Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

He brings experience in religious, fraternal and ethnic meetings segments to drive new conventions and meetings to Cincinnati and establish it as a top national meetings destination. She served as Vice President for MPI’s Aloha Chapter in 2019 and is passionate about creating extraordinary guest experiences.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore, stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10, about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Evolution Dome, the international leader in temporary inflatable event structures and solutions, is on target for a 60% growth in business in 2019. Austin said: “We have seen phenomenal growth this year, both with new clients and repeat bookings. Now operating in four countries, Evolution Dome offers a global reach to clients.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. Post pandemic, a lot of faces have changed; a lot of meetings have changed. Stakeholder Trust.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

increase (forecast: 18.5%), ground transportation increased by 9.8% (forecast: 7.3%), and meetings and events, measured by the average cost per attendee per day, increased by 58.1% (forecast: 25%). billion passengers in 2023, nearly reaching 2019 numbers, a year that saw 4.54 ADR for group bookings follow the same trend.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore , stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10 , about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. What contracts need to include and how to negotiate those from third parties.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, sponsorships make up roughly 20% of B2B tradeshow revenues. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Google Cloud Next was the latest, which despite having booked Moscone Center for 2024, has announced the show will be held at Mandalay Bay instead. Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also. Events book, they change dates, and then sometimes they cancel as a matter of course. That is not true.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. Every RFP is unique,” she says. We can never provide too much information,” Pearman notes.

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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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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. Meetings are similarly crucial north of the California border. In mid-February, occupancy was 66%, down only 9% from the same week in 2019. The Road Ahead.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Oxford Economics’ Savelli explained that during past recessions, room demand overreacted, with sometimes twice as much of a contraction as the economy overall. Business travel demand is also strong, due in part to the need for r emote workers to fly to meet with coworkers and clients. Travel Priorities First, some history.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Businesses in a 2019 survey cited increasing costs and lower budgets as the top two challenges they face as they plan events. This article will provide you with seven tips that meeting and event professionals need to create a memorable experience without breaking the bank as they plan upcoming business events. Review the Contract.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

New at Frankfurt was a Listening Lab staffed by trained coaches where people could book 20 minutes to talk about personal or business issues with professional listeners instructed to ask probing questions. Right now, the contract is through 2025, but we’re already talking about continuing,” she said.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Our enquiry levels are the same as they were in the early part of March 2020 and only 20% short of what there were at this time in 2019,” says Michael Begley, CEO of venuedirectory.com. These are all strong and encouraging signs that corporate and agency buyers are regaining their confidence to plan in-person meetings and events.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

The disruptions of the pandemic meant ICC Wales only saw its first full year of trading in 2022, having launched in September 2019. Another repeat client is the University of South Wales (USW), who have contracted five days of Graduation Ceremonies each year from 2023 until 2028 which ICC Wales secured as part of a detailed tender process.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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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. I am booking new events (23.53%). Source: Experiential Trends).

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Eventsforce

JUNE 12, 2019

We also look at some cool new event marketing tools from social media giants, Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram, and the launch of a new online portal that is a lot like a Craigslist for cancelled meetings and events. MeetingsNet: A Craigslist for Cancelled Meetings? New Appointment Booking Tool from Instagram and Facebook.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JULY 21, 2019

It’s GO time, Detroit — time to book your event in the city that Meetings Today says “pulsates with positive energy.” From the suburbs to downtown, meet in The D to earn up to $15,000 in available incentives. Qualified contracts must be signed by Dec. Terms & Conditions. $5 Applies to new business only.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 12, 2019

Venue booking platform, Hire Space, has announced the appointment of Maja Przybylowska as account manager. . Prior to that, Maja served as venue sourcing consultant for Grass Roots Meetings and Events. Maja joins Hire Space from Royal Lancaster London, where she was an event sales executive. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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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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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

For example, it has been largely positive for etc.venues as the topic, rather like GDPR, has boosted the need to meet. Tiernan Redmond, sales manager at etc.venues said: “In the last 12 months, around 150 meetings were held in our venues to discuss and plan for the consequences and opportunities of Brexit.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. Consider these useful tips from MeetingsNet’s Risk360 conference when deciding on the setting for your next meeting, even if you’ve used the location or venue before. This is one of five articles on actions you can take to make your meeting more secure. Are any controversial?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Amplify Local program, last held in person, launched in 2019, was a series of half-day programs in 20 different cities to keep users connected. For Workiva, the goal is to accelerate bookings and expand awareness of new products and releases. On-demand viewing for registrants was available for 30 days.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Collaboration and consolidation will be key trends for the business events, accommodation and meetings industry in 2021, according to the HBAA. Smaller meetings and smaller/hybrid events will replace the large-scale offerings for 2021.”. HBAA board and senior management share their predictions for 2021. Sustainability opportunities.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Andrea, venue owner of Clay Theatre , may have slightly fewer years in the venue industry than Monique (having acquired her wedding venue in 2019) but she understands what it takes from a venue owner’s perspective to launch a successful wedding venue startup in today’s environment, even without massive amounts of prior industry know-how.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2019 LNER introduced six new Azuma trains direct between London. The venue offers organisers excellent value with in house AV services, transparent pricing, seasonal rates and opportunities for long term contracts. EASY ACCESS LOCATION – MEET IN THE MIDDLE. Main Auditorium.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Business travellers can start booking their tickets from today, from destination management companies, travel agents and educational institutions, while leisure travellers will be able to do so early next year. Expo 2020 will be a never-before-seen extravaganza with something to excite, entertain and inspire everyone.

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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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The MICE

MARCH 31, 2022

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. Upon inception in 2019, the event was first called Circular Economy Entrepreneurs because circular economy is a model with a future focused approach.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

For example, the PIXAR night, which will take place on March 5th, 2020, will allow ticket holders into Disneyland after hours to meet with PIXAR characters, eat special food, buy limited-release merchandise, and participate in interactive entertainment options. Each one has a different theme and provides different experiences. Source: D23.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 23, 2020

On a more exciting note, today we’re covering MeetingsNet best stories of 2019. This one really perked my interest” The next one is “Scrambling to Save a Meeting”, she continues. And if you’re an events industry professional, you probably know all about it. Aside from Event Brew, of course!

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2018

What do you do when you’ve booked your ambitious biennial conference just as your country’s economy slips into a serious recession? Our president had the very interesting idea to attend the BRICS SPINE meeting. So we will be using MCI for the next Brazilian spine congress that will take place in Sao Paulo in 2019.”.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

” Earlier this year, the book Reinventing Live: The Always-on Future of Events was published, after being rushed into production last year during COVID-19 by coauthors Denzil Rankine and Marco Giberti. Rankine said they wondered how different things may be by the time people were able to hold the book in their hands.

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EventSource

MAY 20, 2020

Meetings and events ARE essential. We concentrate on educating clients, providing appropriate information, and demonstrating how to deliver effective and engaging virtual meetings. Something I mention often is that virtual meeting solutions are not new. Until we meet again.”. Happily providing quotes for 2021 as well.

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