Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2023

Meeting Room of the Future Trends Report Offers Roadmap for More Climate-Friendly Practices We’ve heard it before: Climate sustainability is a pressing issue. It permeates so many parts of our lives; inevitably, that includes meetings. The third-ranking category was a venue’s vitality credentials.

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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. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look. Accommodations.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 30, 2022

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has, today, June 30, 2022, announced that its annual conference is scheduled to take place at Harrogate Convention Centre (HCC), North Yorkshire, on Wednesday, November 30th. So this year we are excited to have chosen Harrogate Convention Centre as our venue.”

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. How Covid-19 Impacted Large-Scale Meetings and Conventions.

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Canadian Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This conference, produced by e=mc² events in partnership with Energy Disruptors, took place way back in September 2022 and won Best Conference at the 2023 Canadian Event Awards. The in-house restaurant, Bar 1912, hosted VIPs and sponsors for daily meals and intimate meet and greets with their keynote speakers.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 25, 2022

Two-thirds of venues say they will recover to 2019 meeting revenue levels in 2022 or 2023, with Danish and Australian venues predicting the fastest recovery, according to IACC’s annual Meeting Room of the Future Barometer 2022 , which was released today. In 2022 this percentage has dropped to 19%.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In 2022, with this coronavirus ‘controlled’ to an extent at least, the hope is for events to be able to mix in much more flesh and blood traffic to the event model, backed up/enhanced by the best in contemporary thinking. Canapii: Top event trends we expect to see in 2022. It’s all here. A hybrid hoedown.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage. See some highlights below on the highs (and lows) of the travel scene in 2022. Fasten Your Seat Belts. Flight Plan.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, two of the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortiums Academic Venue Solutions (AVS) and Venues of Excellence (VoE) joined forces to support their members as the hospitality industry steered its course through the changes to trading impacted by COVID-19.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, two of the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortiums Academic Venue Solutions (AVS) and Venues of Excellence (VoE) joined forces to support their members as the hospitality industry steered its course through the changes to trading impacted by COVID-19.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The session was titled ‘Technology Tools and Trends Driving Engagement, Collaboration and Innovation’ And since they talked about event technology trends for 2022 and beyond, the talk is just as relevant today as it was four months ago! Introducing Event Technology Trends 2022. So how do you find new venues?

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, two of the UK’s leading sales and marketing consortiums Venues of Excellence (VoE) and Academic Venue Solutions (AVS) joined forces to support their members as the hospitality industry steered its course through the changes to trading impacted by COVID-19.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1. Cvent CONNECT.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2022

Now that the celebratory dust has settled, it’s a great time to check out 2022 event trends. 2022 Event Trends Guide: What You’ll Find. The 2022 event trends guide covers nearly all aspects of the events industry: event technology, production, strategy, and more. Working In The Events Industry In 2022.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. Hybrid Is Down.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We researched the top meeting venues in each of these destinations. of meeting space. The Convention Center offers clients 72 meeting rooms totaling 204,000 sq. Sheraton Dallas Hotel’s meeting space embodies a distinct sense of technology and style. of meeting space, 52 event rooms and 60 break out rooms.

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Expo Pass

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

So to keep you up to speed, these are our top 5 event safety updates of 2022 (so far). CES 2022 supplied each attendee with two rapid tests when they received their badge. Rapid testing, combined with shorter periods of quarantine and isolation, should give attendees more freedom to attend in-person and hybrid events in 2022.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11 th American run Thursday following a thunderous return with over 12,000 people in attendance at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, a 45% increase over last year’s event due to pandemic travel restrictions. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. meetsmart pic.twitter.com/xY7qsyppLz.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independent destination management companies and event service providers, has recently unveiled its 2022 Global Destination Index , which highlights the most popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world, according to booked and pending business across its worldwide partners.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 18, 2024

The Belfry Hotel & Resort is one of the UK’s most recognised meeting, conference and event venues. Located in the Midlands, close to Birmingham city centre, The Belfry offers meeting event spaces of all sizes accommodating upto 920 guests.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Testament to its success, The Belfry Hotel and Resort has been awarded miaList Venue of the Year 2022 and England’s Leading Conference & Meeting Hotel at the World Travel Awards, making it the best meeting, conference and event venue in the UK.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Credit: iStock Event organizers are feeling the pinch as industry suppliers, venues and transportation companies rebound from the pandemic. Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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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. Also nominated to the 2022 Board of Directors are: Jason Dunn Sr , Immediate Past Chairman, NCBMP (National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals).

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2022

This was the start of the cross-company collaboration that would bring nSight 2022 to fruition. Earlier in 2022, TSEC assisted in the late stages of planning nCino’s private leadership conference in Bloomington, North Carolina. Initially projected to be half the size, nSight 2022 drew in 1,400 registered attendees.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Recovery Continues on a Positive Trajectory According To IACC’s 2022 Meeting Room of the Future Barometer. The meetings and events industry’s recovery continues on a positive trajectory, with venues reporting continued growth in event volume levels, according to IACC’s latest Meeting Room of the Future Barometer (MRoTF) 2022.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The venue for the 2022 London Auditions of the award winning Events R Talented talent competition will be the King George 3 rd Room in The Brewery. An iconic venue situated in the heart of London. We have partnered for this year with Kim Paulden, Alec Mumford and the amazing team at The BNC to host the 2022 London Auditions.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On 7th September 2022, Hire Space ran their ‘Venue Talk’ event at London town house 41 Portland Place , which showcased their new hybrid equipment and streamed panelists. The panellists strongly recommended venues switch to 100% renewable energy as soon as possible, and that they measure their carbon emissions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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Expo Pass

OCTOBER 20, 2021

From Super Bowl LVI to the Beijing Winter Olympics to countless conferences and festivals, in-person and hybrid events are back on the books for 2022. In this article, we’ll get into all the nuts and bolts of a few marquee events that we’re looking forward to in 2022. Sundance 2022. Sundance is going hybrid in 2022.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 4, 2022

IACC, the global association representing the top 1% of small to midsize conference and meeting venues, has today released its latest Meeting Room of the Future report , which collates industry insights and data on the recovery of the global business events sector with IACC members experiences, opinions and concerns related to the industry.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The meetings and events industry’s recovery continues on a positive trajectory, with venues reporting continued growth in event volume levels, according to IACC’s latest Meeting Room of the Future Barometer (MRoTF) 2022 , which was released today.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. Where to Meet. of meeting space is spread across 32 rooms. Travel Rules in Dubai.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That all changes in 2022. With the advances we’ve made in meeting safely, hybrid technologies, and our general understanding of ways to get together, in-person SKOs are back on the table. With that, here are our top tips for hosting a Kick A$s in-person or hybrid SKO in 2022. Make safety about comfort. Theme still matters.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Hire Space and Event Tech Live (ETL) have partnered to showcase London’s leading High-Tech venues at ETL London on November 16 th & 17 th at the show’s new home of ExCeL London. Hire Space is an event technology and services company which operates hirespace.com , a marketplace of over 100,000 venues globally.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Suffice to say 2022 was quite the boom year for the wedding planning industry. Reviews | 20 Blog mentions Photos Courtesy of Liza Litvinovich “Jamie and Dean’s beautiful wedding at Fairmont Royal York was one of our favourites from 2022. We wouldn’t have had it any other way. .”

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Event Industry News

JUNE 28, 2022

For the first time, Scotland will host the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Summit and 2022 Executive Assembly. The Executive Assembly, the Council’s annual governance meeting that brings together the World Energy Community, will take place on 12 October 2022. To find out more about the event visit: [link].

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