Event Industry News

MARCH 5, 2020

Convene magazine released results of its 29th Meetings Market Survey showing meeting attendance continued to increase in 2019 as the business events industry experienced yet another year of consecutive growth. Meetings Market Survey results, based on responses from 867 participants, were released by PCMA’s Convene.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Georgina Flores Georgina Flores, Encore Encore has appointed Flores to the role of Chief Marketing Officer. In her efforts to support innovation in the customer’s journey, she will provide strategic guidance to the company’s brand, customer insights, product marketing, communications and industry relations functions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

Sims has spent over 20 years in the events industry, most recently the owner and event designer for Carrie Sims Events Design, a company she started in 2019. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Fairmont Dallas appointed Searle director of food and beverage and Sous director of rooms.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pop-up retail events - commonly known as flash retailing - are an emerging marketing tool used by brands to boost their sales. At these pop-up events, a brand will set up their products and services at a temporary location, and through event marketing, will hype these events as the ultimate place to be at.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Sponsorship is the most powerful form of marketing. Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value. It’s not sponsorship but a worthwhile marketing micro-investment for driving booth traffic. opportunities.

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Eventory

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Check our list to see where you can learn the hottest hospitality trends for 2019. First, you need to watch closely the market events and draw the appropriate conclusions from which you can build a new and unique quality. These events have the power to shape and model behavior on the market. When: January 2019.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Stand Together, a philanthropic organization focused on immigration awareness, is taking its “Common Ground” cause marketing installation on tour. More Cause Marketing Strategies: Pin It: Pinterest Inspires Wellness With Digital Program, Pop-Up. Tazo Tea Embraces Climate Justice With a Tree-Planting Cause Marketing Initiative.

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e2m.live

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

c) It is expected that the global event management market will worth 8.5 billion USD by 2023 at a CAGR of 10% (source: Event Management Market Demand, Size, Growth Research Report by 2023). Apart from curtailed budgets, there are many other challenges that will impact the events industry in 2019 and the years to come.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pop-up retail events - commonly known as flash retailing - are an emerging marketing tool used by brands to boost their sales. At these pop-up events, a brand will set up their products and services at a temporary location, and through event marketing, will hype these events as the ultimate place to be at.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

MARCH 26, 2019

There are seemingly a million ways to go about event marketing. In fact, depending on your role in your organization, event marketing can take quite a few forms. Marketing has a place in every stage of the event process and events are necessary to an all-inclusive marketing program. What is Event Marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings. Most recently, Espina opened Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas as its resort manager in 2019. New Orleans’ Windsor Court Hotel promoted Dumont to assistant director of sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He has worked with Marriott since 2011 and has excelled in food & beverage roles. Since then, he has shifted into more sales roles, and worked as senior catering sales executive in 2019. Ley has served in sales and marketing for numerous hospitality brands, including Four Seasons, Auberge and Alila since 2007.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A twenty-year hospitality veteran, Casserly was most recently director of marketing in Baltimore, Maryland for Four Seasons. He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Back in August 2019, Accor, Hilton Worldwide, IHG, and Marriott International made a $50 million investment in Groups360 for development of the direct-booking platform. Because Accor has a significant number of properties outside the U.S., their launch of this technology will speed its adoption across the globe.”.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 14, 2023

For instance, average economy-class tickets in the North America region are lower than global average fares, but still forecasted to rise: 2019: $442 2020: $391 2021: $338 2022: $523 2023: $532 2024: $545 The price of hotel rooms will also continue to climb, and at a somewhat faster rate than airfares. The CWT/GBTA report sees a 4.3

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. . And, based on the pipeline for 2019/2020 hotel construction, there will not be a lot of new hotels adding meeting and event space in top-tier markets.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In 2019, you should expect to see more event pros trying to find a way to bring this out of the novelty phase and into their events through content delivery, virtual site tours and gamification. We know from past cycles of consolidation that the door is opened for innovative disruptors or differentiation in services.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The brand discovered that cardmembers purchased 56 percent more tickets during its 2021 US Open pre-sale compared to the same window in 2019, demonstrating that consumers were ready to return to the action. In addition to the courts, the brand provided an open-air lounge offering food and drinks.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces. In fact, the industry’s audience is expected to surpass even 2019 levels in the coming years. Bloomberg anticipates that the metaverse market may reach $783.3 billion by 2030.”

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Eventtia

MAY 23, 2022

2019-2020 awards season is now in full swing for many industries. Assess the market need. If the industry is saturated with several awards programs, it will be challenging to market your event. You also need to think about the marketing costs required to promote your event. Set the budget. Secure a location and date.

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e2m.live

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The global event management software market was valued at $6.4 In less than ten years, the event tech market will nearly double. For example, on the basis of data like the numbers of registrations, AI-based apps can anticipate logistical requirements like food, beverages, and seating arrangements for attendees.

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Socio Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Webex Events partnered with Event Marketer on a State of the Events Industry Snapshot report , which revealed key learnings on how timelines, budgets, and expectations have shifted over the last few years. Maximize your event program with strategic thinking 74% of event marketers report having less time to plan their events than in 2019.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What better way for a brand to showcase its luxury hospitality services than to tap into a luxury sports market? To boot, they were given access to luxury food and beverage options on the course grounds. The unique stay was capped off with breakfast delivered by room service. Golf has been picking up steam. It’s the No.

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All Seated

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The sheer size of the face-to-face industry clearly continues to offer an opportunity for international event planning companies to GROW – grow their market share, grow client diversity and grow attendee participation. To successfully grow in 2019, international event planning companies need to address these four challenges: 1.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 20, 2022

TRACE evaluates emissions from venue energy, impact of event location on travel and accommodation, production and graphics materials, food and beverage emissions and waste and recycling volume. Reports for clients, sustainability teams and stakeholders are generated in real time, pre and post-event.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S. Work with Partners—and Haggle.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2019

T&G is a market leader in the wedding business, widely respected throughout Japan for offering professional wedding planning services and hosting the largest number of wedding ceremonies in Japan. “We The detailed attention toward food and beverage, as well as the service, inspired our team,” Shiga says. “The

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He’s held multiple senior leadership positions, including general manager for Roka Akor and Roka Bar, both in San Francisco; director at Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; and director of food & beverage at The Battery hotel in San Francisco. Carolyn Turnbull.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Maria Elena Armenta Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has added Armenta as director of sales and marketing. The Mexico-native also spent time in Cancun as director of sales and marketing for Nizuc Resort & Spa in and director of leisure sales position for Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2021

As event marketers plan for the return of in-person events, they’re budgeting for a fresh slate of technologies and tools designed to attract attendees back to events and keep them safe once there. Predictive analysis will play a key role for experiential programs targeting specific markets or locations.

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Unique Venues

JULY 31, 2020

By Brian Finn | Marketing Advisor, Unique Venues. ago so did traditional wedding planning, particularly when it now comes to food service on the big day. Before we dive into the trends, let’s first take a look at what experts believe when it comes to food and food safety. Of course you don’t!

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 4, 2019

In the AIM Group International white paper titled “How to Create a Truly Unique Destination Experience and the Latest DMC Trends,” AIM’s Bob Novak looked at whether DMCs can keep adding value in the current market as well as what trends are emerging for 2019. Ethical Food. Does that mean that DMCs are no longer needed?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“We live in a hybrid world where almost every major event has a virtual component, even if we don’t call it that,” said Bizzabo Chief Marketing Officer Alon Alroy. Pineda also predicts consolidation in the number of virtual platforms available since the market can’t support all venture capital-backed companies.

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Event Industry News

JULY 30, 2019

Ed Hoskins also joins this month from the hospitality and food and beverage industry. In March 2019, Jennifer Guy also joined as project manager and Emily Ash as marketing and communications coordinator. Managing director, Hannah Luffman, said, “I am overjoyed that Pete and Ed have joined the team.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Sponsorship is the most powerful form of marketing. Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value. It’s not sponsorship but a worthwhile marketing micro-investment for driving booth traffic. opportunities.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 17, 2019

Peter Haycroft, MCEC’s executive chef, wanted to show off the multicultural foods available in Melbourne, so he and his staff came up with new menu planning guides that focus on bold, exotic flavors, and ingredients native to Australia and the Melbourne area. You will always take away a memorable food experience.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

He’s held leadership positions in food and beverage as well as hotel operations for properties across the country, including The Arrabelle at Vail Square in Colorado, Sunriver Resort in Bend, Oregon, and Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California. Trish McClean Visit Baltimore has named McClean its director of brand marketing.

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