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). Meanwhile, Madrid (9/6) is off the 2019 list, too.

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The revenue per available hotel room (RevPAR) across the conference and meetings market is predicted to grow by 3.5 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. Those financial winds might change in the next few years.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

At ADMEI 2019, the annual gathering of DMCs from around the world, four people who lived through worst-case scenarios in Houston, Puerto Rico, New Orleans and Las Vegas described their experiences—and the lessons learned. Related : ADMEI to Focus on International Impact in 2019. Meeting for a Good Cause Mattered.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Humana decor 3_1.jpg. Gating level. anonymous user.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Other shows followed, including “Girl Meets Hawaii,” “Passport to Europe,” “Passport to China,” “Great Weekends,” and “Samantha Brown’s Asia,” taking Brown to more than 250 cities in 62 countries and 40 states. You want to use every inch the airlines give you for free.”. This can become a TV tray or whatever.”. Travel to the B-sides.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Discover what leading marketers from INBOUND and SEMrush are planning and predicting for 2019. The Biggest Trends of 2019. You can also watch the 2019 Event Trends video for the full discussion. Meet the Panelists. This year, she’ll be producing SEMrush’s first user conference. Event Technology. Email Marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

and Canada Julius Robinson clarified that banking, finance and medical groups are returning with more small, regional meetings. At the same meeting, Isabella “Bella” D. Goren, former chief financial officer with American Airlines, was appointed to the board’s audit committee. That leads to welcoming all guests,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That brutal attack was fresh on Lauren Parr’s mind as two protesters from the audience rushed and jumped on the stage as a plenary session was about to get underway at last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for Earth and planetary scientists at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Samuel Thomas Jr.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2019

The country’s convention bureau is now promoting Cyprus as a world-class conference and events location. The recently refurbished Filoxenia Conference Centre can seat up to 850 people in its largest room and offers ample amenities for large conferences and conventions. Czech Republic. each year to 2028.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Very simply, our goal was to meet safely in person and celebrate the successes of 2019 while recognizing the challenges of 2020,” said Leigh Bentley, Meeting Services Division Manager at SERVPRO. Attendees qualified for the 2020 incentive trip based on their 2019 volume.). Developing the Event Plan.

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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

APRIL 21, 2022

While growth factors such as sports arenas, festivals and large conference spaces can “enhance the positioning of a destination,” of equal importance is the city’s ability to increase ease of access and accommodation availability, both of which are significant factors in shaping a city’s visitation numbers. Concentration. Copenhagen.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Smart Meetings talked to the leader of the world’s largest resource for official destination organizations, convention and visitors bureaus, and asked how he and his members help event professionals deliver better meetings. Destinations International annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri on July 23, 2019.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? Among the more intriguing events-industry developments of 2019 were bold moves made on the diversity and inclusion front. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. Cristi Kempf.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. BCD Meetings & Events. Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? Look no further. The cat's out of the bag. Chicago, IL.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? Among the more intriguing events-industry developments of 2019 were bold moves made on the diversity and inclusion front. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. Cristi Kempf.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 7, 2020

In this article, we'll look at VICE's event strategy and pinpoint specific things that you can use to host better conferences, training seminars, and trade expos for your own company. Broadly Astrology Conference. In 2018, the brand hosted the first-ever Broadly Astrology Conference for 150 astrology enthusiasts. Source: Mix.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

National Parks Turned Conference. For the annual MillerCoors’ Distributors Conference, which showcases 22 of MillerCoors’ top brands from Sol to Blue Moon, AgencyEA’s event strategy was to bring Austin’s infamous Rainey Street indoors. The now-global trend served as inspiration for a conference welcome reception.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 26, 2023

Smart Meetings asked Dr. Arun Upneja, Dean of the School of Hospitality Administration (SHA) at Boston University, if the push toward more extreme experiences is being felt in incentive travel , where the goal is to provide singular and high-end experiences for corporate stakeholders and sales staff. Source: NYU SPS Jonathan M.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Most people won’t even think about it, but it’s going to fire and drive everything that’s going to be taking place, from the autonomous vehicles and the lower latency of almost anything, to even a better, more sophisticated AI” Looking Back At 2019 Tech Trends. ” 2020 Event Tech Trends: 5G.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Last month, Daniel Levine , executive director of the Avant-Guide Institute , editor of the trends website WikiTrends , and a regular conference speaker, sent Convene a guest contribution for consideration. “The near future of meetings and events will look quite similar to meetings in the recent past,” Daniel Levine writes.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 2, 2017

And one major force driving this growth: meeting planners. “Additionally, we continue to work very closely with airline partners, the travel trade and the hotel sector to create compelling transit programs for stopover-specific markets such as Australia, USA and the Far East,” he said. Dubai snaps up meetings awards.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

Until then, let us get back to work on shows with lots of booths and conferences with tons of breakouts, like we’re all used to.”. For example: Until the mid-to-late 1990s, being a travel agent was a valuable gated business opportunity because they were the only ones with access to airline booking systems. What happened?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Courtney Spence and her father, Roy Spence (center), meet with a Watford City resident to understand the community’s challenges. While at GSD&M, he devoted extra attention to thinking about consumers’ attitudes and preferences to build effective brand messaging for companies like Southwest Airlines, Walmart, and AT&T.

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