Event Industry News

JULY 29, 2022

WeTrack are proud to announce that they are the official supplier of the Games Issue Tracking System for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place in the United Kingdom from July 28th to August 8th, across Birmingham, the West Midlands and London.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Event planners should consider asking key suppliers to add a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their contract.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

As things currently stand in the events industry, we’re planning events in 2022 as if the COVID-19 pandemic never existed. She notes that, indeed, some events look a lot like 2019 in 2022. ” Planning Events In 2022: Event Planners Lack Resources. “Meanwhile, marketers made more money. But why is that so?

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing, etc.venues. Contracts worth £1.6m moved forward from enquiry to draft contract: £0.5m Contracts worth £1.6m moved forward from enquiry to draft contract: £0.5m This suggests 2022 will be the year of meeting up.” were signed and in addition, business valued at £0.4m

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many of the most-read articles from the past year will remain relevant in the year to come, with information on contract clauses and planning stress to EU entry regulation changes and, yes, shoes. For some winning suggestions, read “ Comfortable Shoes for the Show Floor: 2022 Edition ” from October 4. The top 10: Did you read them all?

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

According to the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast from American Express Meetings & Events, more than two-thirds of responding planners expect their total number of meetings to return to 2019 levels by Q2 2023. The full version of the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast can be found here.

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Eventscase Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The contract renewals we have closed in recent weeks are a testament of our clients’ trust in our team. LAST ‘WHAT’S UP’ EVENT OF 2022. We will close this series of quarterly events for the English-speaking market on November 23rd at 11 a.m. (UK ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE FOR ETL 2022. PUCHERO 2022 OF OPC SPAIN.

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TicketBud

JANUARY 23, 2023

Social media marketing is vital for today’s events. Event marketing needs a good social promotion strategy for both paid advertising and shared content. Ensure you know how to capitalize on the social media marketing strategies available for your event. When it comes to events, people love to see the experience visually.

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Eventscase Blog

JULY 14, 2022

We all want and need these days to rest up and recover for the final leg of the year, and to allow us to come back even stronger with more enthusiasm to finish off 2022. CONFERENCES & EVENTS Awards 2022. What better way to spend these sun-filled days than with events. dearukraine: AEVEA members-only event.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing, etc.venues. of events contracted in 6 weeks – up 225%. There are very encouraging signs that many event planners are gaining in confidence to book live events,” says Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing for etc.venues. We’ve contracted events worth £5.2m

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Bookings for conferences, meetings and training events at Wyboston Lakes Resort for 2022 are currently over 140% ahead of 2019, alongside a record number of large events from leading pharmaceutical companies taking place this Autumn. While it is great to see rapid recovery, it is much more important to see stable growth throughout 2022.

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Planning Pod

JUNE 10, 2022

As a provider of catering management software ourselves, we get asked quite frequently what are the other best catering software solutions on the market and how do they compare to our platform. Lead and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Automations for emails, reminders, payments and more. Flex Catering. Key Advantages. Key Advantages.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Does your hotel contract make it easy for a hotel to relocate your business? If your hotel contract was written before or during the Covid pandemic, you’d better watch your back. First, these meeting contracts do not prevent cancellation; rather, they allow cancellation subject to a party’s obligation to pay cancellation damages.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Read More: Cvent’s Event Tech Roadmap According to filings, at the end of last year, Cvent had approximately 22,000 customers globally in the corporate, non-profit, higher education and hospitality sectors as of December 31, 2022. In 2021, the market for in-person, virtual and hybrid events was estimated at $30 billion.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Along with expertise in corporate travel events and hotel contracting, he brings a passion for community service. Dringham enters as director of marketing. She most recently served as director of marketing at Davidson Hospitality Group, where she provided both on-property and task force marketing leadership to numerous properties.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Calendar year 2024 is already forecasted to show a healthy increase in group rooms nationwide, largely due to the number of meetings that had been on the books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 that were postponed or re-scheduled into 2024. Inflated rates were accepted by the leisure market traveling in distressed times.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 12, 2023

Especially for autumn events in the Southeast and winter events in the Midwest, planners should understand the current market for cancellation coverage. As a result, it’s best for meeting planners to obtain cancellation insurance right after they sign their venue contracts for events set to happen in a destination’s storm season.

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EventMB

MAY 22, 2022

Stand done for STOLLER EUROPE at FRUIT ATTRACTION 2017 in Madrid ( Spain ) #marketing #tradefair #exhibition #exhibitionstand #boothdesign #boothdesigner #ioanddesign #comunicacion #tradeshow #marketingferial. Check out what Columbia Sportswear did for their Omni-Heat brand debut at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Win, win, win.

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Skiddle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this week’s update, we’ll be informing you of the latest news whilst sharing some of our various different department’s performance statistics from the first quarter of the 2022/23 financial year whilst – including Account Management, Business Development, Marketing and Content. Marketing & Content.

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Skiddle

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Our Account Management team have recently reported a score of new multi-year contract renewals with prominent promoters the likes of Garage Nation, Out Of Phase events and Rotunda Comedy Club, to name a few, whilst our Business Development team have also been extremely busy as of late. In other news…. Start listing your events today !

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Following the pandemic, in 2022 Natalia decided to start her own business as a Freelance Event Manager. Venue sourcing and management: The team secures the perfect location, negotiates contracts, and oversees logistics. Her client portfolio includes HSBC, Samsung, NHS Improvement, and Penguin Random House.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

How can you, as a planner, structure contracts to be flexible? What can you do at the contract level to make sure that last-minute changes don’t have a negative impact on your event or your budget? Study the Market: Guest and Site Knowledge. Look into the history of pre/post stays with your attendees and contract accordingly.

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EventMB

MAY 10, 2022

ON24 attributes its negative revenues in the first quarter of 2022 to client budget rationalizations, the high cost of energy, and the dampening effect of the Ukraine crisis on EMEA markets. Sharan and Vattuone attribute this decline to inflation, the crisis in Ukraine, and contracted enterprise client event budgets.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Easol Capital is an industry-first financing solution which gives festival organisers better control over their cash flow, instead of being tied into advance contracts with restrictive and often unfair terms with traditional ticketing companies. Easol is the only provider on the market that gives the flexibility we need.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

Wyboston Lakes Resort has made an outstanding start to 2023 following a year of record results in 2022. The Resort already has contracted bookings for more than 50 per cent of its 2023 budget, and that is greater than it achieved in the whole of 2018. Steve Jones “I am naturally very happy with 2022’s results and our start to 2023.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. Choices, Choices. Tell a Story.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2022

Most of the contracts applied force majeure clause and ended the contract.” “Can you recap 2021 and move forward to 2022?” Virtual events became a new channel for marketing folks. ” “That completely got digitalized during 2022. ” And The Dos Of 2022?

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

WL once again supplied the Trails in 2022 and not only invested in several new fixtures for the illuminations but also helped develop a new unit that is now part of the company’s extensive hire stock. We were invited along to look at the product and offer our feedback on its features and application.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Variable expenses are all the extra things that depend on your number of attendees, marketing costs, and all the extra touches that make your event unique. Marketing and advertising. Social Media Marketing World went from an event with only 50 staff to more than 200 staff. Examples of variable costs include: Meals per attendee.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 26, 2023

In May 2022, as the Covid pandemic waned and travel started to return, an average of 12 positions were unfilled at each property. To ensure the level of service they expect, planners should include in meeting contracts minimum personnel numbers for the hotel’s event-services team as well as for meals and receptions.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s a predicament that adidas was keenly aware of when it prepared to take the world stage as a leading partner of the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup, hosted Nov. What’s more, adidas is in the process of adjusting its sponsorship contracts to ensure men’s and women’s teams are compensated equally by the brand. 18 in Qatar.

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GEVME

MARCH 9, 2022

This episode features Tamar Beck, CEO of Gleanin – a community marketing platform built for event marketers. Gleanin provides event marketers with powerful word of mouth tools that reach and convert new attendees for their events. However, there’s now a new way of looking at this marketing strategy: digital word-of-mouth.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We hopped on a call with Nicole Rogers, executive vp and chief sales officer for San Francisco Travel, the City and County of San Francisco’s official destination marketing organization, for a lengthy conversation about the realities the city is facing, the event business, and how the city is working to keep events and event attendees safe.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 19, 2022

Member name: Mabrouka Events Date formed: January 2001 – proudly celebrating 21 years in business in 2022! Mabrouka Events is delighted to be celebrating 21 years in business in 2022. Leadership: Managing Director Sharon O’Sullivan established Mabrouka Events in 2001 following a successful career in hotel sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The acquisition of IME Connect follows the merger of Miami-based A-Plus Meetings & Events and Utah-based Columbus Travel into M-Plus Global Events earlier in 2022. Companies receiving the investments have used it to buy out retiring partners, invest in new technologies, expand sales forces and increase sales and marketing budgets.

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