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Wales to Host the World’s Biggest Culinary Event in 2026

Prestige Events Magazine

The world’s biggest culinary event is coming to Wales in 2026. A Team Wales partnership has secured the Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2026 for the nation. The Celtic Manor Resort, in partnership with the CAW and Welsh Government, successfully hosted Worldchefs meetings in 2017 and 2019.

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5 Biggest Challenges to Impact Events Industry in 2019 & Beyond

e2m.live

the events industry contributes more to GDP than even movie production (source: A survey conducted by Meeting Professionals International). Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is expected that the events industry will generate employment at the rate of 11% from 2016 to 2026. whereas the lengths of meetings will increase by 0.1

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Event Industry Trends & Stats

InGo

In 2019, 39% of event professionals agree that ‘engaging attendees’ is the most crucial element of a live event. Event technology statistics Since InGo’s platform is the #1 tool for scalable professional referral marketing, we had to start with some tech stats. billion in 2020 and is expected to reach a value of USD 16.71

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Event Industry Trends & Stats

InGo

27% of all virtual/hybrid meetings will make use of a mobile app ( AMEX , 2020). 60-70% of event app features commonly used across industries are engagement-focused ( EventMB , 2019). 100% of verticals analyzed by EventMB named “event agenda” in the top three most important features for an event app ( EventMB , 2019).

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Philadelphia Records Highest-Ever Convention Booking Year

SmartMeetings

Philadelphia’s prestige as a meeting destination dates to 1774, when the Continental Congress assembled in Carpenter’s Hall. In total, the meetings, conventions and events booked in 2016 are estimated to generate $1.3 Meetings at regional hotels and other venues account for the remaining 30 percent. percent and 5.8

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Destination Profs On Getting Back to an Eventful Future

SmartMeetings

On some days, the map for the meetings and events industry recovery may look more like a Sorry game board winding back on itself with danger at every turn than a superhighway smoothly delivering delegates and ideas to their desired outcome, but meeting professionals are not alone on the journey back from pandemic times.

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State of the Union: How COVID-19 is Impacting the Events Industry

EventPlanning

Billion by 2026. Here are a few of the partnerships you are likely to encounter: Venues. Not only do you make venues beautiful and unique, with your own style and taste. We have all heard about the 2019 engagements that are now being postponed due to COVID-19. The event industry globally produces $1.1 Photographers.