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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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That brutal attack was fresh on Lauren Parr’s mind as two protesters from the audience rushed and jumped on the stage as a plenary session was about to get underway at last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for Earth and planetary scientists at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Samuel Thomas Jr.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As we head into the final days of 2023, Venues of Excellence, reflects on its most successful year ever, welcoming 12 fantastic new independent venues into the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium. Over the past two months, the consortium has welcomed three new venues.

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Event Age by Swapcard

MARCH 18, 2021

Here are the 50 best virtual event ideas for 2021. Use this opportunity to create buzz around the schedule, introduce your speakers or get your community acquainted with the virtual platform by showing them how to use it. your platform is your venue. Want more ideas? Get your community fired up before the event starts.

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Hubilo Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here are some of the event trends you should be mindful of in 2021: . This trend will continue for the most part of 2021, with digital remaining a major component of the event strategy. Secondly, not all attendees will be entirely comfortable with travelling to the event venue. Speaker Management. Session Production.

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Event Age by Swapcard

MARCH 18, 2021

Here are the 50 best virtual event ideas for 2021. Use this opportunity to create buzz around the schedule, introduce your speakers or get your community acquainted with the virtual platform by showing them how to use it. your platform is your venue. Want more ideas? Get your community fired up before the event starts.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The meetings, events and incentives community will come together this week to make valuable business connections, learn and network as The Meetings Show returns. Here are some of the highlights of The Meetings Show 2021: Inspiring exhibitors. Quality hosted buyers. Education, education, education.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced that Samme Allen, speaker, event designer and founder of conferenceemcees.com, will be hosting its annual conference on Friday 26 November 2021 at the Business Design Centre (BDC), London, with the theme ‘Disruption: the new norm.’.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here are the four things event marketers need to consider when planning hybrid events for 2021 and beyond. More : 6 Questions to Ask Your Virtual Meeting Platform Provider. Venue Matters. For hybrid events , venue matters. And that means more than making sure the venue has decent Internet connectivity.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2021

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings. Making House Calls.

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Socio Events

JUNE 22, 2021

The pandemic changed business as we knew it and forced event managers to pivot their in-person gatherings to virtual venues—or else forgo events for the foreseeable future. A virtual event is conducted online (virtually), and attendees join from their computers or devices instead of meeting in a physical location.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The third annual corporate-events research report from Germany-based meetings organization In-House Corporate Events (ICE) in conjunction with Cvent revealed several interesting trends as corporate-meeting departments coordinate events for 2022.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

After a year of adapting to virtual-only formats, many within the events industry are eagerly predicting that 2021 will be the year of hybrid events. Hybrid events were designed around the in-person experience, with live streams of speaker presentations tacked on as a bonus feature. Planning Hybrid Events in 2021.

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Hubilo Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors can now participate in global events without incurring travel and accommodation expenses. that saw attendees from 55 countries and speakers from 3 continents. For Tomorrowland 2021 the organizers continued to rely on Belgium’s decision to allow in-person events. Reimagined.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 22, 2024

Organizers can give local speakers and/or local businesses impacted by the legislation a platform at their event to raise awareness. The program included several sessions and discussions on LGBTQ travel, like “The Value of LGBTQ+ Bars, Venues and Events on Tourism” and “Creating Transformative Experiences for Transgender Travelers.”

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 25, 2021

The event planners are the brainstormers who pick the physical venue and hybrid event platform, pick the theme, handle the budgets, and find vendors, etc. Where to Apply Event Production Techniques in Your 2021 Hybrid Events. Check out the Top 10 Hybrid Event Production Companies of 2021. Here’s Why. Day of the Event.

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Socio Events

JUNE 7, 2021

Read on to learn what you need to know about hybrid event success by looking at five successful hybrid events in 2021. Broader Attendee Reach: Venue capacity, travel limitations, and extra costs can be serious roadblocks for attendees. Here are some of our favorite hybrid events from 2021! Winter Workshop 2021.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

of meeting and exhibit space adjusts to a banquet or theater style. A stone’s throw and a free shuttle ride from Charleston International Airport (CHS), Northern Charleston Marriott boasts a meeting space of 12,380 sq. divided into 8 meeting rooms and 10 break out rooms as well as on-site support for hosting your future meetings.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2021

We’re Essential Supplies Ltd and we are a British manufacturer returning to the Showman’s Show 2021 with lots of new products and innovations. From audio products, mixing consoles, speakers and rigging systems to our new portable electrical vehicle chargers.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The ESOT Congress 2021 is one of the first major, international congresses with a large face-to-face international attendance and for that reason it recorded a great degree of enthusiasm from the transplant community who have been waiting for the opportunity to reconvene. AIM Group International.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) has hosted its largest exhibition to date, as part of the ISBA 2021 Annual Conference (Independent Schools’ Bursars Association). Ian Edwards, Chief Executive, ICC Wales, commented: “We are delighted that ISBA chose our venue for their annual conference.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 15, 2021

In one statement, Hyatt wrote : “When we learned that CPAC 2021 stage design had been compared to a symbol of hate, we promptly raised this concern with meeting organizers who strongly denied any connection to such symbols. We understand and respect the opinions of those who might disagree with that decision.”.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 23, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, UK venues and hotels have been revealing the true cost to their businesses – and sharing their best tips for survival. A survey this week on behalf of NFS Technology Group found that 90% of venues are seeing meetings and events move to July onwards. Two major hotel companies report a £1.3m

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Mind your money with battles over escrow deposits to suppliers and more room to negotiate venue commissions. To forecast the landscape for in-person events in 2021 is to indulge in paradox, perfectly encapsulated in the events of the last several days. All of this will make managing venue guarantees more challenging.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

Attendees can go to an actual venue for the event, but can also opt to participate online if they are unable to be there in person. Those attending in person can go to workshops, engage with each other, interact with speakers, and ask questions. Team meetings. Best Practices for Promoting Your Hybrid Event. Trade shows.

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Bizzabo

OCTOBER 29, 2020

To get the full scoop on what event marketers anticipate for the rest of 2020 and 2021, download the Evolution of Events Report. Digital events eliminate the need for travel, venue capacities, and other costs or logistics that might ordinarily prevent more guests from attending an event.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) has hosted its largest exhibition to date, as part of the ISBA 2021 Annual Conference (Independent Schools’ Bursars Association). Ian Edwards, Chief Executive, ICC Wales, commented: “We are delighted that ISBA chose our venue for their annual conference.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

The fundamentals are the same for both shows, but the venues and attendance are unique,” she said. “We One lesson learned from both Frankfurt 2022 and America in 2021 was that people want more focused learning tracks. See highlights from IMEX America 2021. We are always looking to learn and adapt.”. Focused Learning.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We have seen some successful in-person events, including The American Medical Spa Association’s Medical Spa Show 2021 , which saw over 600+ attendees safely gather for an unforgettable in-person event experience. Inspiring speakers: Having top notch speakers at your event can seal the deal for some attendees.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2022

Venues of Excellence (VoE) has hosted its first members Annual Conference under its new ownership with Mandy Jennings who took the helm of the award-winning consortium in May 2021. We are excited by the new landscape for the hospitality and events industry and truly believe the future is bright.”.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitality professionals saw the industry undergo tremendous changes in 2021. 2021 also brought about many exciting developments in hospitality technology, digital marketing, hotel services, and changes in travel trends. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022.

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zkipster

MARCH 8, 2022

Olivia Robinson is a native Londoner and English speaker. She joined zkipster as the first client-facing hire – Head of Client Relations for EMEA – in 2016, ascended to Global Head of Client Relations in 2019, and was promoted to Chief Revenue Officer in 2021. ” What’s the best thing about working at zkipster?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 12, 2021

A year after converting their annual business conference to an online event, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) returned to an in-person event in March, 2021. Meeting in a Time of COVID. PDPW provided masks in conference bags, and asked all participants to wear them, except for speakers when they were presenting.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Forget quiet luxury, Las Vegas goes big on experiences and a quartet of new entries to the venue menu prove the point. of meeting space surrounded by over-the-top art, dining and entertainment. Since opening, Rubio has seen a major uptick in corporate meetings, particularly in the IT, fintech, medical, and incentive trip sectors.

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