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PSAV acquires Encore – Event Tech Podcast Episode 2

Endless Events

On this episode of Event Tech Podcast Will Curran of Endless Events and Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting take a deeper dive into what this could mean for the events industry and AV companies. Hello everyone Will Curran from Endless Events here ready to talk some tech. 2015 they acquired American Audio Visual.

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Guest blog: Are you getting the best value from your venue?

Event Industry News

Lead time – work with your venue finding agent to understand the metrics of your booking patterns; what is the optimum lead time to source a venue, negotiate best value, retain space on option to allow for site visits and exchanging of contracts, that results in the best value per delegate? Event Tech. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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Here Are The 22 Best Event Platforms To Use In 2022!

Endless Events

Building events since : 2015. Feature : Bizzabo recently acquired Klik , an event tech startup that developed wearable RFID technology that offers amazing data-driven insights into attendee behavior, from session check-ins to providing your exhibitors and sponsors a list of people they interacted with. . Building events since : 2015.

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An Ode to 40 Women Influencers In the Events Industry

Hubilo Blog

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. She’s a past president of Meeting Professionals International, Chicago and has been named as one of the 40 under 40 in the meetings industry by Connect magazine in 2015.

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AEG Presents Special Event Venues (AEGSEV) Are Springing Back to Life

Unique Venues

Of course, there’s another great tactical reason for booking with a non-traditional space like a concert venue: they have built-in, high-tech light and sound capabilities, which you can’t find within just any hotel ballroom. Live Event Venues Have Extra Perks. LIVE in Los Angeles and Bowery Presents Venues on the East Coast.

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Bitcoin Explained, For Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

If a hotel accepts Bitcoin in payment, planners could potentially negotiate better prices by reducing the cost of fees third parties typically charge for processing transactions. After a rapid rise in value in 2013, the cryptocurrency’s value more than halved by mid-2015. How much does the value of Bitcoin fluctuate?

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

I know where my negotiation points are, and where I can bring expenses down to create more value for the company.’”. For meeting professionals who work hard at building relationships and excel at negotiation, requiring sign-off from a procurement team — or even having procurement run the RFP process — can be a hard pill to swallow.