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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

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For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Meeting planners do, too.

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Top Hospitality Event Trends in 2017

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From create your own poke bowl stations to event app polls, 2017 was the year we stopped telling people what to do and let them decide for themselves how they wanted to learn, participate and eat. Smart Meetings has been reporting on these changes all year, and following are the trends that stand out to our editors. App Ubiquity.

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8 Hot Event-Planning Buzzwords of 2017

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Predictably, big trends impact all industries—including event planning. These are some of the hottest event-planning buzzwords of 2017. Virtual reality (VR) can be used during the course of event planning. The average consumer is often overwhelmed with endless options, reviews and social media feeds.

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Smart Women 2017: Innovators

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I love the hugs and high-fives we get at our tech bars and social media lounges, and the “shut the front door” moments during the sessions I do at conferences. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Further Reading: Smart Women 2017: Industry Leaders.

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Smart Women 2017 – Innovators

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I love the hugs and high-fives we get at our tech bars and social media lounges, and the “shut the front door” moments during the sessions I do at conferences. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Further Reading: Smart Women 2017: Industry Leaders.

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DMA West: Going Viral, What’s Trending and Crisis Communication

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A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT. Here are takeaways every meeting professional can benefit from. 60 percent of travelers post on social media daily. Wellness trips are up 200 percent as compared to 2017. View this post on Instagram. Shawna Suckow. Tod Maffin.

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8 Meeting & Event Trends that Could Explode in 2017

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Instead of switching their phones off, they keep them on, and they become a vital part of corporate events, with people transmitting the latest insight out into the social media sphere. The post 8 Meeting & Event Trends that Could Explode in 2017 appeared first on Smart Meetings. The sustainability set.

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