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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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The meeting industry new normal – Part 3

Conferences that Work

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look.

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

EventMB

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns: Nashville and San Diego Move Up

Smart Meetings

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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Meeting Industry Jobs Outlook

SmartMeetings

Early in 2020, I expressed some concern about “brain drain” in our industry. Even those who woke up in late summer and fall 2020 and started to do the same caught up fast, and one of the guys I knew who could sling truss and road crates around with the best of them can now swap out an SDI card and run a show off vMix. Brandt Krueger.

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. The Back-up Plan. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We

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Los Angeles Sports Venues Deliver Immersive Experiences

Smart Meetings

. Offering everything from team-building exercises to meet-and-greet with legendary athletes, sports venues provide exciting, unique settings for meetings, special events and tours. Arguably the leading sports city in the United States, Los Angeles provides planners with an unparalleled variety of venue options.

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