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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

Even if your 2018 events made an incredible impression, in 2019–2020, you should learn how to make these experiences even more memorable and impressive. The top 10 event planning trends in 2019–2020. Transformation is the trend that will define the primary direction of event industry development in 2019–2020.

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Five Tips for Conference Sponsorship Pricing

Velvet Chainsaw

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance. Cost-plus is the most common method for pricing sponsorship.

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What’s Next for the Meetings Market: A Detailed Picture

MeetingsNet

American Express Meetings & Events used the IMEX America show to present its latest forecast for the meetings and events landscape based on survey results from 500 planners. The full version of the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast can be found here.

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Everything That Can Go Wrong in a Meeting (and How to Prevent It)

SmartMeetings

Whether in-person or online , meetings can go right—or they can go wrong. That meant she would now be hosting meetings, instead of just attending them. One of those meetings was a regularly scheduled gathering for managers from around the country—a big annual event with a prominent speaker , a dinner, workshops and so much more.

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First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated Power of Meeting

Smart Meetings

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. Read about all the meeting options available at National Harbor. .

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The Risk and Reward of Upending Traditional Meeting Formats

MeetingsNet

Linda McNairy, global vice president–strategic meetings at American Express Global Business Travel, gets the nod as a Changemaker for turning the North American annual customer meeting on its head. She took on the vice president–Americas role in the fall of 2019, charged with making structural changes throughout her business unit.

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McNairy_The Risk and Reward of Upending Traditional Meeting Formats

MeetingsNet

Linda McNairy, global vice president–strategic meetings at American Express Global Business Travel, gets the nod as a Changemaker for turning the North American annual customer meeting on its head. She took on the vice president–Americas role in the fall of 2019, charged with making structural changes throughout her business unit.