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Meeting-Budget Woes, by the Numbers

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Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S.

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Smart Moves: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC Appoints Sustainability Concierge

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In 2011, she began working as director of Climate Business, where she led a growth strategy that increased climate-related business by 50% over the course of three years, and mobilized a team with which she developed the EDGE green buildings brand and platform, now a $5 billion IFC business.

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5 Valuable Lessons Event Professionals Learned in 2019

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Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. We countdown the favorites over the past year and how they can help your event move forward. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful.

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EMS 2023: Engagement and Data-Driven Strategies Lead the Conversations in Vegas

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Next door, Ben Grossman, chief strategy officer at Doner Partners Network, used real-world examples to illustrate the “Six Key Data Dimensions” in marketing, and John Capano, managing director of Ev&Ex Agency, got participants up from their seats to partake in hands-on group activities that taught them about KPIs and metrics.

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5 Biggest Challenges to Impact Events Industry in 2019 & Beyond

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is expected that the events industry will generate employment at the rate of 11% from 2016 to 2026. 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).

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Event Technology Awards 2019 – Meet the Judges

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Currently Aleksandra is specialising on event and experiential in the digital marketing industry and is leading the global event team at SEMrush. She is as passionate about delivering exceptional events to both exhibitors and visitors as she is about travelling the world in her spare time.

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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

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For a variety of reasons whether its culture driven, strategy driven, for strategic discussion. Hotels are charging more, but profitability is the same as in 2019,” Dominguez said. Dominguez predicted that Europe will be back to 2019 meeting frequency levels in four or five months. Compression Is Here for Awhile.

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