Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? A History of Meeting Well The current focus on healthy meeting spaces is not the first time brands have gone beyond accommodating “dates and rates” to differentiate their spaces.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 20, 2022

Today, 20 April 2022, sees the launch of TRACE by isla, a purpose-built carbon measurement platform dedicated to the event industry. Reports for clients, sustainability teams and stakeholders are generated in real time, pre and post-event. We spent some time researching the right software for us, and TRACE came out on top.

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EventMB

MAY 22, 2022

Embrace Sustainability: Use Recycled and Recyclable Materials. Food is a crowd pleaser, particularly for long exhibitions and trade shows. You needn’t sell cookware or food to use a booth like this. Two things that always draw a crowd: food and activity. Make It Easy to Buy: Implement a Meeting Room.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pioneering lifestyle aparthotel brand, Locke, opens Turing Locke alongside the UK’s first Hyatt Centric hotel and new food and drink destinations KOTA and Dutch. Pioneering lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke has announced the opening of its ninth property, Turing Locke, located in the heart of Cambridge’s sustainable new development, Eddington.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

It opened in September 2022 and former CEO Arne Sorenson , who passed away in 2021, played a critical part in plans for the modern office space. The rest of the building except for a handful of meeting spaces, a floating staircase and informal seating on the ground floor requires a keycard for entrance.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2022

Cut to 2022 and Revel has morphed and rebranded as Ocean Casino and Resort, Atlantic City’s chic-est denizen, sitting at the tail end of Atlantic City Beach and still “reveling” in its enviable location. Serendipity 3 at The District Food Court in Oceans Casino and Resort. Atlantic City’s surfside diva amps up its wow-factors.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 2, 2022

In its report “The Future 100: 2022,” creative agency, consultancy, and technology company Wunderman Thompson has identified 100 trends across industries — from culture to health to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way we live and work this year and beyond. Molly Crouch, director of sustainability at Sodexo Live!,

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

They are committed to locally and sustainably sourcing their ingredients and materials and, with their professional full time team, are dedicated to becoming as green as possible, alongside delivering first class service. We are delighted to have appointed them as our sole caterer.”.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

More : Navigating in Open Waters with Cruise Meetings. Josh Leibowitz, president of luxury cruise line Seabourn , said in a Forbes interview in January that the company was seeing strong interest in late 2021 and 2022 bookings across the board, noting that pent-up demand was evident. ports during the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

It is the attention to detail in the design, service and food and beverage program that elevates the experience to quiet luxury. Specialty serving dishes keep food chilled in style and sustainable materials allow everyone to rest easier. Rooms have amenities tucked into thoughtful alcoves. The 30,000 sq. The 15,000 sq.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Built in 1986, leading London events venue, The QEII Centre, was not originally constructed with sustainability in mind, but in recent years the team has been working diligently to rectify this. And while not perfect, the venue has successfully implemented wide-ranging initiatives to progress its pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2040.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A quest to find sustainable event experts leads to an emerging wine region in California’s Central Coast It’s not your imagination. The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. Green meetings are here to stay.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. Counting the Sustainable Event Measures IMEX America 2022 , which took place Oct. Counting the Sustainable Event Measures IMEX America 2022 , which took place Oct.

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Event Marketer

MAY 5, 2022

Topics spanned hybrid, DE&I, new-era tech, sponsorship activation strategies, community engagement, sustainability, cross-channel strategies and beyond. More EMS Coverage: Winners Unveiled: The 2022 Ex Awards. The experiences we create today are going to shape the future.”.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What the Food Donation Improvement Act Means for Events A new federal law could make it easier to donate unused food from a conference to those in need. An estimated 40% of the food produced in the U.S. We want the food to be handled properly and safely,” says Second Servings founder and President Barbara Bronstein. “We

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Event Marketer

MAY 1, 2023

Agency: Corso Marketing Group) ADIDAS X COACHELLA pic.twitter.com/yM6cKNkhd0 — ❀ BadBunnyTour ❀ (@tourbadbunny) April 11, 2023 AMERICAN EXPRESS Tailoring benefits to meet the needs of Gen Zers is at the top of American Express’s priority list, with Gen Z and millennials accounting for 60 percent of new cardmember applications in 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2022

-Michael Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International ( ALHI ) at Smart Meetings’ 2020 Hospitality Predictions webinar. 15, 2022, people covered by a health insurance plan who buy an FDA-approved, over-the-counter diagnostic test for Covid-19 will have eight of those tests a month covered by insurance.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There were so many excellent entries that it was hard to pick just one, but eventually we decided on SAP Sapphire 2022 in the Best Transformational Change category, and Siemens Energy Business Conference 2022 in Best Customer Experience – Live. Show how specific environmental/sustainability/ community challenges were met.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 11, 2022

Bottom-line for meeting planners : Look for airlines to respond by bringing back services like alcoholic beverages, full meal services and other business and first-class perks that got paused. Meetings groups traveling to Europe will now have more consistent and seamless experiences since U.S. Results of the J.D.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

The conference programme was packed with an excellent range of industry speakers and workshops covering topics including Leadership, Inspiration, Innovation, Technology, Sustainability and Industry Best Practice. Blendology , provided the paperless and sustainable delegate badges making it easy to network and capture key contacts on the day.

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Stova

MARCH 23, 2023

While it is exciting to resume in-person meetings, virtual and hybrid events remain critical. According to the Skift Meetings 2022 State of Business Events , 64 percent of event professionals offer a virtual component for their major events. By contrast, a hybrid event mixes virtual and in-person formats.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now, as we look ahead to 2022, it’s worth revisiting the year’s top experiential trends and takeaways to help inform next year’s strategies. The sinister-meets-sweet “Night Bites Bakery” experience was activated in three cities, each offering fans a chance to get their “AHS”—and sugar—fix. STORY OF THE YEAR #5. STORY OF THE YEAR #6.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. Having said that, I think the return to meetings will be both slow and fast.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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