SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Travelers in 2018 will rely more on artificial intelligence and digital technology before booking a trip, and will increasingly emphasize health and wellness during their stay, according to a study by Booking.com. The post 8 Top Travel Predictions for 2018 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 9, 2019

But the prospect of continued investment in an exploding airline industry doesn’t excite everyone — including Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old environmental activist from Sweden who founded the international school strike for the climate movement last year. Airlines Get Serious About Going Green. The world’s airlines, including U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 23, 2017

Visit Indy will be hosting WEC 2018 June 2 through 5, 2018 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Then-Mayor Richard Lugar saw the economy changing in the late 1960s and made a commitment to transform the downtown into a place for holding conventions and sporting events.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 16, 2018

G2 Crowd is the leading website for online business software and service reviews, where Event Mobi ranks as a High Performer on the Summer 2018 Mobile Event Apps Report. Event speakers are essential to a successful event marketing strategy. How do you keep your event speakers happy? Because it gets results.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 26, 2019

According to a report released by CareerCast, event planners made it to the top five on the list of “ The Most Stressful Jobs of 2018 ,” right after firefighters, police officers, enlisted military personnel and airline pilots. Before an Event. Every event planner must have a checklist. During an Event.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Events venues are seeing bookings return like it’s 2018 on a global scale. Lounge Key is for business travelers and event-ward planners who like to maximize that waiting time before their flight. Handy tools for the whole trip. Apple, Android, Windows. Stars on Google Play.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CWT Meetings & Events, a division of global travel management company Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), today unveiled its predictions for the top ten cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in M&E. 2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). Moscow, Russia (6/-). Barcelona, Spain (5/2).

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Event Industry News

JULY 29, 2019

Sports Events 365 has completed the development of a new supplier’s interface which allows major ticket brokers who work with the company to access the site directly on a continuous basis. As a result, Sports Events 365’s customers will now be able to receive immediate confirmation for most of the sporting event tickets on the website.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

For the sixth year running, event planning has been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs on Earth. I’d bet you can guess most of them: firefighter, military personnel, police officer, airline pilot. That is, unless, you’re an event planner…. Event coordinators, we can do better! That’s not a list we want to be on.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 24, 2018

and Canada, effective March 31, 2018.”. “I I am still going to deliver the best product for the event, even if it is a Marriott property,” said Kate Christensen, president at KCA, an association and event management company in Phoenix, said. Airlines stopped paying commissions to travel agents, and you started to see fees.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 12, 2018

In March, Visit Dallas invited a locally based company known for making people feel welcome 3,000 miles in the air— Southwest Airlines —to talk to the destination team on the ground about how to engage visitors in new ways. A post shared by Hannah Garcia (@hannahbetho) on Mar 9, 2018 at 1:32pm PST. Empower Employees to Smile.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Forecasts for 2018 in general predicted higher costs across hotels, airlines and venues, and it is a trend that will continue if occupancy remains high. Unfortunately, this means higher prices for attendees. Those financial winds might change in the next few years. Market-wide, the RevPAR is expected to slow to 3 percent in 2019.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

These disasters significantly impacted the meetings and events industry by forcing the cancellation or postponement of many gatherings, but thanks partly to the industry’s efforts , most of the areas hit are recovering much more quickly than initially anticipated. Add to that major wildfires in California. Navigating Multiple Travel Bans.

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Conference Care

JANUARY 20, 2023

A classic example is providing compostable packaging for food at an event. Using lots of buzz words to sound more sustainable As consumers become more conscious, businesses try to cram in as many sustainability buzzwords as they can to describe their events. Green,’ for example, is a common descriptor for events.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Why Claritin Invited Consumers to Race Go-karts with Allergy Sufferer Frankie Muniz One of the goals for BÉIS, which was launched in 2018 by actress Shay Mitchell, was to boost brand awareness (who could miss the beige building-sized luggage façade on L.A.’s s Abbot Kinney Boulevard?) For instance, there was a backdrop of the L.A.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 15, 2018

A brand-new hotel is slated for a summer 2018 opening with another beginning construction next year. When it comes to getting here and getting around, few meetings and event destinations rival Phoenix for ease and convenience. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is served by 16 airlines with more than 1,200 daily flights.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 16, 2021

Southwest Airlines’ birthday week festivities are always a big to-do for employees, but as the brand approached the big 5-0 this year, grander celebrations were in order. Planning for the 50 th anniversary campaign began pre-pandemic in 2018, meaning Southwest had to pare down its original strategy to comply with COVID regulations.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The report, 2018 Future of U.S. Two-thirds prefer booking on travel websites and close to half (47 percent) prefer booking through a specific hotel, resort or airline website. millennial travelers are seeking immersive, local experiences that challenge them and expand their awareness, according to a new report.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2018

When it comes to getting here and getting around, few meetings and event destinations rival Phoenix for ease and convenience. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is served by 16 airlines with more than 1,200 daily flights. Terminal 3 is undergoing an extensive $590 million modernization, which will be completed in 2020.

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Event Industry News

JULY 25, 2018

Using tappit’s technology, festivalgoers will be able to experience faster and more secure transactions across the two events. By going cashless, events have much greater potential to eradicate transactional fraud and theft. By going cashless, events have much greater potential to eradicate transactional fraud and theft.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Get inspired by these 10 corporate event marketing ideas that go beyond the typical trade show booth. It’s no secret that live events are valuable marketing channels. According to the 2018 Event Marketing Benchmarks and Trends , that’s exactly the case. Virtual Reality will be news-worthy Event Marketing.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Event coordinator was the 5th-most stressful job in 2018 on one list, meaning ‘it’s more important than ever’ for event pros to focus on their well-being. Event coordinator was ranked as the fifth-most stressful career in 2018, according to CareerCast.com , right behind police officer and airline pilot.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2019

In the UAE, Dubai is continuing to benefit from its long-established brand in the business events world and now is home to over 96,000 bedrooms across 501 hotels, as well as over 7million sq ft of convention space. The country’s convention bureau is now promoting Cyprus as a world-class conference and events location. year-over-year.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

IBTM’s much anticipated IBTM World Trends Watch report has been unveiled today to a global audience of meetings and events professionals at IBTM World in Barcelona. The report paints a picture of a changing world but one with myriad exciting opportunities for the meetings and events world to seize.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Rising hotel and airline costs , along with increasing demand for more and longer meetings is pressuring planners to make critical choices to stay in strict budgets, according to a new study by American Express Meetings & Events. In fact, hoteliers reported that demand for smaller cities was up 3.2 percent. .

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

HTC’s 500-some delegates included investors, tour operators, travel agents, and representatives from the airline, hotel, food, airline, and travel-retail sectors. The State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2015/16 , prepared by Thomson Reuters, estimates that the value of the Islamic tourism market will reach $181 billion by 2018.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Sharp has a long history in marketing and management positions, working in the past as account executive for Emery Worldwide Airlines and UPS and later as senior director of strategy and planning and senior director of worldwide applications at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2018

— Subway® UK (@SubwayUK) June 21, 2018. — Sage Rosenfels (@SageRosenfels18) June 22, 2018. — American Airlines (@AmericanAir) May 11, 2018. — FFC Exhibition (@FFCExhibition) June 9, 2018. — Marriott Hotels (@Marriott) March 24, 2018. — Wendy's (@Wendys) June 15, 2018.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Live music, sporting events, and arts and theater shows are often held at the park, and there are plenty of places to eat and drink from coffee and cocktails to barbecue and vegan food. Read More : Roundup of Post-Event Life for Olympic Venues. Read More : Roundup of Post-Event Life for Olympic Venues. Concentration.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 7, 2019

Guerrilla marketing campaigns (not to be confused with gorilla marketing campaigns ) are one of the more unique event types. Some of the latest event marketing stats show that 75% of content marketers believe live events are the most effective part of any marketing strategy. A little warning: guerrilla marketing looks easy.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Bonus, the same service can also transport attendees to and from events. Ticket prices are comparable to the major airlines’ fares. The planes are also available to be chartered for corporate events. The schedule is flexible until July 2018. The schedule is flexible until July 2018. Photo from Hangar event .

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2022

After working her way into dining room management, Smith first served as general manager of the property in 2018. Becerra has been national sales manager at PRA Business Events, corporate group sales manager for Hilton Worldwide, group sales manager for Interstate Hotels & Resorts and more. Gary Koester. Derek Hunt.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 13, 2018

After sitting out the first half of this decade, the organization is actively seeking to attract events. Birmingham accounts for 40 percent of England’s MICE business and hosted 56 new events in 2016 alone. More than 19 million people fly into Manchester Airport, which serves 60 airlines flying to and from 200 destinations.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2019

The California-based company usually shirk the commercial event in favour of hosting their own show business launch parties, but this year, they broke with tradition and mingled with the crowd. Using an event app? Running an immersive event? They are also fantastic for live event stages in busy areas or conferences.

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Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 23, 2018

“About 55 million world citizens declare at least some lineage to Scotland,” brags Richard Knight, Director of Marketing, The Americas Business Events, at Visit Scotland. It’s estimated that business events generate $12 billion for Scotland’s economy. There’s an emotional link to this country,” says Knight. Also, a strong U.S.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

— Hertz (@Hertz) February 23, 2018. United Airlines followed, saying it would not offer a discounted rate to the group’s annual meeting in Dallas in May. United Airlines followed, saying it would not offer a discounted rate to the group’s annual meeting in Dallas in May. Nebraska Gov.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Planners additionally mentioned housing, perceptions of the business events industry, and the need for education focused on business strategy and leadership for meeting professionals among top challenges. We’ll publish the results in the March 2018 issue of Convene. not meetings). Trying to prove the worth of meeting planners.

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