Event Industry News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

James C Morris joined full-service event and experiential marketing agency Impact XM, where he is now VP client service, at the beginning of 2018 – bringing nearly 12 years of industry experience at Atlantic Exhibits with him. Have things bounced back as predicted and what the driving factors are if so. Much more too, of course.

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Hubilo Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Tomorrowland – a Belgian EDM festival and every music lover’s dream destination is a perfect example of customer engagement via virtual events. Read that last line again to fully absorb the potential of virtual events. Events have been an innate part of customer engagement and interaction for brands. Reimagined.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

The Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events industry, has launched the data collection phase of its landmark Economic Significance Study , in collaboration with Oxford Economics. For more information on the Events Industry Council, visit: [link].

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 19, 2022

Virtual Event Technology. Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration. Event Objectives. Mambu had two primary objectives for their February 2021 “We Own This” Virtual Kickoff Conference: To share their 2021 company strategy and vision To build community, unity, engagement, enthusiasm.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Feast It, a marketplace enabling people to discover and book the dream suppliers for their events, has raised €5m in an oversubscribed venture-led round to continue its modernisation of the €900bn global events industry. The round follows a quarter that saw 2300% growth and over a million people attending its events.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 8, 2022

The Sustainable UK Events Industry 2050 – A reality or just a dream? The global events industry was valued at USD 886.99 You can download a copy of the report here: The UK Business Events Industry 2050. The post The Sustainable UK Event Industry in 2050 appeared first on Gallus Events.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wednesday 3 rd March will see the very first Global Vodcast marathon, organised & hosted throughout by events & exhibitions professional, Dan Assor. EventWell Pledge programme offers vital and immediate support to any event professional experiencing personal and financial hardship, in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Thanks to pent-up demand, decreased competition and the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, Festicket and Event Genius Marketing Director Luis Sousa explains why there is no better time than now to go on sale for 2021. 2020 has been a turbulent year to say the least for the events industry. It’ll be worth the wait!

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2022

Organizers reported 9,000 attendees, including close to 3,000 buyers, and 2,300 exhibiting companies taking part, making it the largest event industry trade show to take place since the start of the Covid pandemic. IMEX America 2021 reported a total of 8,605 attendees, itbm world 2021 reported 7,000 reported attendees.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Net Zero Carbon Events Roadmap to guide industry. Freeman and Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Glasgow are among the global organisations already using the Net Zero Carbon Events Roadmap to steer their sustainability journey. Net Zero Carbon Events launched in 2021 prior to unveiling its Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events today announced the election of its 2022 Board of Directors. I would personally like to thank the entire 2021 board, in particular Mark Cooper and Paul Van Deventer, for their dedication in what has been a tremendously challenging time for us all.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2021

Sponsored virtual events are now the second most popular lead generation tactic for B2B marketers 73% of B2B marketing professionals cite virtual events as highly effective 79% of marketers plan to sponsor six or more virtual events in 2021 Access the report “The State of Marketing Acceleration”.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 21, 2021

I was excited to attend PCMA’s Omnichannel Convening Leaders event last week. Applause to PCMA for engaging the global business events community and for the diversity of speakers and formats offered during CL. This, by design, was the most truly global event in our industry and the participation from so many outside the U.S.

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Event Industry News

JULY 15, 2021

· RLWC2021 organisers have confirmed that they will deliver the biggest and best ever Rugby League World Cup in October and November 2021. · The global event, which sees the men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments taking place simultaneously for the first time, will be played in front of passionate capacity crowds in a celebration of sport.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 29, 2021

EartH London to Host Main National Event on October 5 th with ‘Venues Day Online’ added on October 12 th. Support for the full range of events also comes from Jack Daniel’s (who have been part of every Venues Day since 2014), White Light, ILMC, and media partnerships with IQ and NME.

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Event Industry News

MAY 6, 2021

Heidi Legein is the founder and Chief Executive Guru at The MICE Guru, a full-service destination management company consulting in – and producing all types of MICE events for global brands virtually or in destination; all over Norway. How long have you worked in the events industry and what keeps you interested in it?

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Event Industry News

APRIL 8, 2022

Today (7 th April 2022) the Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events industry, has launched the data collection phase of its landmark Economic Significance Study , in collaboration with Oxford Economics. For more information on the Events Industry Council, visit: [link].

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

When you’re in the event industry, ensuring that your events run safely and smoothly isn’t just an ideal to strive for—it’s part of the job description. Keeping everyone safe, engaged, and well-informed can be an enormous challenge; add a pandemic on top of it, and event planning has become more taxing than ever.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Grand National and other major events set to take place in Liverpool next year have been given fresh hope after the city took a crucial role at the centre of the UK’s first mass testing operation. The number of people who had come forward for tests stood at 90,000 on Thursday. She said: “I know as much as everyone else.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Event security comes in different shapes and sizes. Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection released its annual “Safest Places to Travel 2022,” pulling from travel information from 2021. We spoke with Jill Blood, vice president of deputy general counsel for Maritz Global Events, about what these new laws could mean for meeting planners.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 26, 2021

has been named a finalist in two categories for the Event Technology Awards: Best Hybrid Event Platform or Production and the Best Live Streaming and Video Production. As a leader in the virtual events industry for more than three decades, Digitell has extensive experience in content delivery to remote attendees. Digitell, Inc.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

Global events agency, emc3, has appointed a new Strategy Director, Natalie Walker. When speaking about her recent promotion, Natalie said: “I’m so excited about this new opportunity and grateful to work for a business that puts innovation and strategy at the forefront of everything it does.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Eventscase, the all-in-one event management software, celebrated its 10th anniversary last September. Despite the harshness of the crisis that has hit the events industry as a result of the Covid pandemic, Eventscase has always had the support of its investors. In September 2020, it managed to close a £3.5

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. Event on Ivy Tech Community College campus in Sellersburg; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor.

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Eventory

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

9, 2021 — 6Connex, the leading platform for virtual and hybrid events, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eventory, one of the top global event management platforms, to offer its customers an expanded range of services for virtual and hybrid events. About 6Connex.

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Glow Global Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As we head into this final stretch of 2021, Glow Global Events has several incredible achievements and exciting new developments to celebrate. Hats off to Founder Cheryl Gentry, who just made the BizBash 500, a list of 2021’s most influential event professionals.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 7, 2021

The company behind world-famous events including The AELTC Wimbledon Championships, Virgin Money London Marathon and the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia for the Joshua v Ruiz II rematch, has been supported with a 15.6 million Coronavirus support facility from HSBC UK.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 27, 2022

The collaboration with VSef, the global data format for virtual events, will speed the push to make data easily accessible from and transferable between different online platforms and analytics tools. In early 2021, U.K-based

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Glow Global Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Red carpet events are back, and they’re just as fabulous as ever. Event planners are accustomed to staging frictionless events – it’s always necessary to get guests checked in and to their tables as quickly and seamlessly as possible. Step up pre-event communication. A frictionless onsite experience. Give guests space.

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Event Industry News

JULY 20, 2021

Companies, organisations, brands and event managers who have pro actively incorporated, championed and demonstrated diverse and inclusive elements in their events are welcome to submit an application. Categories announced Monday 6th September 2021. Applications open Monday 4th October 2021.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Companies, organisations, brands and event managers who have pro actively incorporated, championed and demonstrated diverse and inclusive elements in their events are welcome to submit an application. Categories announced Monday 6th September 2021. Applications open Monday 4th October 2021.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 6, 2021

Shares in Informa rose almost 2% on Wednesday, after the world’s biggest exhibition operator said that 2021 is likely to be a year of “return of physical events,” as hopes of COVID-19 vaccines spark a recovery in consumer confidence. That compares with a profit of £933 million a year earlier. Revenue is set to reach more than £1.6

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Meeting professionals are starting to rebook events in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, but continuing waves of Covid and cautious restrictions from some countries are resulting in a slow restart. While countries like Japan have expressed hesitance to reopening, others have opened up completely to visitors and business events of all kinds.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2021

This new initiative provides a monthly quantitative view of how face-to-face exhibition activity is recovering across 15* major exhibition markets, by comparing it to pre-COVID event activity. We found speaking with organisers and investors there was a gap in how to pinpoint recovery movements within the exhibitions industry.

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Glow Global Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

So far in 2021, live events have returned in an altered fashion. Though the majority of the population may not be vaccinated until late in the year, event producers are finding ways to pull groups together in-person. Virtual events have worked wonders for inclusivity. Inclusivity and accessibility. Costs savings.

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Glow Global Events

JULY 21, 2022

At Glow Global, these focuses are ingrained in our professional culture, and we live those values proudly during Founder’s Week. Started in 2021, Founder’s Week is an annual, weeklong company holiday in July, during which employees can rest, rejuvenate, and enjoy a midyear reset.

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Glow Global Events

OCTOBER 15, 2021

With only a few months left in 2021, this would normally be the perfect time to finalize holiday events. These more recent issues, not to mention the last year and a half, have thrown the events industry many curveballs. But at Glow Global, one major takeaway has stood out from the rest – it’s never too early to start planning.

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