Event Industry News

JULY 20, 2022

Cvent , a market-leading meetings, events, travel and hospitality technology provider, published the latest instalment of the Cvent Travel Managers Report: Europe Edition , which provides in-depth insights into current corporate travel trends and activity. The report reveals significant levels of optimism amongst corporate travel managers.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2022

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity descended upon the south of France in person last week, after a three-year hiatus, to honor some of the marketing and advertising industry’s most outstanding work. From the Cannes Archives: Interactive Feature: Our Full Report on Brand Experiences at Cannes Lions 2019.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

RFP activity and hotel group room nights showed a significant increase in 2022 Q2, with both indexes reaching over 80% of 2019 levels, according to the 2022 Q2 Global Business Events Barometer released today by the Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events industry.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The latest UFI/BSG report on the trade fair industry in Asia compares regional markets in 2022 when COVID was still affecting many Asian markets with 2019 UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the 18th edition of its annual report on the Trade Fair Industry in Asia.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2022

By March, meetings business in most of the top 25 meeting markets in the country beat forecasts, while April is also on pace to notably exceed the forecasts made as recently as early February. Over the remainder of 2022, corporate travel should grow significantly from its now-small base.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. That net income is often what funds an association’s year-round member programs and services.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

followed by a presentation on group travel recovery in the first half of 2022 by Heath Dillard, director of insights for Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, and a live global broadcast at NASCAR Hall of Fame to finish off the day. The post How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

RCP London Events is ending 2022 with some positive event statistics. The central London events venue, which hosts hundreds of events per year for a wide range of organisations including associations, charities, medical companies and the wider corporate community across several sectors, today announces trading at 90% of 2019 income in 2022.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. Hotels are raising rates for both leisure and group business as they are currently experiencing strong demand in many markets. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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Skiddle

JANUARY 30, 2023

Almost a year ago to the date, at the beginning of 2022, discussions were being held inside meeting rooms at Skiddle offices UK-wide, with teams across the company strategising ways to collectively work together to achieve one of our main objectives for the year; to increase the rate of conversions across the Skiddle site. What’s next?

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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. The full version of the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast can be found here.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2022

Attendees listen to a session during PCMA EduCon 2022 in early June. We recently had our first in-person event in 2022 and our attendance numbers were down,” Lisa Simpson , CMP, vice president, events and supplier relations for the American Staffing Association shared on the PCMA Catalyst forum. Jacob Slaton Photography).

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 15, 2022

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. The holy grail of pricing is to make it value-based, or what the market will bear. C) Investors help activate the sponsorship through their pre- and post-conference marketing. Opportunities sell out.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Named the “Best Travel App” by Fodor’s Travel in 2019, PackPoint is a virtual space for all your packing lists—from essential work items to hiking must-haves. Flightradar24 is the most relied upon flight tracker app in the market. The post Essential List: Top International Travel Apps of 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Intrado Corporation (“Intrado” or the “Company”), a global leader in technology-enabled services, announced today that its Notified business segment has released its 2022 Benchmark Report for Webinars and Virtual Events. This year’s report analyzes customer data from Notified’s leading webinar and virtual event technology.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 11, 2022

Newcastle City Council then imposed new restrictions which organisers had described as “challenging” But the postponement was due to rising costs and an “oversaturated market” The three-day festival was due to happen from June 3 to 5, but will now take place in May 2023. ON 8 TH APRIL 2022. .”

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

How would ETL 2022 cope with the transition from multi-room landscape to one pillar-free flat floor? Marketing director Graham Forsyth, a relatively recent addition to the company, explaining the system’s capacity to deliver its European conference, Slack Frontiers, at the Brewery in October without a single email.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 6, 2022

I’ve had my ear to the ground during the nearly first quarter of the year and have aggregated the following advice and insights from organizers who have planned, produced, supported and/or marketed successful 2022 events. Give more than lip service to “we’re not going back to 2019. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

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Exhibitor Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As the world has continued to be gripped by the COVID pandemic, the recovery of the exhibitions market in 2021 and 2022 has been muted from a global p.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The global exhibitions market is set to contract by c.70% This forecast is the only analysis that measures the direct impact of Covid-19 on the global exhibitions organising market. As the following graph illustrates, the Globex 2019 estimate of market size (based on proforma revenues) was US $29.7bn. 70% contraction.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta maintains an active presence in the meetings market through stage appearances at events such as Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference , held last month in Columbus, Ohio. However, “we can get back [to the 2019 rate] tomorrow if we want.

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Skiddle

MAY 2, 2023

Promoters, club owners and hoteliers based on the island are predicting one of the longest and most profitable seasons in its history this year, following a bumper year in 2022 which saw music tourism return for the first time post-pandemic, attracting more than 3 million tourists.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we progress through the event industry’s recovery to 2019 levels, conference organizers must have a laser focus on helping potential attendees make their business case for attending their events. Tag each session with up to three descriptors about who the session is best for. Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

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Nunify

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Here is a Step-by-step SEO guide for event marketing to help you – whether your a beginner or advanced. With Google’s update on mobile-first indexing in 2019, it’s imperative to have a mobile-responsive site to index faster and thus increase the probability of ranking higher. For example, Marketing summit California.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 3, 2024

There’s no doubt that any association’s leadership team would be supremely happy if their 2023 annual meeting had 20 percent more attendees than in the pre-Covid benchmark year of 2019. Each new video is mentioned in the association’s rolling marketing campaign, along with whichever fun activation or game the sponsor will host on site.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 18, 2022

Since first opening its doors as a brand-new convention centre in September 2019, ICC Wales has finally been able to celebrate a full twelve months’ worth of trading. Another two months of trading since its latest relaunch in February 2022 allowed ICC Wales to finally clock up the first-year milestone.

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All Seated

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I’m not going to focus this message on 2021 but instead, get excited about 2022 – and talk about the future! As a technology company, people tend to ask what we think will be coming in 2022. And two, is the market actually ready for something new/different? The post Get Excited About 2022! Can we make it simple?

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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. New business has increased by 266%, compared to 2020, and is up by 14% on 2019.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

This highlights the continued uncertainty in the industry and the need for event planners to remain flexible and adaptive to changes in the market. It is important to note that Q4 2019 was unusually high before the pandemic took hold, which somewhat skews the annual figures. Short lead times remain a trend in the industry.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

CloserStill Media, a world-leading producer of market-leading events, today announced a record year of trading in 2022. CloserStill generated revenues in excess of $120m in 2022, representing an organic increase of more than 15% compared to pre-pandemic levels of trading in 2019.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

EMC3 asked the world’s leading marketing and events professionals from LinkedIn, HubSpot and Facebook about their event predictions for 2022 and you’re not going to believe some of their responses! 2022 Events will be Virtual and Hybrid in format. Julius Solaris, VP of Marketing Strategy, Events at Hopin.

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Event Certificate

MARCH 3, 2022

The post 12 Books Every Event Planner Should Be Reading in 2022 appeared first on EVENT PLANNING CERTIFICATE. These books provide a comprehensive list of materials covering topics from event planning logistics to business promotion. There are many ways to learn event and wedding planning. This can […].

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

Ferguson came together at Union Market for its annual Travel Rally, held during U.S. Research by MMGY Travel Intelligence, HIS Markit, Travel Market Insights, National Travel & Tourism and U.S. decrease from 2019—and supported 57,933 local jobs. Travel, overseas visitation will likely not reach 2019 levels until 2025.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rising prices for business travelers are predicted to continue in 2022 and through 2023, according to a report, “ 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast ,” by travel management platform CWT and Global Business Travel Association. Overall, the global economy is expected to grow 3% in 2022 and 2.8% in 2022, greater than 2019.

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Skiddle

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Returning to the renowned Balearic island for the first time in over two years, IMS Ibiza 2022 , the thirteenth edition of the overseas conference, promises to be an event with a stark difference in comparison to its last outing back in 2019. IMS Ibiza 2022 – Wednesday 27th – Friday 29th April 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light, an ongoing series of looks behind the scenes at how events are being produced today, we asked Paula Mettler Marketing and communications manager with Leo Events to share a look at a recent production for a major retailer. At a separate venue, more than 1,000 International Associates met with their U.S.

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