Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

GL events has secured a new three-year contract with Grandstand Media Ltd to support the Horse of the Year Show. The partnership was launched at the 2019 HOYS event, which took place at the NEC Birmingham earlier this month, and saw GL events installing temporary grandstand seating in the TopSpec Arena for over 1,500 visitors.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 21, 2020

AIM Group International, a leading company specialised in congresses, events and communication, is proud to announce that 2019 was a successful year, with very positive results reflecting the huge number of events organised during the year. We are really satisfied with this year’s achievements.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 16, 2017

SWIFT (The Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) has appointed Grass Roots to provide a range of delegate management services for Sibos, its annual conference and exhibition for the financial industry, until 2021. The post Grass Roots awarded three-year Sibos contract appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Decibel Management

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Remember 2019? Ah, good old 2019. And then 2021 rolled around, and along with it a vaccine for COVID. Contraction rates improved. Here we take a look at six of those large-scale events that went off in 2021. . Watch: 10 Best Superbowl Commercials 2021. Met Gala 2021. Big Weekend 2021.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The opening day of IMEX America 2021 at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas was humming with people just happy to be back together. Once a legally binding contract is in place, it sets the stage for easier conversations,” said Dustin Arnhem, senior vice president of sales with Visit Baltimore. Reduced greenhouse emissions by 36.1%

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

In Part Two of this series where I focused on in-person events, I talked about the difficult—but necessary—contraction on the supply side (at venues, hotels, and other suppliers) to deal with the dramatic drop in demand. By 2019 those same medallions went for $136,000 , and some didn’t even sell. 2021: The Year of the UX.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In the end, the shakeout wrought by the first major industry contraction in over a decade will yield unexpected benefits: a new ecosystem of smarter, better-skilled and more nimble professionals laser-focused on producing events with strong ROI, and a dynamic and engaging user experience across virtual, hybrid and in-person platforms. .

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

According to the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast from American Express Meetings & Events, more than two-thirds of responding planners expect their total number of meetings to return to 2019 levels by Q2 2023. Planning for duty of care towards attendees is another item that’s moved far up the list of planners’ duties.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. Business events and hotel group room bookings are nearly half of what they were in 2019. As a result, travel planners are shifting the focus to their budgets and contracts with third parties. Costs are changing and budgets must follow suit.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Bookings for conferences, meetings and training events at Wyboston Lakes Resort for 2022 are currently over 140% ahead of 2019, alongside a record number of large events from leading pharmaceutical companies taking place this Autumn. There is also a clear trend for short lead times in 2021, even for relatively sizable events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties. Business events and hotel group room bookings are nearly half of what they were in 2019. As a result, travel planners are shifting the focus to their budgets and contracts with third parties. Costs are changing and budgets must follow suit.

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Event Industry News

MAY 14, 2021

As the UK’s successful vaccine roll-out brings confidence to the industry we are delighted to announce we’ve been contracted for Housing 2021, which is to be held in COVID-safe Manchester Central in September. Housing 2021 is the the award-winning Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Brew Crew decided it’s high time they share their thoughts about the dramatic return of COVID-19 in 2021 and see how their opinions have shifted since the last time they discussed it. They conclude that it’s not just a health crisis anymore – COVID-19 is, as of 2021, also a PR and an HR issue. ” he wonders.

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Event Marketer

JULY 12, 2021

The following insights were derived from the Event Marketer x Mosaic EventTrack 2021 industry forecast, AnyRoad’s Experiential Trends 2021 report, Northstar Meetings Group’s May 2021 Pulse Survey and Bizzabo’s Q2 2021 Virtual Events Benchmark Report. So what can event marketers expect as the second half of 2021 unfolds?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Cast members at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, overwhelmingly voted to accept a new five-year labor contract that will pay a starting wage of $15 an hour by 2021. an hour more by 2021. But now they’re on their way to a starting pay boost of more than 50 percent.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The two-part CEMA webinar series, “Planning an Annual Conference in 2021, The Before & After,” reviewed what worked and what didn’t at Workiva’s Amplify virtual events. In that same spirit, I tuned in to the two-part CEMA webinar series , “Planning an Annual Conference in 2021, The Before & After.”

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 2, 2022

She joined MVT in March 2021 on a freelance contract to coordinate The National Lottery’s Revive Live and will now report directly to MVT CEO Mark Davyd. Rebecca Walker has been appointed Live Projects Coordinator. Matthew started working as a promoter in Bristol venues 20 years ago.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 8, 2021

The in-person floorplan for the hybrid Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum 2021 will look a lot different than the ECEF 2019 space (above) at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C. In 2019, we had a jewel-box setting — everyone facing the stage seated in long tables and a program with long networking breaks.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

Flight disruptions have become the norm rather than the exception, and when things go wrong–as they so often do now–we are at the mercy of the airlines’ own Contracts of Carriage, rules written by and most assuredly for the airlines. consumer complaints were already 603% higher than in November 2019.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

One lesson learned from both Frankfurt 2022 and America in 2021 was that people want more focused learning tracks. See highlights from IMEX America 2021. Right now, the contract is through 2025, but we’re already talking about continuing,” she said. Even the biggest conferences are always looking for ways to improve.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In 2019, FAMP drew 1,500 attendees and 140 booths. They gave us three options: Terminate our original contract and they would return our deposit with no penalty, Reschedule the event in 2020 with new contract terms; or. Postpone to 2021 with the same contract terms.”. New protocols included: Face masks.

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Event Industry News

JULY 4, 2022

Of the remaining 86%, around half had approval and were in the process of researching and contracting their venue, with the remainder awaiting and decision or approval to proceed. The results showed that only 12% of buyers had booked a Christmas Party and only 2% are not holding a party. Budgets not matching price increases.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 5, 2022

Of the remaining 86%, around half had approval and were in the process of researching and contracting their venue, with the remainder awaiting and decision or approval to proceed. The results showed that only 12% of buyers had booked a Christmas Party and only 2% are not holding a party. Budgets not matching price increases.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 19, 2022

Initial discussions for the project were held in 2019 with the 2020 event postponed due to Covid and rescheduled for November 2021. Design and planning commenced in earnest in the spring of 2021, with the requirement to create a temporary world-class venue.

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Skiddle

MARCH 8, 2023

Established in 2019, the event had some challenges. A weekend of music and fun at Newcastle’s Leazes Park in 2021. Land Beyond 2019). Many events have tried to tap into the era’s nostalgia, but few do it better than Noughty 90s Festival. Like many festivals, the pandemic proved a tough ask. But they persevered.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. In mid-February, occupancy was 66%, down only 9% from the same week in 2019. ADR was 10% higher than the same time in 2019. However, revenue was up.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Editor’s Note : Created in 2019, San Diego State University’s Meeting & Event Management Master’s Program was created in partnership between Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and San Diego State University’s L. 2021 brings not only optimism, but also an opportunity to be at the forefront of an industry in transition.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

The HBAA annual Brexit survey in June 2019 revealed that 78 per cent of the sector believed Brexit had slightly affected business, up from 36 per cent in the previous year. According to the 2019 HBAA annual Brexit survey, 18.7 This is in line with what Julie Shorrock, managing director of HTS, has seen. Brexit’s impact on recruitment.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After a slowdown from 2021, the use of streaming technology is steadily growing again, Alroy reported, citing a survey that found 68% of organizers plan to have a virtual component at their next in-person event. By the fall of 2021, a lot of Joanna Pineda’ global clients were saying they were done with virtual. The Back-up Plan.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2019, I set out to create a new set of guidelines—one focused on any guests that would attend our events. MRS: We started with a virtual set of guidelines during the pandemic in April 2021, and then it evolved to IRL in 2023. The more I started to read through, the more my team realized we don’t know what we don’t know.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It’s not just Covid-19 (C19) and it’s much more than F&B , room blocks and hotel contracts. However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016. We’re moving into year three of what will most likely be a continuation of the dreaded ‘P’ word: pivoting.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

VFS Global has been named an official ticket reseller for Expo 2020 Dubai to be held in the UAE between 20 October 2020 and 10 April 2021. Mr. Sanjive Khosla, chief commercial officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, and Mr. Zubin Karkaria, CEO, VFS Global Group, signed the contract on 20 October 2019 in Dubai.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This marks a shift from 2019, when company sales and profits were top-ranked benefits,” Harris said. While meeting professionals on both sides of the contract were optimistic about incentive travel returning even faster than the rest of the industry, the return to activity was seen as more robust than the full budget return. “We

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The MICE

MARCH 31, 2022

Circular Economy Entrepreneurs 2021. Prior to establishing the three day Swiss Sustainability Forum, NZZ Connect started with a precursor event called Circular Economy Entrepreneurs in 2019 in Langenthal, a city in Canton Bern. Afterwards, it moved the second edition to Interlaken in 2020, and in 2021, it moved the event to Bern.

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QC Event School

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.; How to write airtight client and vendor contracts; And SO much more! You can be the best there is putting together a wedding – but if you don’t know how to conduct yourself, build your brand, develop contracts, and attract clients, your skill-set alone won’t be enough to build a sustainable business.

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QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

In 2019, I started dreaming of a way I could help people while also incorporating my passions. Launching on August 8, 2019; Connecting with other local vendors to network and collaborate; Starting to build my portfolio and clientele by doing lots of styled shoots, etc. You were SO successful this year (2021).

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EventSource

MARCH 11, 2021

Iris immediately helped us brainstorm options: First, she coordinated with every single one of our vendors to secure a new date for 2021 so we could have the party we dreamed of then! But at the time, we knew we didn’t want to put our loved ones at risk and so we made the hard decision to postpone our wedding to July 17, 2021.

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