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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

I joined the social media platform Mastodon a year ago. Given recent turbulent social media trends, I’m glad I took the plunge. It was the first major social media platform where the majority of posts were public and searchable. (In In 2019, only ~13% of Twitter accounts were private.)

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. From 2007 to 2018, transient room growth increased from 123 million to 173 million rooms, a 50 million room increase.

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Live At Leeds announces new outdoor festival for 2022

Event Industry News

Since launching in 2007, the festival has showcased bands across multiple venues in Leeds city centre on the May bank holiday weekend. On Monday (November 1), organisers took to social media to share the news of a new “in the park” version of Live At Leeds, which will be held at Temple Newsam on Saturday June 4, 2022.

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New Year New Tech: What You Will Need to Get 2019 Started Right

Expo Pass

New Year New Tech: What You Will Need to Get 2019 Started Right. It’s hard to believe we are almost halfway through January, and it’s almost even harder to believe that we are living in the year 2019! With that being said, it turns out that 2019 is going to be a bit of a transitional year. (5 Minute Read).

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

One respondent actually was hoping for a slowdown, mentioning this wish-list item for 2019: “A downturn in the market so hotels become more flexible in their revenue-management practices.”. 2019 attendance vs. 2018 attendance (projected) — +4.4 Number of 2019 exhibitors vs. 2018 exhibitors (projected) — +1.9 percent vs. +1.4

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How the International Baking Industry Exposition’s Marketing Strategy Keeps the Event Fresh

PCMA Convene

More than 20,000 bakers attended IBIE 2019, held Sept. As a result of the program, IBIE 2019 attracted 23 delegations compared to 13 at its last event in 2016. IBIE expanded its show-floor activations and 2019 was arguably the most impressive experience to-date. Learn more about IBIE 2019 at ibie2019.com.

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Smart Moves in Monterey, Denver and More

Smart Meetings

De Tessan was most recently director of events at Grand Hyatt Denver and, in 2019, was named Hyatt Hotels’ Director of the Year for her feat of achieving 109 percent of the event sales yearly quota and customer service excellence. Before that, Murphy was strategic advisor for Master Connection Associates. Monica Coleman and Alecia Zackery.

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