Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

Key 2024 Event Tech Trends Unveiled at Strata’s Insight Event Attendees at the Strata Insights event, at The Ned in London before Christmas, were treated to a preview of some of the most important tech trends which will shape the events industry in 2024 and beyond. Two examples were presented.

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Eventscase Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

We exhibited at major trade shows, participated in networking events, and even managed our own events. All of these activities were an opportunity to keep in touch with event organisers like you who have brought the industry back to pre-pandemic numbers. And that’s a win we must celebrate!

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

On April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day was marked by in-person educational sessions and meet-ups, a 12-hour virtual event, hundreds of social-media posts—and even an original poem. Here, Rachel Andrews, head of global events for Cvent, spoke on developing an institutional event-program process.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 13, 2022

OnePlan , the innovative London-based startup, has been named a partner to the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 , which will use OnePlan’s Venue Twin and GIS Mapping software for more efficiency and collaboration. A positive solution for France and the global sporting world.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Events Industry Council (EIC) invites meeting and event professionals to participate in a survey that will help inform the next stage of the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) standards and exam. In 2024-2025, an updated exam and study materials will be available as a result. The 30-minute survey is open through Nov.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Becky Balchin, head of project operations at global events and engagement agency Live Group , has been selected as a mentee for the 2023/2024 Fast Forward 15 (FF15) mentoring programme. Her expertise and leadership transform ambitious ideas into awe-inspiring events. Managing teams. Presenting to senior leadership teams.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Stacey Gromlich, Senior Director-Audience Engagement and Global Events, Siemens Designing a brand experience that influences and inspires has always been a passion for Stacey Gromlich, senior director-audience engagement and global events at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Social is huge for us.

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Stova

MARCH 25, 2024

The Definitive Guide to Event Registration This guide will teach you how to create a successful event registration strategy and help you deliver the best registration experience for your attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Registration is at the heart of meetings and events.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2024

Straight talk from event agency leaders on pushing through the pain points and evolving to meet the opportunities in the year ahead For many event professionals, 2023 was the most promising comeback year that only kind of came back. Are there new performance metrics that can or should be deployed across events?

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Meeting Professionals International’s leaders outlined a strong 2024 for the association’s educational and networking efforts. A certificate program called Event Wellfare Champion is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2024 in conjunction with The Neu Project and EventWell.

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2022

Organizers reported 9,000 attendees, including close to 3,000 buyers, and 2,300 exhibiting companies taking part, making it the largest event industry trade show to take place since the start of the Covid pandemic. This is the first major international event industry show for many. Invite-only events for specific audiences went ahead.

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Eventmobi

MARCH 6, 2024

As an event organizer, your to-do list is likely never-ending. You have to juggle all of your event goals, priorities, vendors, sponsors, and attendees at once. With so many tasks on your plate, how can you ensure everything gets done while still creating an immersive, engaging event experience?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 1, 2024

Courtney Mesmer The data in the “ Freeman Trends Report: 2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior ,” released in January by the global events company, not only quantified many of the disconnects that Mesmer was working to overcome, but provided evidence that she was on the right track.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

Global creative communications agency DRPG has announced a significant milestone in its expansion with the successful acquisition of The Special Event Company, a distinguished live and virtual event agency based in North Carolina, USA.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Meeting professionals are starting to rebook events in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, but continuing waves of Covid and cautious restrictions from some countries are resulting in a slow restart. While countries like Japan have expressed hesitance to reopening, others have opened up completely to visitors and business events of all kinds.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Identity, Europe’s fastest growing events business, has appointed Olivier Vallee as Managing Director, as the business continues its international growth strategy and begins another year as one of the most recognised events brands in the global industry. He’s a great addition to the team.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

Paul Fitzpatrick has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Identity, at a group level, with the task of continuing to develop the agency’s international presence and realising its ambition to be one of the leading names in global events. This is a big move for Identity and an endorsement of the talent we have within the business.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. They are trying to make up for lost revenue and profit” from the Covid pandemic. Planners’ thoughts about the next 12 months? The full MPI report can be found here.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Meet Blackpool has announced it has become a member of three key industry associations: the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), beam and the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events and tourism sectors.

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Eventscase Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At Eventscase, we’re always seeking new ways to connect with event organisers and empower the events community. Day 1: Journey with EMA Our CEO and Co-founder, Jose Bort, and our Head of Global Sales, Tatiana González, led a group of corporate event experts from Madrid and Barcelona to London.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2024

While Florida is the land of gators, Lacoste showed up to the 2024 Miami Open with its rival signature crocodile. The brand leveraged its global partnership with Soho House for its first event at the location, and House members jumped on the opportunity to attend the Le Club Lacoste kickoff party, which quickly sold out.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

The world’s biggest culinary event is coming to Wales in 2026. The successful bid to host this event, which is held every two years, involved months of work and lobbying by the Culinary Association of Wales (CAW) and partners ICC Wales, the Celtic Manor Resort and the Welsh Government. Wales has won the event on merit.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But our industry still faces ongoing challenges, such as: high travel, F&B, and production costs; staffing shortages; tight client budgets; and the rise of last-minute event registrations. To give you an idea of what my professional 2023 was like, here are three different in-person events I enjoyed immensely. #1

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All Seated

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Surprisingly, this year has brought to light the persistence of outdated approaches – lengthy processes, printing mishaps, and antiquated methods – among event professionals who, despite living in an era of innovation, still heavily rely on these traditional methods.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 8, 2021

Actavo Events is a global events company specialising in the supply of Event Infrastructure including staging, grandstand seating, fencing, crowd control, drape and bespoke scaffolding structures, in addition to offering Project Management expertise for special projects. SPONSORED CONTENT.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! However, Dominguez believes there will be inflation normalization by 2024. These costs are in there because they are necessary.”

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

More than 1,000 members of the event marketing community convened at Caesars Palace Las Vegas for the 21 st annual Experiential Marketing Summit, May 9-11. You can’t give people what they expect; that’s ordinary content,” she said. You have to give them something unique that you can’t get anywhere else.”

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2023

“We’ve always been seen as an industrial, manufacturing, engineering company, but over the years, we have really developed into a technology company that transforms everyday lives, so that human or personal perspective has been missing for a long time,” says Stacey Gromlich, director-audience engagement and global events at Siemens.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For organizations that believe conferences are better when they bring together all voices—even those often disinclined to attend group events, such as introverts, people who processes information differently, or those who are temporarily or permanently disabled in some way—fostering a sense of belonging is a critical objective.

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The MICE

JUNE 21, 2022

SwissSkills organises a biannual event which will take place this year from 7 to 11 September at the Bern Expo in Bern. The experiential event format will showcase 150 professions and will allow attendees to engage directly with the employers and ask questions of current apprentices in the programmes. .

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

You hear a lot of predictions and anecdotal evidence about the events industry, but we here at Planning Pod also like data … and lots of it. Yes, we know, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics, but we feel these particular event-related statistics merit some attention. 1 – $115 billion. 2 – 10%. 2 – 10%.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 25, 2024

1 conference for creators of the brand experience immersed a global audience of b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show organizers, agency executives, meeting planners, event strategists and tech specialists in hands-on workshops, creative group work, panel sessions, booth exhibits and a festival-themed Ex Awards ceremony.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The trouble is, in every industry, there are seemingly too many conferences or events to choose from and it’s hard to know which ones are right for you to invest your time and money in. As a result, many events which have been canceled or significantly modified over the past two years are finally able to resume in person.

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