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19 Trends to Watch in 2019

Connect Your Meetings

The crystal ball says, among the trends that will affects in 2019, the economy’s continue rise will be the driving force. As you buckle up for 2019, we take a look at what will affect you the most over the next 12 months. Given where the industry was a decade ago, that’s great news. But don’t be alarmed. On the Up-and-Up.

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. New disruptions seem to be invented every week: food terrorism means planners need to think about kitchen security and new camera and drone technologies mean proprietary knowledge can be stolen and outdoor spaces can be accessed from the air. How safe are your meetings and events?

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Moving Your Meeting Amid Rising Reproductive Rights Concerns

PCMA Convene

According to The New York Times , 21 states currently ban or restrict abortion earlier in pregnancy than what Roe v. In 2019, they began including a frustration of purpose clause when “we started seeing these really egregious state laws,” said Nneka St. Wade established, and that number is increasing.

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12 Imaginative Events and Activations from The Wall Street Journal

Bizzabo

For example, Future Of the Workforce was held in November 2019 and featured an interview with Jayne Parker, the Senior Executive Vice president and CHRO of the Walt Disney Company. Company ambassadors were dressed in branded gear, given a fully-loaded ice cream truck, and told to hand out free cones to locals in New York City.

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10 Famous Event Planners You Should Follow

Event Planning BluePrint

Not only can it help you learn the lingo to help you sell your services, but it can give you insight into how the pros handle things, like negotiations to help save their clients money. You don’t have to think of it as a formal, tough, adversarial negotiation,” she said. Is it any wonder that, as of 2019, his net worth is $4 million?

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Tips for Managing the High Cost of Planning Events in New York

All Seated

“In New York, we have seen clients spend double what they spent for the exact same event pre-pandemic, and that would be inclusive of venue, food, AV, and other expenses,” says Liz King Caruso, CEO at techsytalk. Inflation has been dominating the news headlines not just in New York but all over the globe.

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Wynn Resorts Vows to Move Forward

SmartMeetings

The company pledged to complete construction of Wynn Paradise Park, a 38-acre lagoon to be edged by a casino, hotel and restaurants on the former Wynn golf course in Las Vegas; as well as Wynn Boston Harbor, which is scheduled to open in June 2019. The New York Times reported that the investigation would go forward despite Wynn’s resignation.

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