Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Day two of IMEX22 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center Las Vegas kicked off with a keynote address by Shane Feldman, founder of Count Me In , who stressed the importance of creating an inclusive experience at meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry.

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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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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

Consent and legal interests set the guidelines for interaction with these groups. Carbon neutrality, sustainable design, and eco/green themes are becoming the new event fad. Carbon neutrality, sustainable design, and eco/green themes are becoming the new event fad. Milan Klöwer (@milankloewer) November 5, 2019.

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Event Birdie

JANUARY 26, 2021

How could anyone in early January have predicted that by mid-March all live events around the entire world would grind to a halt and that Zoom meetings, virtual, and eventually, hybrid events would be all the rage in 2020? Packaging – hopefully the sustainable type – and individual serves are going to make a resurgence.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Greater Miami is a top-notch destination for sustainable meetings Miami is known for its glittering beaches, dynamic culture and number of luxurious resorts. But did you also know that Miami is leading the way in sustainability? Emissions have already dropped; in 2019, the agency recorded 37 million metric tons of CO 2 emitted.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

The Hospitality Show Las Vegas will place eco-friendliness front and center The first-ever Hospitality Show is coming to Las Vegas and its producers are making strong sustainability efforts from the get-go. Read More : Ditching the Dump Even smaller details, down to what the badges are made of, will be given the sustainability treatment.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. Well for starters, don’t blink.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Total attendance at the show increased by 24% whilst trade visitor numbers were up by 50% on the 2019 pre-pandemic edition. The industry-leading show is renowned for facilitating thousands of face-to-face meetings, commercial deals and new partnerships – the order book at the event totalled US$78bn by closing day.

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The MICE

OCTOBER 27, 2021

From March 2020, the guidelines regarding hosting events were constantly changing and challenging the live events industry, but with reliable partners and a ‘make it happen’ attitude, the venue and the host city of Rotterdam worked on scenario planning that allowed them to safely host the ESC in May the following year. We had several plans.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Flexibility of the planner to reimagine 2019 ways of designing events as we head back into IRL experiences. For example, we learned that digital events democratize reach, but we also learned that to reach a wider swath and number of your audiences, you have to meet them where they are at. Finding our way in the new (or ‘next’) normal.

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