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Meetings industry shares optimistic outlook for 2019

Event Industry News

The UK’s meetings industry is looking towards 2019 with optimism following a successful summer and an uplift in enquiries for the year ahead. The industry also experienced an increase of around 7% in average enquiry levels between June and August compared to the same period in 2017, indicating further sustained growth into 2019.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

Event Industry News

The ranking is based on proprietary and industry data in CWT’s 2019 Meetings & Events Future Trends report, to be published later this week. 2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). Meanwhile, Madrid (9/6) is off the 2019 list, too. in 2018, up from 2% in 2017, and hold firm through 2019 and 2020.

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. In 2019 and beyond, more robust data and engagement tools will allow events to begin moving away from personas to true personalization.

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Navigating Rising Costs at Your Events

PCMA Convene

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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TOP 10 event trends in 2019 and how to measure which works best for you

Eventory

What are the ten hottest event trends for 2019? Let’s check what will be new in 2019 to join proven trends. 2019 Trends in event management. One of the hottest event trends in 2019 will be the adaptation of this technology during events. In 2019, we will emphasize the safety issues of events.

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PSAV acquires Encore – Event Tech Podcast Episode 2

Endless Events

October 2017, sometimes I wish I could do dramatic readings of press releases. Brandt Krueger: October 2017, PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical. 2017, one year later. And now here we are finally January 2019 where they’re announcing Encore Event Technologies. You can negotiate these contracts. So it was 2012.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

MeetingsNet

After aggregating 1,000-plus hotel sales promotions in 2017, we found that hotels send out promo offers 89-193 days from the arrival/departure dates. Take these incentives as a sign that you now have the upper hand in negotiations, a rare reprieve in today’s climate where suppliers typically hold all the leverage. .