Explara

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

According to AdStage, in 2018 some 68% of B2B marketers used in-person events for lead generation initiatives. Also, there are some fundamental reasons maintaining a presence at events is great for B2Bs: exposure, brand awareness, and lead generation. […].

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Searcys, one of the UK’s most renowned event caterers and restaurateurs, begins a new decade with a significant internal investment in its people. As part of its ongoing hospitality strategy, Searcys has strengthened its meetings and events business, which experienced significant growth over 2018 and 2019.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A growth in enquiry levels for 2020 will allow the business meetings and events industry to start the new year with optimism after a challenging 2019, says the Meetings Industry Association (mia). Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Areas of interest. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions.

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Attendease

JANUARY 28, 2019

Back in 2015, I introduced five trends I expected would have a major impact on making events stand out. Did mobile event apps, iBeacons, event analytics, interactivity, or gamification have the impact I’d predicted they would? What new trends have eclipsed them in the event space? Mobile Event Apps.

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Event Industry News

MAY 6, 2020

We weren’t about to let lockdown get in the way of the musical start to your summer … Big Weekend will go ahead this May Bank Holiday weekend as planned (Friday 22 – Sunday 24 May 2020), but with a crucial difference: this year’s event takes place remotely for the first time. Watch highlights of Sam Smith at Swansea 2018.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The Association for Women in Events? AWE), a not for profit organisation supporting gender equality and diversity in the events industry, has announced its 2019 board members and executive committee. We are pleased to welcome the 2019-2020 slate of board members. 2018 AWE Co-founder and President. Secretary: April Walsh.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Leading global brand experience company, Cook & Associates , has been selected as a “preferred supplier” for the 2020 Farnborough International Airshow. During the 2018 Airshow, Cook & Associates successfully delivered eleven major projects, fielding a team of over 100 staff on site. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2018

They and all their Disney pals have been up to a whole bunch in 2018, including celebrating Mickey Mouse’s milestone 90 th birthday. Disney Meetings Rebrands as Disney Meetings & Events. In October, the Disney Meetings division added an “ampEARSand” to become Disney Meetings & Events.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 21, 2019

This will represent a 21% rise in donations to charity by 2020. The central London venue’s 2018 Annual Review reveals that the record turnover has been boosted by a 37% increase in high-profile concerts held in its historic Great Hall. During the first six months of 2018 over 176,000kg of carbon was saved via recycling initiatives.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 13, 2018

We’ve compiled 20 events dedicated to VR and AR to keep you up to date and involved with this innovative and revolutionary technology. In fact, when VR and AR technologies are incorporated in events , they serve to enhance attendee experience as well. 2) Google I/O 2018. 3) VRLA 2018 - Virtual Reality LA.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

All quotes are from the article “ Virtual Growing Pains: Initial Lessons Learned from Organizing Virtual Workshops, Summits, Conferences, and Networking Events during a Global Pandemic “ in the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Check it out for full details!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, announced locations for upcoming World Education Congress events: Toronto, Ontario, in Canada in 2019; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, in 2020; the brand-new Caesars FORUM in Las Vegas in 2021; and San Francisco in 2022. 15–17, 2020. 10–12, 2019.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 23, 2022

After a virtual awards ceremony in 2020 and a pandemic-enforced pause in 2021, the Off To Work Event Photography Awards have relaunched with a double-quick 2022 competition for images captured during 2020 and 2021. Brand Activation & Experiential Events. Corporate Events & Conferences. Cultural Events.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2022

Deal Room Events is the up-and-coming all-in-one event management platform that offers event management services for virtual, hybrid and in-person events with its unique networking features. Founded in 2018 in Espoo, Finland, Deal Room is an advanced platform designed to manage virtual, hybrid and in-person events.

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EventSource

JUNE 9, 2020

As Toronto & GTA’s go-to platform for weddings and special events, it is incumbent on us that we work toward building a site that does a better job of representing all the POC that make up our fantastic city – particularly black couples who are underrepresented on our site. Alicia Jenelle Events. A Lush Affair.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2022

Sina is a Certified Meetings Professional (CMP) with extensive knowledge in organizing hybrid, online and in-person events. She organized the ICCA Congress 2020, a global hybrid event with 8 hubs around the world that attracted 1500 delegates, featured 220 speakers and over 100 hours of content.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 17, 2022

and compared them with registration numbers from those same three conferences after they moved online in 2020. The second study cited in the Journal article, a discussion paper from London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance, collected data on more than 12,000 economics seminars from fall 2018 through 2020.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Steven Charles Rooney (52) received an 11-year ban, which is effective from 18 October 2020, while his wife, Linn Rooney (40), was previously disqualified for 6 years. ABC Events (Scotland) Ltd was incorporated in October 2011, providing conference and event organisation services across the UK.

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a2z Innovation Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This year’s CEIR Predict offered top executive and decision makers from leading events industry organizations a multitude of sessions with big picture information and key insights over a two-day period. I have taken the last few weeks to process and digest the information from the event and would like to share my key takeaway here today.

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GEVME

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Taking an active part in growing the MICE industry in the APAC region, we continue to cover the critical event industry events across the region. Today we have a story about Be @ Penang event. Malaysia’s most prominent business events conference returns for the fourth edition this December at the Setia SPICE Convention Centre.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 15, 2021

The virtual space once viewed as a novelty is here to stay, allowing more access to events all around the globe. Ronald Lim , Co-founder & Event Producer, Think Events started this journey of technological discovery back in 2018. Here is his story. Our clients are becoming more receptive to new ideas and concepts.

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The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 23, 2020

Ten events that have pivoted to digital! With so much going on at such an unbelievably quick pace in the world of events, it will prove to be very useful to see how others are managing. So in this post, I have highlighted 10 great events that have pivoted to digital. Ten pivoted events to watch.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bristol Arena is still going ahead after a recent project review and should be open by autumn 2020, says Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees. Work is expected to start on site by spring 2018 but will be with a new contractor after Bristol City Council and Bouygues UK parted ways this week. The council has chosen […].

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Business of Events is pleased to announce its first confirmed speakers and contributors ahead of its UK Policy Forum , which takes place on 8 th November at IET London: Savoy Place. Theresa Villiers MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events Theresa Villiers has been the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet since 2005.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 25, 2016

After more than 10 years, Chicago has been chosen to host American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting & Exposition in 2018. The event, which draws around 7,000 association professionals from across the United States, will be held Aug. 18-21 at McCormick Place West Building.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Responsible for venue sales, operations and customer service he also oversees relationships between the venue and the wider events industry. Involved with trade associations throughout his career, Carlo was president of the ILEA from 2017 to 2018 and continues to be an active board member of the Europe chapter.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It’s all smiles in the Event Genius office after their cashless payment system – Event Genius Pay – took home the award for Best Sales Technology at the Event Tech Awards after twelve months of successful event deliveries and new feature releases including mobile top-ups and an enhanced self-serve reporting suite.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The interactions between participants at live events are far more memorable, and allow attendees to truly take the time to get to know each other and create stronger networks with longer lasting bonds,” said Justine Matthys – Assistant Vice President, Production from ACI, organisers of the European E-Fuels Conference in Hamburg.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The Government have so far failed to engage with MP’s questions regarding the lack of support for companies, freelancers and staff from the events sector. The protest will be socially distanced and showcase the professionalism of the events industry. The events sector is currently operating at 1-5% of normal capacity.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

One of the biggest benefits of event marketing comes down to the here and now of an event day; it’s all about the meet and greets, networking, and face-to-face interactions. However, as any event marketer will tell you, the success of an event depends on the actions taken well before the event day, as well as the days after.

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Event Industry News

MAY 16, 2022

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, numerous festivals in the UK were cancelled or postponed in 2020 and 2021. ” They deserve to know that event workers are “equipped” to handle reports and that festivals are taking a “proactive approach in preventing sexual assault”, she said. on 16th May 2022.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Discover must-attend cannabis events that are shaping a fast-developing industry. Thanks to increasing legalization of recreatio nal marijuana use in many parts of the world, an entirely new category of events is fast emerging. Event marketers of cannabis events are undeterred by regional restrictions. Lift & Co.

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2020

MICEOFFERS.com and Sandals Resorts have agreed an exclusive global deal that will put the hotel and venue chain in front of over 90,000 event bookers around the world. This agreement will be the first of its kind in the industry and will see some of the best value offers delivered to bookers of meetings, events, and incentive travel.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Stanfield previously worked as general manager at Hilton Buenos Aires, during which the property was awarded national and international awards, including Argentina’s Best MICE Hotel in 2020 and the World Travel Awards in 2019 and 2020. He comes from The Peninsula Bangkok, where he worked as hotel manager since October 2018.

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Boomset

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020. The Eventex Awards - the biggest global event awards, announced the finalists in their 10th-anniversary edition - and #TheBoomset Way has made the shortlist! The winners will be announced on 26 March 2020 - stay tuned! Read more about the digital event here.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Thanks to pent-up demand, decreased competition and the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, Festicket and Event Genius Marketing Director Luis Sousa explains why there is no better time than now to go on sale for 2021. 2020 has been a turbulent year to say the least for the events industry. It’ll be worth the wait!

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