speakers. Photo by Olia Nayda on Unsplash.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Editor’s Note: As we celebrate the 2023 Meeting Professionals of the Year , we thought it fitting to go back to a 2020 Meeting Professionals of the Year winner, John Cruz, senior corporate meeting planner with BlueCross of North Carolina , for some perspective.

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Nunify

AUGUST 16, 2021

2020 introduced several of us to the ‘work from home,’ setup. From connecting physically and travelling for corporate meetings, we shifted to virtual networking. This paradigm shift caused brands to go digital. The concept in itself isn’t new. However, working from home for a long duration was not this common.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In October 2020, AIM Group led the Federation of Family Paediatricians (FIMP) into a 3D world with the 3D FIMP House — the first fully digital annual conference for the association. SIAARTI’s “Travelling with ICARE” tour, organized by AIM Group, hit eight stops on its 1,000-mile journey across Italy in 2020.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 19, 2021

Julie Sibthorp, senior director of corporate meeting and events with CHG Healthcare (and a Smart Woman in Meetings Award winner ) was undaunted in the face of the challenge and shared the thought process behind the company’s graceful pirouette to an alternative celebration. Julie Sibthorp.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

Let the accolades speak for themselves; they recently won 2nd place in the 2020 Global Future Design Award. It can turn itself into an art gallery, collaborative workspace, corporate meeting space, or wedding venue. Source: The Clayton House. The Croft Downtown.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

Year-on-year changes in travel pricing (actual) 2020 (actual) 2021 (estimated) 2022 (estimated) 2023 Air fares (12%) (26%) 48.5% in 2020 in one of the worst declines since World War II. The cost-per-attendee for meetings and events in 2022 is expected to be around 25% higher than in 2019, and it’s forecast to rise a further 7% in 2023.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Whether arranging a large corporate conference or an intimate family birthday celebration, the agency’s highly experienced team has proudly surpassed clients’ expectations every time. Sharon’s other daughter Layla Warfield then joined in 2008 after working as an Executive Assistant within the pharmaceutical industry.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

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.”. Many corporate meetings programmes will be re-tendered early next year to include virtual as a key component, says Taylor. Progress must not be lost.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

2020 challenged us all and it’s not surprising that event planners took one of the hardest hits. It was time to say goodbye to the way you’d always done things, work within difficult restrictions and safety protocols, and step into completely new territory to keep your meetings and events alive. .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

You Have the Power—and a Profound Turning Point—to Shape the Future of Meetings and Events. Live meetings and events will return—it’s already starting to happen. The year 2020 was a difficult time to be in this business. Learn more about the Master’s in Meeting and Event Management at SDSU.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Following the launch in autumn 2020, The Lensbury successfully delivered a further COVID-secure bubble in March 2021 for the duration of the England rugby team’s 2021 Six Nations Championship. Businesses of all sizes can now book a corporate COVID-bubble retreat at The Lensbury.

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Attendease

JUNE 30, 2021

2020 challenged us all and it’s not surprising that event planners took one of the hardest hits. It was time to say goodbye to the way you’d always done things, work within difficult restrictions and safety protocols, and step into completely new territory to keep your meetings and events alive. .

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 6, 2021

One of the collective shared experiences of 2020 was watching numerous events get cancelled; from corporate meetings, workshops, and local events to global annual trade shows, conferences, job fairs and the like. Winds of Change. Regardless of the industry you consider, events lie at the core of its business function.

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Event Industry News

MAY 28, 2020

Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) held an online MICE Tourism Update attended by around 740 industry partners on 25th May 2020 (Monday) to introduce a multi-pronged recovery plan for the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Support to trade. Business Recovery. Trade Support. Strengthen supports for hotels.

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Unique Venues

MAY 13, 2021

The Conference Center was the 2020 winner of Unique Venues Best Venue for Day Meetings and runner up for Best High-Tech Venue. Whether you are planning a training session, your next corporate meeting, a reception or even a performance, the Event Management team is ready to assist you in creating a memorable and successful event.

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 13, 2020

While the surge in virtual has provided a path for events and meetings to continue, it isn’t quite the same as connecting in person. Even though the pandemic is far from done, the industry is starting to shift the conversation from pivoting to virtual to preparing for the return of modified in-person events and meetings. LEARN MORE.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. One of the big exceptions, however, was incentive programs. Case Study: A Virtual VIP Club. Sometimes a run-of-the-mill virtual award show is not going to cut it.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2020

Their robust approach to client solutions continues to garner attention for originality, most recently winning both Innovation and Creative Team of the Year accolades at the 2020 CN Agency Awards.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

In 2020 we hosted a 2-hour event featuring the talent found within SITE , our first in what would become a series of digital events. This included brand new data from our Corporate inSITEs research with U.S. corporate meeting planners surveyed 2 weeks prior to this event. Why SITE NITE all NITE?

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 30, 2021

Before March 2020, I was handling groups and events for a hotel in San Francisco as a senior sales manager. I became interested in wines by wining and dining clients, meetings sommeliers, traveling the world to other wine regions, and going to Napa/Sonoma/Central Coast for the past 20 to 25 years. Here is her story.

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Unique Venues

MAY 19, 2021

Not only does that come as good news for concert and theater goers, but it’s also an exciting development for planners that rely on these types of non-traditional venues for galas, corporate meetings, training and development seminars and product launches.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 21, 2019

After its remodeling is complete it’s going to be hard to get ahold of this venue so keep a close eye on their booking site for its reopening in early 2020. This sleek and stylish corporate meeting space feels like success. Hôtel Droog. Source: Frameweb. Location: Centrum. Capacity: 150. Rembrandt Tower Boardroom.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

Following the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, for example, attendee safety has become a key focus for event professionals. Now venue managers are applying the same principles to conferences, corporate meetings, events, and exhibitions by charging event organizers for any prime real estate space they use for branding purposes.

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