Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Meetings Show , the UK’s leading platform for the world’s meetings and events community, will take place on 30 September and 1 October 2021 at ExCeL London. The new destination is widely accessible to UK and international event professionals, located close to London City Airport, the Jubilee Line and the DLR.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A [MARKETING PERSON] has invited me to share my expertise at a meeting industry event. I’m regularly asked to speak, present, or run a workshop at meeting industry events. ‘Attendees to [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] genuinely need the help and expertise of companies and advisors just like yourself. .

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Skip to content Menu Solutions Interactive Floor Plans Collaborative event sales software that increases qualified leads and drives direct revenue. Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. Discover some of 2021’s top event planning conferences: 1.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

While events were being further hybridized, event tech was getting better and smarter. Now approaching the end of a year of recovery across industries—and with no end to hybrid meetings and events in sight—we’re taking a look back to our favorite programs and platforms. The Event Tech Resource Guide for Planners.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The last 21 months have proven that the challenges women in the event marketing industry face are unique and constantly evolving. The survey revealed that 42 percent of women say they have been “often” or “almost always” burned out in 2021, compared to 32 percent in 2020. Let’s meet this year’s roster of Women in Events.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. As I write, two years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the world and the event industry.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 6, 2021

That’s right, Endless Events is back at it with the best content to help you navigate the 2021 landscape. Now that the new year has rolled in, event profs are eager to know the trends that will shape the months to come. So let’s use actual design thinking to create some events”, he adds.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal. We want to believe that, at some point, in-person meetings like the ones we’ve held for decades will return. Such areas are already holding local in-person events, but safe inter-regional meetings are not possible.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Let’s face it, planning an event is never as easy as 1, 2, 3. In 2021, that notion has never been more prevalent as event professionals and brands find themselves teetering between online events , in-person events and something in the middle (aka hybrid events ). Carol Galle, CEO of Special D Events.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Event Brew crew is on a roll of covering events this summer. Will attended a 15,000-person event and Thuy recently raved about her experience as a virtual attendee at PCMA EduCon 2021. Granted, it’s been two months since he shook hands with fellow event profs in Caesars Forum, but the memories linger on.

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Attendease

MAY 27, 2021

Caitlin has been with PCMA for nearly six years and has created and managed the digital event experiences for PCMA flagship events, and has also been planning and producing some of PCMA virtual and hybrid experiences pre-pandemic and throughout the pandemic. This is something that we are continuing on for this event for Educon in 2021.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve been teasing it for a while, but the time has come to introduce our 2021 event trends guide! Presented with more challenges than ever before, the events industry was forced to do a complete 180. Will hybrid events become the norm? And how will the COVID-19 pandemic continuously impact us in 2021?

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IBTM World 2021 is taking place from 30 November to 2 December at Fira Barcelona. We’re very much looking forward to being on the show floor in Barcelona feeling the buzz of business meetings and networking taking place again.”.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 2, 2021

November might generally be an uneventful month, but not for the events industry. This week, Nick, Thuy, and Will review their experience at IMEX America 2021, held for the very first time at Mandalay Bay. It’s a quintessential Event Brew episode, so don’t miss it out! IMEX America 2021 & COVID Compliance.

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Eventbrite UK

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you’re worried that your upcoming business meetings will need to be cancelled or postponed, you might want to learn about planning a hybrid meeting. Today, it’s possible for businesses to hold meetings that are flexible and easy to adjust according to any changes in local restrictions.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 14, 2021

Why are our meetings still full of lectures? Well, listen to and consider this June 11, 2021 quote from New York City Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams : [link]. Learning researchers and our best teachers and meeting designers have known this for a long time. It’s just the opposite. Social learning is humans’ true superpower.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

From IMEX highlights to a captivating television show for meeting planners, we’ve rounded up the best of our 2021 videos for you to binge this week. Returning to in-person meetings may’ve been a bit of a hiccup for some. F2F Meets LOL Contest Winner Announced. Smart Meetings at IMEX America 2021.

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Endless Events

APRIL 9, 2021

After more than a year of helping planners navigate the complex world of virtual events, we learned a thing or two about pain points. Over the course of these challenging months, many event profs came to us with a series of different problems and doubts. We get it – budgeting isn’t fun for anyone! Initial Considerations.

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The Event Concierge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

EVENT PLANNING 2021. Julie Wong, CMP , Meeting and Event Planner. September 2, 2021. The summer of 2021 has provided opportunities to get back into the “new realities” of planning live events. We have planned some unique events in the past few months.

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Expo Pass

DECEMBER 20, 2021

We do our best to bring you the most up-to-date news, predictions, and happenings in the event world. But our favorite way to find out what’s going on with events is looking at which Expo articles people are reading the most! That does sound like 2021 in a nutshell, doesn’t it? Keep reading for our most popular articles of 2021.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. We have a 2021 contract in late April in Chicago for which we updated the force majeure clause to include COVID-19 as a specific situation that would allow us to cancel. I hope this helps!

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 9, 2021

Across the country, the ramping up of Covid-19 vaccinations and the falling infection rate has brought hope to the events industry. A survey released this week by Freeman shows that the vast majority of exhibitors and attendees of business events expect to be at in-person events by this autumn.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our annual guide to the top 100 agencies serving the event marketing industry. It’s year two of a global pandemic that has systematically, with every wave, challenged the event industry and stretched its players’ creativity and patience more than anyone ever thought possible. Meet the Top 100 Event Agencies of 2021.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The non-profit social enterprise, EventWell, brought its Quiet Room to The Meetings Show at ExCeL London, for the first time on September 30, 2021, offering a safe space for attendees, visitors, speakers, exhibitors and event crew to unwind and develop coping skills away from the noise.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. What is event ROI? Return On Investment (ROI) is such a familiar business concept that it’s easy to gloss over the complexities of defining it in the context of events. So let’s define event ROI in a little more detail.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 11, 2021

The shortlist for this year’s prestigious miaList has been revealed by the Meetings Industry Association (mia). ACC Liverpool, Event Delivery Team CCT Venues, Senior Management Team Lime Venue Portfolio The British Museum. Best Events and Operations Team. Best Events and Operations Team. Best Destination Team.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 25, 2021

The majority of 100-plus North American organizers recently surveyed by the GBTA said that they are interested in using event technology tools to deliver “a more engaging and immersive online event,” including online registration, post-event attendee surveys, attendee tracking and lead tracking, and mobile event apps.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Eventscase is the headline sponsor for Event Tech Live 2021 (ETL21). A visitor, exhibitor, supporter of ETL since the show started, Eventscase sees the COVID-19 era as a tipping point for technology, highlighting how it’s created a new model attendee, people who only understand an event through its tech. Register Now.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

At Mobile World Congress 2024, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence is on display through “spatial computing” applications that will affect meetings, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D teleconferencing. Are Real-Feel Virtual Meetings Almost Here? See image below. See image below.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 4, 2021

It’s hard to predict what exactly will happen with events in 2021, but we do know that some trends created in 2020 to enhance safety and prevent the spread of the coronavirus will continue into the new year. Here’s a look at the top four trends for the events industry in 2021: Catering. Micro-events.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2021

In a hurry with your RFP for virtual events? Jump directly to the RFP template for virtual events here: Download RFP Template now. Are you running an RFP for virtual events? What requirements should you look for in a virtual event RFP? Who should be involved in the virtual event RFP process? And why run one?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The opening day of IMEX America 2021 at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas was humming with people just happy to be back together. Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2021

A recovery it is, as Visit Anaheim in California confirmed the city has 55 events for the second half of 2021. These events will bring more than $231 million in local economic impact and generate roughly $2.9 The post Following California’s Reopening, Visit Anaheim Confirms 55 Events in 2021 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In our exclusive Q&As, leader marketers talk shop on en vogue industry tactics, company wins and navigating a disrupted event marketing landscape. Pore over shining examples of events and activations that showcase the depth and breadth of the work the industry’s top shops are producing. LEO Events. IMAGINATION AT WORK.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 24, 2020

Event strategists should think about designing their 2021 events based on four different “domains:” live hub, Live remote, virtual, and digital, or social media. We need to adopt a new strategy to set our events on a new path of success. Events must once again be drivers of revenue and profitable organizational growth.

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Expo Pass

MAY 27, 2021

But even as things open up again, meeting in-person might not be exactly as we remembered. To help you make real connections meeting in-person, these are our top networking trends and predictions for 2021. Levy developed this theory after hosting events where influencers would simply make dinner together.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2024

Unique International Destinations for Meetings Small and Large Meetings are something to get excited about. When that meeting is taking place in a sought-after destination, that excitement goes through the roof. of meeting spaces have all been re-designed, and 269 guest rooms and 45 suites have been fully refurbished.

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