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Asia Is Opening Up to International Events—Slowly

Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals are starting to rebook events in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, but continuing waves of Covid and cautious restrictions from some countries are resulting in a slow restart. In January of 2022, the signature event was held at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas. That may or may not impact IAA World Congress in 2024.

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Westminster academic celebrates fifth anniversary of Event Tech Lab.

Event Industry News

In July 2014, Dr James Morgan, Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster set up the Event Tech Lab. The idea in setting up the virtual incubator, was to help and mentor start up event technology companies wanting to get into the event space, globally. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

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Smart Moves in San Diego, Chicago and More

Smart Meetings

Kunkel was most recently general manager of Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria. The global event tech and production company Encore welcomed Duffy as director of external communications. The post Smart Moves in San Diego, Chicago and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Jennifer Duffy. Jeremy Sadler.

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Here’s What Moved These Community-Minded Meeting Profs to Take Action

PCMA Convene

Three events — a brutal storm, a dozen tractor-trailers filled with conference waste, and an awareness of a crime taking place under the meetings industry’s radar — brought this year’s PCMA Community Advocate of the Year finalists to causes that fired their passion, and clinched their company’s commitment. Here are their stories.

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16th Annual Meetings Industry Forecast

PCMA Convene

The United States will continue to outperform the global exhibitions market. And there will be growing use of cashless payments and livestreaming at meetings and events. What is one trend that meeting planners should be keeping an eye on in 2017 and beyond? Airfares will be up 2.5 percent worldwide. EXHIBITIONS.

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Setting New Industry Standards at IMEX America 2019

Hubilo Blog

Approximately 14000 attendees participated in this year’s global event generating an overall economic impact of more than US$20m (£16.7m). The event included 3500+ exhibitors representing more than 150 countries. You don’t see an American trade show here, you see a global event,” MacMillan said. IMEX19 [link].

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Smart Women 2017: Industry Leaders

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I work on an amazing team that secures and executes meetings, conventions and sporting events for Greater Des Moines. I’m fortunate to be connecting with the best in our industry to put on fantastic live events for clients from all walks [of life]. I use my camera for remote meetings.

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