Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Eastside Rooms is continuing to target domestic and international association meetings through a partnership with industry expert Julie Watterston from Watterston Associates. They have a great team and a really good product that association meeting organisers will find easy to work within.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light, an ongoing series of looks behind the scenes at how events are being produced today, we asked Paula Mettler Marketing and communications manager with Leo Events to share a look at a recent production for a major retailer. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week.

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2022 Retail Association Meetings Social Media 98

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emirates Old Trafford have announced the appointment of SFA Connect that will see the agency target larger, experience led, business events, including association meetings, for the Manchester-based venue.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 27, 2023

At our recent marketing & sales conference, the audience was comprised of marketing directors and above. We may do a photo booth with fun props but wanted to see what else the association community has done.” At [a former association] we posted them on the columns in the exhibit hall.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lime Venue Portfolio is looking to grow its partnerships within the association meetings community by joining ABPCO.

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Venues Association Meetings Meetings Event Design 57

Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Luckily, convention centers are usually given the autonomy to conduct their own sales and marketing. Now, the sales people at convention centers actively solicit these markets. Another factor that is a plus for convention centers is their focus towards green meetings. All of this makes it convenient for event planners.

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Food and Beverage Corporate Meetings Government Trade Shows 40

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hafer has served in sales and event management and marketing for the past 15 years, most recently as director of group sales at The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel in New York City. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

Tourism 98

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

MPI Minneapolis will be meeting in person at Delta Hotels Minneapolis from 1-5p.m. to cover the state of the meetings industry and post-Covid experiences, featuring experts from Meet Minneapolis, Experience Rochester, and local and regional meetings industry associations.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

There are literally thousands of meetings and event companies out there. The meetings and events industry tends to be segmented with many event companies specializing in one or more market segments – corporate events, association meetings, conventions and events, social events, fundraising for not-for-profits – to name a few.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Welcome Reception of CHS Birmingham represents its first industry facing host event, and will include a number of entertainment and food and beverage activations that will add further interest to the evening and showcase the venue’s product for corporate and association meetings.

Food and Beverage 57

Food and Beverage Association Meetings 2021 Entertainment 57

MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This year, ExCeL will play host to over 400 events, welcoming four million visitors to a diverse range of world leading exhibitions, corporate events and association meetings. ExCeL has partnered with market leader, Ruckus Networks, to upgrade to the latest Wi-Fi standard (Wi-Fi 5), doubling the number of access points in each hall.

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Technology Financial Association Meetings Sports 79

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 4, 2016

Respondents interviewed for the just-released Summer 2016 edition of the quarterly Meeting Professionals International Outlook, are getting creative to book their meetings in a crunched and crazy market. read more.

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Marketing 2016 Meetings Corporate Meetings 40

Master the Event

JANUARY 12, 2024

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released its Top Rankings for cities and countries around the globe. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. News that the associations market is growing in strength for another year.

2005 40

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SmartMeetings

JULY 15, 2020

One of the massive financial challenges facing destination marketers all over the country is the sudden loss of funding from transient occupancy taxes when hotel properties were forced to at least temporarily close to slow the spread of novel coronavirus , a budget-killing reality that is still happening in many parts of the country.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 11, 2024

Depending on the organization, some may be looking for individuals that possess budgeting skills whereas others may be more interested in a person’s sales and marketing ability. Join major industry associations (Meeting Professionals International, Professional Convention Management Association, CVB’s, for example).

Social Media 40

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. Starting on 9 December 2021, the common stock of Cvent began trading on The Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “CVT”. Cvent Holding Corp.

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2021 Contracts Hospitality Technology 52

Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Many companies offer seminars as part of their company’s marketing plan. Another reputable source are the industries associations. Meeting Professionals International (MP I) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) are two of the biggest associations in the meetings and events industry.

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Event Planning Education Association Meetings Events 40

Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In a nutshell, I think that our industry associations have become too focused on justifying their continued existence financially, and are neglecting their core mission of supporting and representing their members and association meeting attendees.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Key themes explored during the festival will be: Future and Innovation, Marketing, CSR and Career Development. The seven-day Festival of Learning will be online for the first six days before moving to a hybrid format for the final day at ExCeL London.

Sustainability 57

Sustainability Insurance Conference Association Meetings 57

Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The programme is a great opportunity for Association buyers to enhance their time with us in Barcelona with targeted learning opportunities that complement the wider event schedule.”.

2019 56

2019 Sustainability Sponsorships Association Meetings 56

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 8, 2019

CAT Media is a leading global multiplatform business-to-business marketing services, information and events business serving the meetings and incentive industry. . Both Northstar Meetings Group and CAT Media have been industry leaders not only through our respective brands, but through the innovative ways we’ve advanced them.

Travel 40

Travel Association Meetings Sports Event Tech 40

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We organize association meetings, corporate meetings, incentives, incentive travel, business travel, education and training, communication, marketing,” Buongiorno said. “We These award-winning events wouldn’t have been possible without the company’s focus on collaboration, a business model that grew out of the pandemic.

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2020 Hospitality Travel Conference 98

Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

According to the latest Meeting- & EventBarometer, events in Germany continue as a growing market: In 2017, the number of delegates attending meetings, conferences and events in Germany rose by 2.8% million can be explained by the decrease in numbers of this type of meetings as conventional physical events.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 20, 2016

More than 80 association meeting, marketing, programming, and technology professionals, including industry partners, were brought together to test and fine tune the new format. Marketing and Technology: Reggie Aggarwal, CEO and founder of Cvent. Content Strategy and Learning Design: Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly.

Association Meetings 40

Association Meetings Trade Shows 2017 Technology 40

Eventmobi

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With their first hybrid event MEET THE CHANGE, the German meetings industry association MEET GERMANY needed to deliver an innovative event format. MEET THE CHANGE was made possible and shaped by its sponsors and partners.

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Meetings Events 2020 Social Media 345

Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. These upgrades will ensure BMA House’s place as a leading London hybrid venue.

Venues 52

Venues Sustainability Association Meetings Technology 52

Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

“There is strong evidence that the confidence of event planners has been given a massive boost by the Prime Minister’s speech last Monday as we look at the surge of booking confirmations and new bookings,” says Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing and US Sales at etc.venues. “In

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Government Consulting Association Meetings 52

Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA House’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. These upgrades will ensure BMA House’s place as a leading London hybrid venue.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Association Meetings Venues Technology 52

Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2021

As part of ongoing investment in the services most needed by clients, BMA’s expert technicians have created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry. These upgrades will ensure BMA House’s place as a leading London hybrid venue.

Venues 52

Venues Sustainability Association Meetings Technology 52

Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

If you are searching for an association which boasts global connections and a diverse community of event professionals, look no further than the American Planning Association. Meeting Professionals International (MPI). She is currently the Marketing and Events Manager at Vision Together 2025 in Johnstown, PA.

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Meetings 2025 Education Social Media 67

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Before making Ethical Swag her full-time job in 2017, she had spent a 30-year career in variety of roles, from director of communications and marketing of the original bid committee of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games to head of a cyber-security company. Less is more sometimes.”. A Good Sign.

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Sustainability Conference 2010 Government 98

Guidebook

APRIL 1, 2019

Traditionally members would join associations for learning opportunities and community connections, and association meetings and events are where they’d build those connections. The annual conference or general meeting is often the highlight of the association calendar. 365-day Experience.

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StraussCA

DECEMBER 9, 2021

When was the last time you got together with colleagues for an in-person association meeting or event? We had a three-day meeting with a board of directors – a group which hasn’t gotten together in the flesh since before the pandemic. Some association board members hadn’t even met each other yet.

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Meetings Financial Association Meetings Entertainment 52

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Market research by Mintel also predicts that consumer spending on vacations and dining will jump 27 percent between 2015 and 2019. What does that mean for those whose business is to plan meetings, seminars and conferences? Meeting planners do, too.

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Trade Shows 2017 Travel Hotels 59

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? You can even go online to meet the farmer providing the eggs, tomatoes and lamb shanks that will end up on your plate.

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