Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. Now all variations of meeting delivery are on the table.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Neptunus has secured a new contract to continue to supply temporary structures to the Affordable Art Fair held each May on London’s Hampstead Heath. Following next year’s fair, organisers have agreed a new contract with Neptunus through to 2023. Neptunus has been providing the temporary infrastructure for the popular event since 2013.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The Open University will also hold its Autumn 2023 Graduation Ceremony at the venue.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 16, 2019

An online reseller of contracted meeting elements launches a week ahead of its industry rollout at the IMEX show in Frankfurt. When meetings are canceled, the group that signed the contract is typically responsible to pay either a flat fee or a percentage of the revenue they were to bring to the contracted supplier.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

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. Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 27, 2018

But in terms of development of hotels, meeting industry infrastructure, and new or improved attractions, the Big Apple appears more active than ever. With an abundance of blockbuster openings across New York City, 2019 will truly be a monumental year,” says Fred Dixon, NYC & Company president and CEO. Javits Center’s $1.5

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

-Third best trading year since opening in 1986- World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has announced a remarkable year of business stabilisation and recovery, resulting in the Centre’s third best trading performance since opening in 1986.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

The Chicago meetings scene continues to flourish with few signs of slowing down. Here’s what Chicago meeting planners are saying about events in the Windy City, and what’s trending in 2019. Russell says there is a strong interest in green meetings, a trend that continues to be prevalent nationwide. Creative Collaboration.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Here are our top five trends that we think will be hot for event and exhibition organisers in 2019. Playing with venue infrastructure. For many organisers it can be a challenge to provide seminar content, networking facilities and meetings space live on the show floor. Thinking outside of the traditional venues.

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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. It’s been great to see Evolution Dome receive recognition as an alternative option for a dynamic event space – either within a venue or as a stand-alone structure on location. Brand Events.

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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. We have new internal stakeholders.

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Event Industry News

MAY 29, 2019

John commented: “We hope that Interforce, which is trained to a higher level than SIA, with a police-style approach, will respond to our audience and ensure we continue to meet the high standards that Henley Festival is renowned for.”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

It’s construction alone resulted in 250-300 jobs across 22 South Wales firms, equating to contracts worth £22 million, and since opening its doors in 2019, the venue has confirmed events worth £161m to the visitor economy up until 2028. It’s easy to see how our purpose-built conference centre has benefited our local area.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. Price and availability are the main considerations when choosing a venue, but Tyra Hilliard, Esq., If you had to justify in court why you chose a particular venue, what would you say? Research crime information for the venue’s neighborhood on apps such as CrimeMapping.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Is it your dream to run a wedding venue perfect for tying the knot? Whatever the reason, starting a wedding venue can be a great choice to shift your career and improve your financial portfolio–but getting an event venue up and running isn’t always easy. Andrea Vallencourt, Owner and Venue Director, Clay Theatre.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. January 2019. October 2018.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Swapcard first entered the United Arab Emirates as the event app provider for Step Conference, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, for its 2019 edition. The show proved a success and confirmed the company’s decision to take Swapcard to the UAE. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences.

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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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SmartMeetings

MARCH 27, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has thrown meeting professionals in an unprecedented position with cancellations, postponements and venue closures affecting the course of the next few months, at least. 4 Tips for MeetingProfs Filing 2019 Taxes in the Year of Coronavirus. COVID-19 Considerations for Meetings Contracts.

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

The fundamentals are the same for both shows, but the venues and attendance are unique,” she said. “We The venue is actually two halls, so Bauer’s team created two completely different experiences. Right now, the contract is through 2025, but we’re already talking about continuing,” she said. Focused Learning.

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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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Event Industry News

JULY 4, 2022

A recent survey of 126 London corporate event buyers carried out by Venue Search London and the London Christmas Party Show (July 12 th & 13 th at Haberdashers’ Hall, EC1), indicates that the vast majority of companies have yet to firm up their plans for their end-of-year celebrations. Free ticket registration closes this Friday.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A team of event experts from Leo Events —Principal Kent Underwood, Principal Kevin Brewer and Senior Vice President Amy Manzanares (a Smart Women in Meetings winner)—led a lively discussion at Smart Meetings 3-Day Experience in Nashville about the ups and downs of prices of everything from cooking oil to copper. You have to pick two.”.

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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.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It has topped of the list of challenges identified by planners in Convene ’s Annual Meetings Market Survey for years, including in the 2017 and 2020 surveys, conducted in 2016 and 2019, respectively, and in our most recent survey (to be published in a special Convene November Forecast issue).

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Event Industry News

JUNE 17, 2019

GL events has raised its target for annual growth following the announcement of five new contracts in Europe, South America and Asia, representing a total value of €70 million in sales. Two further contract wins will see the group provide large-scale audience seating grandstands.

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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

JULY 5, 2022

A recent survey of 126 London corporate event buyers carried out by Venue Search London and the London Christmas Party Show (July 12 th & 13 th at Haberdashers’ Hall, EC1), indicates that the vast majority of companies have yet to firm up their plans for their end-of-year celebrations. Free ticket registration closes this Friday.

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Event Industry News

JULY 25, 2019

This year, as the contract enters its 10th year, organisers of the festival took the decision to upgrade audience seating throughout the festival, to offer greater comfort for spectators. GL events was asked to deliver the infrastructure needed to achieve this, installing 5,000 of its own premium standard-tiered and flat-floor seats.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2020

The HBAA has spoken to a cross-section of agency and venue members and gathered opinions on how Brexit is impacting the events and hospitality industry. For example, it has been largely positive for etc.venues as the topic, rather like GDPR, has boosted the need to meet. Brexit has presented added challenges for venues, too.

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In order to succeed in this exciting and dynamic industry, it’s important for organizers to keep their fingers on the pulse of attendees’ expectations and make adjustments to meet them. . From choosing a mobile app to reduce paper waste to selecting green venues – in 2020 sustainable options will remain a hot topic. .

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The date change to November has been implemented after feedback following the 2019 event was unanimous. The change of date will allow event organisers to contract their suppliers more immediately and get their infrastructure in place at a time of year that’s better suited to their event planning. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

What if my venue doesn’t have Wi-Fi?” Still, by the end of 2019, almost every event had a mobile app, and some were pushing the envelope with features like interactivity, chatbots and AI networking. Medical meetings? Every couple of months, the number of event apps out in the world began to, ever so slightly, contract.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

I know the meetings industry looks dark right now and the future is unclear. I lived through contracting it and it sucked. A lot of talented people are losing their jobs because of the need to pause meetings to slow the spread of the virus. More meeting professionals are looking at technology as an enhancer rather than a threat.

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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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Event Industry News

APRIL 19, 2022

The overall scale of the event, with the footprint covering the entire Scottish Event Campus (SEC), including permanent venues and buildings as well as car parks. Initial discussions for the project were held in 2019 with the 2020 event postponed due to Covid and rescheduled for November 2021. Challenges.

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