Wed.Dec 13, 2023

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Healthcare Events: Ideas for Every Size and Type

Attendease

Events are a critical channel for healthcare organizations to engage with their key audiences. From large-scale medical conferences to intimate seminars, events enable healthcare event planners to strengthen relationships, generate leads, and position their brands as thought leaders. However, producing successful healthcare events takes thoughtful planning and preparation.

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Meeting Spend Is Up and Short Meetings Are Down

EventMB

Skift Take: According to Convene, spending on meetings and events has increased by 35%, while Knowland reports group revenue is at 103% of 2019 levels.

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Money Talks: Defining an Event Budget

TicketBud

Imagine purchasing tickets to a highly-anticipated event promising exclusive talks with podcast celebrities and a panel with the actors from Supernatural and Harry Potter. Now, imagine showing up to the event, hearing that most speakers backed out after not getting paid, and then being asked to help cover the costs of the event’s outstanding hotel bill of $17,000.

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New Guides Launched to Support Net Zero Carbon Events

EventMB

Skift Take: Is the events industry ready to implement decarbonization and track its progress? Net Zero Carbon Events is providing a roadmap.

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Emerging Association Meeting Strategies

Smart Meetings

Helpful tips from ASAE on engaging and stimulating planners Planners are always on the hunt for new ways to create engaging and connecting experiences. To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience.

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New and Renovated: Celebrated Pasts, Bright Futures

Smart Meetings

Grand Openings Across the US Mark Hospitality History Three new and renovated properties offer experiences that combine their own distinct blend of charm and luxury. Historic spaces, revitalized to illuminate their esteemed pasts, make for meeting destinations certain to stand out as the best of the best. Wellness Through the Ages Murrieta Hot Springs Resort One of Southern California’s most cherished off-the-beaten-path jewels is its mineral springs.

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Impress the Boss with These Corporate Event Ideas

Master the Event

If you’ve been tasked with planning your next office corporate event, chances are it’s not your main job. If you’re lucky your office will have a committee where the various tasks involved with planning the event can be assigned. If you’re lucky. If you’re one of the unfortunate ones, the planning my fall entirely on your plate. Well, fear not, help is here!

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Meeting Professionals in the Caribbean

Smart Meetings

Extraordinary Incentive Experience in St. Thomas immersed meeting professionals in luxury When top incentive meeting professionals gather in the U.S. Virgin Islands for a Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience, of course, they are going to start with an update about the latest trends in motivating performers, engage in some pirate-themed fun and tour five-star properties.

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If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail!

Master the Event

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. That may sound like an overused saying. And while that may be true. It is also spot-on the truth. Just ask Benjamin Franklin, the first person to coin that phrase. Last week I participated in an industry Q & A. It was at a local college and was for event and meeting planning students. And I always enjoy participating and meeting some of our industry’s newbies.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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2023 ESSA Conference encouraged us to harness the challenge of change to foster positive, equitable results

Event Industry News

This year’s Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) Conference tackled how we can embrace the challenge of change to fuel a passion that can best influence our surroundings for the better in an ongoing, transformative, positive and collaborative manner.

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How a Client Made Me a Better Planner

Master the Event

You’re familiar with the saying: you learn from your mistakes. I like to take that a step further by saying if you don’t learn from your mistakes then you’re destined to fail. One of the top characteristics of great leaders is their ability to accept responsibility for their actions. I guess that’s why there are so few of these great leaders in politics today – they always seem to be passing the buck and blaming the other guy.

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Exclusive Collection outlines The Big Re-Think for meetings and events

Event Industry News

Exclusive Collection has launched its insights into the next generation of delegates and event attendees. The Big Re-Think is the culmination of quantitative research carried out in autumn 2023 in partnership with micebook.

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Pantone Color of the Year 2024: PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz

Special Events

Soft, dreamy hue eases up after last year’s bold and bright magenta

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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Emirates Old Trafford Events drive £22.5 million boost to the Greater Manchester economy

Event Industry News

New research has revealed the estimated economic impact of Emirates Old Trafford’s major events in 2023 to be worth in excess of £22.5 million to the local economy.

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The QEII Centre announces stellar performance figures

Prestige Events Magazine

-Third best trading year since opening in 1986- World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has announced a remarkable year of business stabilisation and recovery, resulting in the Centre’s third best trading performance since opening in 1986. According to the Centre’s latest report and accounts, The QEII Centre delivered total revenues of £14.95m for the period 2022-23, equivalent to 94 per cent of what was achieved in its best year of trading in 2019/20

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Ottimo Digital’s directors complete their purchase of Showlite Ltd

Event Industry News

Showlite Ltd has been acquired by the managing directors of Ottimo Digital, Nick Lindwall and Lee Crew, after an invitation to purchase from the former owners. Lindwall is now Showlite’s new managing director, and Crew takes the role of group sales director.

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Isn’t New Year’s Eve Brilliant: How Skiddle will support promoters through the New Year period

Skiddle

Welcome to part 3 of our New Year’s campaign deep dive. Last week, we focused on what our B2C marketing team had in store for the ‘Isn’t New Year’s Brilliant?’ campaign, covering everything from SEO to social content and paid media. This week, we’re putting the spotlight on our B2B team. They’re a canny bunch, formulating ideas, concepts and schemes to show you – the promoter – how Skiddle can help you to achieve high ticket sales over the Ne

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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JMA Events’ player delivers on-demand ETL and ESL content

Event Industry News

London-based developer of web applications JMA Event Services is providing the on-demand player for sessions recorded at the 10th edition of Event Tech Live (ETL) and the concurrent first Event Sustainability Live (ESL), which ran at ExCeL in November.

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Venuedirectory.com MICE sourcing volume on track to exceed pre-pandemic numbers by more than 17% 

Prestige Events Magazine

Latest figures reflect continued prioritisation and strength of in-person events to drive business According to Venuedirectory.com ‘s latest reports, MICE sourcing volume through its platform is on track to exceed £332m of confirmed business in 2023 – about a 4% increase year-over-year, and a more than 17% increase over pre-pandemic levels. With more than 100,000 venues worldwide, Venuedirectory.com hosts the largest MICE booking and venue database in the UK, and the latest figures highlig

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DRPG ‘Make a Moment’ for Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust this Christmas

Event Industry News

Sunday 10 December 2023, Hartlebury, UK. Creative communications agency DRPG, played host to a heartwarming series of children’s Christmas parties at its studios in Hartlebury over the weekend in support of local children through the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust.

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Destinations International Celebrates Unprecedented Growth and Unveils Exciting 2024 Events

Exhibitor Magazine

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA � Destinations International (DI), the premier global resource for destination organizations and convention and visitors bureau.

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The Ultimate Guide to Hosting Hybrid Events For Your Association

For associations, the hybrid model is the future of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry. Hybrid events provide increased reach and scalability, improved engagement with association members, and insights from real-time analytics, making them an absolute necessity. This ready-to-use playbook presents a framework for event organizers embarking on the hybrid events journey.

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The search begins for Tomorrow’s Talent 2024 

Event Industry News

The Meetings Show has started the search to find and celebrate emerging talent within the business meetings and events industry as it opens applications to its 2024 Tomorrow’s Talent programme.

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How to Smoothly Pay the Bill After a Birthday Meal

Sendo

When it comes to celebrating a special occasion, such as a birthday, nothing beats a delicious meal with friends and family. However, as the evening draws to a close, there is one final task that can often cause a bit of awkwardness: paying the bill. It’s important to handle this situation with tact and grace to avoid any uncomfortable moments.

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Crafting Immersive Experiences: Your Post-Pandemic Guide to Experiential Marketing

Tigris Events

[…] The post Crafting Immersive Experiences: Your Post-Pandemic Guide to Experiential Marketing appeared first on Leading the Canadian Industry in Dynamic Event Staffing, Event Planning & Experiential Marketing.

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Best of 2023: Diversity

Smart Meetings

Creating a safe, inclusive space can be a tall order, but it doesn’t mean it is impossible. This year, Smart Meetings looked at the importance of representation in all forms within the meeting space and how important it is to the industry’s continued development and growth. Why is DEI Critical to the Hospitality Industry? This year the Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) released a downloadable toolkit titled “ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a Guide for Event Service Professionals.

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Download 7 Exceptional Event Email Templates for Driving Attendee Engagement

Download "7 Exceptional Event Email Templates for Driving Attendee Engagement" eBook and write winning event emails right away! Relying on decades of social science research and cutting edge behavioral data, SpotMe shows you their science-based methods for creating wildly successful event-marketing email campaigns for almost any situation. SpotMe is the event management platform for B2B marketers.

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In the World of Meeting Planners is Happiness at your Job Important?

Master the Event

Most meeting planners I know love their job, me included. And statically we are not alone. A 2013 US News & World report indicated that convention, event and meeting planner was selected as one of the best 100 jobs. And in that same report planners ranked 14th on the list of best business jobs, for several reasons including; job satisfaction and security and job growth and salary.

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What to know about Holiday Inflatables

Ins'Tent

Back to Inflatables Hub Holiday inflatables are more than just air. They are a modern twist on an annual tradition of decorating one’s home to celebrate the season. Over the years, Christmas and Halloween inflatables have become a staple in one’s decor, whether it’s the classic inflatable Santa, the menacing inflatable Grinch, or even just some classic penguins.

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‘Did You Know?’ Episode 10 – A year recap

Eventscase Blog

As we reach the end of the year, it’s time to summarise some key activities at Eventscase including our on-demand learning series “Did you know?”. Throughout 2023, Eventscase has provided a series of educational sessions which focuses on the lesser-known but significant features of our platform. These sessions were designed to assist users in becoming advanced users by delving into specific functions of the Eventscase platform that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

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