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Not long after the late Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone in June 2007, analysts started to ponder how advanced mobile devices would change business meetings. At one point, futurists believed that the convention and trade show industry would take a hit because of increased connectivity; the crux of this. The post Top 3 Charging Stations for Convention Centers appeared first on InCharged. MORE
Amazon released the Kindle in November 2007, which essentially eliminated the need to purchase books from the retailer that were delivered through the mail, thus reducing sales for that division. Why does innovation often come from outsiders to an industry? MORE
He also helped produce the Canada Day celebrations in the Old Port of Montreal from 2005 to 2007, which attracted more than 60,000 people annually. By now, it’s no secret that Vendini employees have a passion for the arts and the development and innovation of our product. MORE
Offering his audience some context, William described his first online event back in 2007, which cost viewers the same amount as it did to physically attend. Many companies today still experience these concerns just as he did in 2007. MORE
The new space will replace The Deck, a temporary structure originally built in 2007, and will be developed to cater for the growing demand […]. MORE
First a look at the numbers, taken from a decade’s worth of data gathered in Convene ‘s Meetings Market Survey: The average room pickup in 2007 was 6,009 — in 2016 it was 3,449. Meanwhile, the average number of attendees in 2007 was 4,400, while in 2016 it was 5,201. . MORE
Since the inception of Way Out West in 2007, sustainability has been high on the festival’s agenda, and in 2013 it became the first Swedish festival to be certified as a sustainable event according to ISO 20121. MORE
From 2007 to 2018, transient room growth increased from 123 million to 173 million rooms, a 50 million room increase. MORE
A 20-year leader at CWT, Tony has held numerous commercial roles in business travel before taking the role as VP for CWT Meetings & Events in the United States in 2007. In this episode of How Great Events Happen , Cody and Brooke sit down with Tony Wagner from CWT Meetings & Events to discuss our role as industry professionals to help put an end to this human right’s violation. What to Listen for: What is human trafficking? MORE
Last week, Manchester Central celebrated its 10th anniversary since rebranding in 2007. Around 150 clients and partners from across the UK and overseas travelled to Manchester to celebrate with the team. MORE
Following 10 years with Starwood Hotels and Resorts across Canada, she joined MCI Group Canada in 2007 as a sales manager before being promoted to director, association relations. MCI Group Canada Inc., MORE
Held aboard the Jewel of London, the river boat which hosted the inaugural ESSA AGM in 2007, the meeting enjoyed unprecedented attendance, with […]. MORE
metro area in 2007, I had the opportunity to start working in a medical specialty association on educational programming. Heather Wakefield, 39, works remotely in Nashville, Tennessee, as a s enior manager of education and events at Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. MORE
It has been listed as a Top Ten Independent Planner by the Houston Business Journal since 2007. Elias Events. This event planning firm prides itself in “eclectic creativity” and creates stunning events with an emphasis on design. MORE
In one of his incredibly valuable articles, Gary Vaynerchuk recently said, “My biggest problem right now, in general, is that I feel that the far majority of people in business organizations and media companies all across the board are storytelling in 2017 like it’s 2007.” MORE
The landmark event, which started life as the DJ-focussed BPM back in 2007, has grown into a full-scale […]. MORE
And while the palm and blackberry had their day in the sun, the launch of the iphone in 2007 takes us down to 12 years of intense, immediate, technological access, growth and integration. MORE
Principal Roland Rom Colthoff founded RAW (@rawdesignto) in late 2007 “to have a working culture that matched my personal and MORE
I started EventMB in 2007 from a desk in my apartment in Southern Italy. Today is a great day. I am very happy to announce that EventMB has been acquired by Skift. I was very excited from day one, but I would be lying if I said that I always knew it was going […]. MORE
Therese Dolan joins as director association management and consulting services with over 14 years’ experience in the conference and events industry, moving into the Association and PCO sector in 2007. MORE
Quotes from David Weinberger, Everything Is Miscellaneous , Times Books, 2007. We don’t usually think about the learning models we employ during conference sessions, and I believe our events would be better if we did. MORE
In November, the economic recovery since the 2007–2009 recession was in its eighth year, and “showing little signs of fatigue,” according to Reuters. million in 2007 to $6.6 TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017. 2007 Event-supply rentals. MORE
It’s been crowned the number one venue every year since opening in 2007 and now The O2 arena celebrates over 25 million tickets being sold. The venue has hosted over 2,000 individual performances since opening in 2007 and now averages over 200 events a year which cover music, sport, comedy, family entertainment and e-Sports. The milestone comes after a run of sell out shows from Ariana Grande, Travis Scott and Muse over the summer. . MORE
They hope that, in the coming few years, this new product of theirs will become the flagship proposition of the company (think Steve Jobs at the Apple-iPhone launch of 2007). Imagine that you are a well-known event management company. Your Fortune 500 client has given you the responsibility of hosting their annual shareholder’s conference. Unknown to most of the attendees, the upper echelons of management has a surprise in store for them. MORE
Originally published in 2007 the MIR is a compendium of industry trends, data and venue information. The Grass Roots Meetings Industry Report was judged best meetings and events supplement at the 15 th Business Travel Journalism Awards on Thursday 4 th October. The report was produced and edited by Tom Lambregts, marketing manager at Grass Roots Meetings & Events; Mark Harris of the Travel Intelligence Network, and Des McLaughlin at Mac-D Consulting. MORE
When Jeff Kear and Steven Feingertz decided in 2007 to leave the marketing and ad agency they started in 2000, they felt burned out and wanted to create their own product to… Continue. MORE
Robyn Benincasa’s right leg gave out with three days remaining in the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championship in Scotland. Her teammates put her on towlines to make sure they finished the grueling race. It marked the end of the line after 17 years atop the field in one of the planet’s hardest competitions. But Benincasa says the biggest disappointment was not that her career in adventure racing was done—it was coming in sixth place. MORE
I have switched my personal finance software from Quicken 2007 to SEE Finance. For twelve years, I used the venerable Quicken 2007 to manage my personal finances; a lifetime for software these days. Can import my historic Quicken 2007 data (~50,000 transactions!). MORE
Moving on to a broader analysis, throughout the survey results you will see, there are more than a dozen places where we’ve included Annual Meetings Market Survey results from 2007 (published in the 2008 March issue of Convene ) up to present-day results from the survey conducted in late 2018. MORE
17, MGM Resorts announced that the property will be donating surplus hot meals to Three Square, a southern Nevada food bank the hospitality company founded in 2007. MORE
Founded in 2007, Lumiere London started originally as Carlos’ photographic studio in the illustrious Menier Chocolate Factory in London Bridge and over time expanded into an event space used by third parties for filming, photography and corporate events. MORE
The band, which formed in Llandudno, Wales in 2007, first had success with […]. MORE
We’ve stayed small and flat in terms of attracting international attendees to our largest events: 7 percent of registrants in 2007, and 7 percent again in 2016. Getting and giving annual performance reviews doesn’t top my “Things I’m Most Comfortable Doing” list. MORE
Britannia Row has long delivered telling answers to taxing questions at the Summer Series, including Mogwai’s request for surround sound in 2007. Released in 2007 it’s loaded with observations about the state of this country too. MORE
Since 2007, SLC has been the #1 on-time airport in the United States (even during the winter months), which means you and your attendees are less likely to encounter agenda-wrecking flight delays. The United States’ most on-time airport is stepping into the future. MORE
In 2007, the Ohio Supreme Court rocked the construction law world by significantly limiting the application of the Spearin Doctrine. I read in my Twitter feed this morning about a recent case where the Missouri Court of Appeals formally adopted the Spearin Doctrine. MORE
The Fortress Resort and Spa has sold only two of its Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence desserts since 2007. But don’t worry if you can’t meet the price; the resort has sold just two of them since introducing the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence in 2007, Ruwanthika said. MORE
Created in 2007 and 2010 in Dubai, these companies are today leading providers of premium event solutions in the United Arab Emirates: temporary structures and indoor fixtures, power and cooling units. GL Events, the integrated event industry group, announces the acquisition of 70% of the companies Wicked and Flow. MORE
Back in 2007, the team behind New York’s Brooklyn Bowl bought into his startup marketing strategy—no ads, no money, just the (then unknown) social media—and by its second year in business, Brooklyn Bowl was the 10th most-searched keyword on Google. MORE
PWR Events, which was acquired by global sports, fashion, events and media leader IMG in 2015, has been promoting and managing the UK’s leading Christmas-themed destination since its launch in Hyde Park in 2007. MORE
In 2007, physician (and whiskey enthusiast) Brian Nolt founded the company after cashing out his life savings — he banked on himself, and on the pristine Breckenridge water they use in their spirits for proofing and blending — and unsurprisingly found success. Nestled among the snowy peaks that populate picturesque Breckenridge, Colorado, lies the world’s highest distillery. Thanks to this accolade, it only seems fitting that they dubbed themselves Breckenridge Distillery. MORE
2007 Related Topics Conferences that Work
AUGUST 5, 2019
I have switched my personal finance software from Quicken 2007 to SEE Finance. For twelve years, I used the venerable Quicken 2007 to manage my personal finances; a lifetime for software these days. Can import my historic Quicken 2007 data (~50,000 transactions!).
BizBash
JUNE 12, 2018
Principal Roland Rom Colthoff founded RAW (@rawdesignto) in late 2007 “to have a working culture that matched my personal and
EventMB
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
I started EventMB in 2007 from a desk in my apartment in Southern Italy. Today is a great day. I am very happy to announce that EventMB has been acquired by Skift. I was very excited from day one, but I would be lying if I said that I always knew it was going […].
BizBash
DECEMBER 27, 2017
In one of his incredibly valuable articles, Gary Vaynerchuk recently said, “My biggest problem right now, in general, is that I feel that the far majority of people in business organizations and media companies all across the board are storytelling in 2017 like it’s 2007.”
InCharged
AUGUST 23, 2019
Not long after the late Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone in June 2007, analysts started to ponder how advanced mobile devices would change business meetings. At one point, futurists believed that the convention and trade show industry would take a hit because of increased connectivity; the crux of this. The post Top 3 Charging Stations for Convention Centers appeared first on InCharged.
Planner WIre
DECEMBER 19, 2017
When Jeff Kear and Steven Feingertz decided in 2007 to leave the marketing and ad agency they started in 2000, they felt burned out and wanted to create their own product to… Continue.
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Event Industry News
JUNE 7, 2019
Offering his audience some context, William described his first online event back in 2007, which cost viewers the same amount as it did to physically attend. Many companies today still experience these concerns just as he did in 2007.
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
The new space will replace The Deck, a temporary structure originally built in 2007, and will be developed to cater for the growing demand […].
Event Industry News
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
PWR Events, which was acquired by global sports, fashion, events and media leader IMG in 2015, has been promoting and managing the UK’s leading Christmas-themed destination since its launch in Hyde Park in 2007.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
Last week, Manchester Central celebrated its 10th anniversary since rebranding in 2007. Around 150 clients and partners from across the UK and overseas travelled to Manchester to celebrate with the team.
Event Industry News
MAY 4, 2017
Held aboard the Jewel of London, the river boat which hosted the inaugural ESSA AGM in 2007, the meeting enjoyed unprecedented attendance, with […].
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PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The Fortress Resort and Spa has sold only two of its Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence desserts since 2007. But don’t worry if you can’t meet the price; the resort has sold just two of them since introducing the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence in 2007, Ruwanthika said.
Event Industry News
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
The band, which formed in Llandudno, Wales in 2007, first had success with […].
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 22, 2019
It’s been crowned the number one venue every year since opening in 2007 and now The O2 arena celebrates over 25 million tickets being sold. The venue has hosted over 2,000 individual performances since opening in 2007 and now averages over 200 events a year which cover music, sport, comedy, family entertainment and e-Sports. The milestone comes after a run of sell out shows from Ariana Grande, Travis Scott and Muse over the summer. .
PCMA Convene
MARCH 1, 2019
Moving on to a broader analysis, throughout the survey results you will see, there are more than a dozen places where we’ve included Annual Meetings Market Survey results from 2007 (published in the 2008 March issue of Convene ) up to present-day results from the survey conducted in late 2018.
Event Industry News
JULY 1, 2019
Since the inception of Way Out West in 2007, sustainability has been high on the festival’s agenda, and in 2013 it became the first Swedish festival to be certified as a sustainable event according to ISO 20121.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Created in 2007 and 2010 in Dubai, these companies are today leading providers of premium event solutions in the United Arab Emirates: temporary structures and indoor fixtures, power and cooling units. GL Events, the integrated event industry group, announces the acquisition of 70% of the companies Wicked and Flow.
Connect Your Meetings
JUNE 13, 2019
Amazon released the Kindle in November 2007, which essentially eliminated the need to purchase books from the retailer that were delivered through the mail, thus reducing sales for that division. Why does innovation often come from outsiders to an industry?
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Quotes from David Weinberger, Everything Is Miscellaneous , Times Books, 2007. We don’t usually think about the learning models we employ during conference sessions, and I believe our events would be better if we did.
Social Tables
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
It has been listed as a Top Ten Independent Planner by the Houston Business Journal since 2007. Elias Events. This event planning firm prides itself in “eclectic creativity” and creates stunning events with an emphasis on design.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Britannia Row has long delivered telling answers to taxing questions at the Summer Series, including Mogwai’s request for surround sound in 2007. Released in 2007 it’s loaded with observations about the state of this country too.
PCMA Convene
MARCH 14, 2017
First a look at the numbers, taken from a decade’s worth of data gathered in Convene ‘s Meetings Market Survey: The average room pickup in 2007 was 6,009 — in 2016 it was 3,449. Meanwhile, the average number of attendees in 2007 was 4,400, while in 2016 it was 5,201. .
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Since 2007, SLC has been the #1 on-time airport in the United States (even during the winter months), which means you and your attendees are less likely to encounter agenda-wrecking flight delays. The United States’ most on-time airport is stepping into the future.
Connect Your Meetings
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Back in 2007, the team behind New York’s Brooklyn Bowl bought into his startup marketing strategy—no ads, no money, just the (then unknown) social media—and by its second year in business, Brooklyn Bowl was the 10th most-searched keyword on Google.
Smart Meetings
DECEMBER 20, 2018
From 2007 to 2018, transient room growth increased from 123 million to 173 million rooms, a 50 million room increase.
Connect Your Meetings
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Robyn Benincasa’s right leg gave out with three days remaining in the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championship in Scotland. Her teammates put her on towlines to make sure they finished the grueling race. It marked the end of the line after 17 years atop the field in one of the planet’s hardest competitions. But Benincasa says the biggest disappointment was not that her career in adventure racing was done—it was coming in sixth place.
e2m.live
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
They hope that, in the coming few years, this new product of theirs will become the flagship proposition of the company (think Steve Jobs at the Apple-iPhone launch of 2007). Imagine that you are a well-known event management company. Your Fortune 500 client has given you the responsibility of hosting their annual shareholder’s conference. Unknown to most of the attendees, the upper echelons of management has a surprise in store for them.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Originally published in 2007 the MIR is a compendium of industry trends, data and venue information. The Grass Roots Meetings Industry Report was judged best meetings and events supplement at the 15 th Business Travel Journalism Awards on Thursday 4 th October. The report was produced and edited by Tom Lambregts, marketing manager at Grass Roots Meetings & Events; Mark Harris of the Travel Intelligence Network, and Des McLaughlin at Mac-D Consulting.
Event Industry News
JUNE 7, 2019
Therese Dolan joins as director association management and consulting services with over 14 years’ experience in the conference and events industry, moving into the Association and PCO sector in 2007.
Vendini
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
He also helped produce the Canada Day celebrations in the Old Port of Montreal from 2005 to 2007, which attracted more than 60,000 people annually. By now, it’s no secret that Vendini employees have a passion for the arts and the development and innovation of our product.
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
In November, the economic recovery since the 2007–2009 recession was in its eighth year, and “showing little signs of fatigue,” according to Reuters. million in 2007 to $6.6 TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017. 2007 Event-supply rentals.
BizBash
JULY 6, 2017
In 2007, the Ohio Supreme Court rocked the construction law world by significantly limiting the application of the Spearin Doctrine. I read in my Twitter feed this morning about a recent case where the Missouri Court of Appeals formally adopted the Spearin Doctrine.
Cvent
JUNE 27, 2019
A 20-year leader at CWT, Tony has held numerous commercial roles in business travel before taking the role as VP for CWT Meetings & Events in the United States in 2007. In this episode of How Great Events Happen , Cody and Brooke sit down with Tony Wagner from CWT Meetings & Events to discuss our role as industry professionals to help put an end to this human right’s violation. What to Listen for: What is human trafficking?
Connect Your Meetings
JULY 9, 2019
metro area in 2007, I had the opportunity to start working in a medical specialty association on educational programming. Heather Wakefield, 39, works remotely in Nashville, Tennessee, as a s enior manager of education and events at Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.
Event Industry News
JULY 9, 2019
Following 10 years with Starwood Hotels and Resorts across Canada, she joined MCI Group Canada in 2007 as a sales manager before being promoted to director, association relations. MCI Group Canada Inc.,
GatherHere
MAY 2, 2018
In 2007, physician (and whiskey enthusiast) Brian Nolt founded the company after cashing out his life savings — he banked on himself, and on the pristine Breckenridge water they use in their spirits for proofing and blending — and unsurprisingly found success. Nestled among the snowy peaks that populate picturesque Breckenridge, Colorado, lies the world’s highest distillery. Thanks to this accolade, it only seems fitting that they dubbed themselves Breckenridge Distillery.
SmartMeetings
JANUARY 18, 2018
17, MGM Resorts announced that the property will be donating surplus hot meals to Three Square, a southern Nevada food bank the hospitality company founded in 2007.
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
We’ve stayed small and flat in terms of attracting international attendees to our largest events: 7 percent of registrants in 2007, and 7 percent again in 2016. Getting and giving annual performance reviews doesn’t top my “Things I’m Most Comfortable Doing” list.
Coterie Spark
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
And while the palm and blackberry had their day in the sun, the launch of the iphone in 2007 takes us down to 12 years of intense, immediate, technological access, growth and integration.
Event Industry News
JUNE 11, 2019
Founded in 2007, Lumiere London started originally as Carlos’ photographic studio in the illustrious Menier Chocolate Factory in London Bridge and over time expanded into an event space used by third parties for filming, photography and corporate events.
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