Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

International conferences are on the rise again at ACC Liverpool after a number of recent confirmations. More than 19 global conferences are set to take place in the coming years. The programme supported Professor Ray Clarke, president elect of ESPO, who started the bid process to bring the conference to the city in 2014.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STATE OF EVENTS IN THE CITY?

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Italian Exhibition Group, key international expo and conference player, with its Rimini and Vicenza expo venues in Italy and offices in Milan, New York, Las Vegas and Dubai and listed on the Screen-based Share Market (MTA) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A,

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Event Marketer

MAY 13, 2024

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover electric gardens, LaundroMatches and SXSW London. The campaign kicked off with two consecutive events at WashEnjoy Laundry Park in Seoul where fans watched teams compete in two different matches. We love to see it. 28 in Tucson.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

GL events UK has confirmed its support for The Festival Vision: 2025 initiative, as part of its own commitment to a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly industry. However, we believe that climate breakdown must be tackled collectively, especially in the fast-evolving events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue. Payne advised that planners should expect a lot of compression and demand.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that Hong Kong has been chosen as the host for four international MICE events, including the city’s first-ever events of high strategic value, and two repeated events amidst the COVID-19 challenges. Hong Kong’s unrivalled core strengths also attracted the return of past events.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 16, 2023

(ESTRO social media) The pandemic has upended destinations’ view of business events as some kind of “subsidiary of tourism,” U.K.-based Events, he said, are now recognized as “being at the heart of the city’s reinvention.” “It’s not so much that these cities want to host events at all costs.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 19, 2019

IBTM, part of Reed Travel Exhibitions, has announced the launch of a new business event, IBTM Asia Pacific. It’s a market we know very well, and our research has shown that there’s genuine demand for a regionally-focused event, both from our existing customer base, but also from the industry in general.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

Ferguson came together at Union Market for its annual Travel Rally, held during U.S. Research by MMGY Travel Intelligence, HIS Markit, Travel Market Insights, National Travel & Tourism and U.S. Travel, overseas visitation will likely not reach 2019 levels until 2025. On May 4, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Much like D.C.,

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Event Industry News caught up with the co-director, Johnny Lance, to learn what this year’s show had to offer the event industry. It received a significant increase in international exhibitors, indicating the strength of the UK event industry. The show also welcomed back the Festival Vision 2025 Conference.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Returning to Newbury Showground on 16 th – 17 th October 2019, the popular exhibition for the outdoor and special event industry is a key date in the calendar. Their investment in The Showman’s Show demonstrates a great level of confidence in the UK event market.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Key to the event’s ongoing success is the extensive support it garners from leading bodies in the market, including the China Communication Industry Association along with top manufacturers in the industry. According to industry sources, the global 3D glass market reached $1.9 billion in 2019 and to more than $8 billion by 2025.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Another Kind of Intelligence The overarching topic, however, was the impact of Generative AI on events. Now the audience is conference attendees, including annual visits from the wildly popular original Comic-Con and more than 30,000 for the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Ronald Britton, the makers of Bioglitter , are helping fund a new report and knowledge hub, designed to provide inspiration and best practice on reducing the environmental impact of the festival market. Our goal is to help create a movement and champion eco-friendly practices in the festival market and the beauty industry as a whole.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

David Coletto, CEO of leading Canadian public opinion and marketing research consultancy, Abacus Data, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2017 National Events Conference: Setting the Scene for 2025.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2023

Q: What made you commit to the meetings and events industry? A: I went to a fairly large association, my first job in our industry, and I was on the conferences and exhibits team for Food Marketing Institute. By 2025, 75% of our workforce will be under the age of 35. Q: What is the future for incentive travel?

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Post-pandemic events: what will they look like? Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. Will we adapt to a new way of marketing and communications? Post-Pandemic Events: Where to start?

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

Bookings and prospects for 2024 and 2025 are also very strong. In 2022 its trail blazing Woodlands Event Centre and Willows Training Centre generated their best conference and training performances with sales up 49 per cent on 2019 and up 79 per cent on 2018. Profit was also well ahead of the 2019 total.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Five Reasons to Host Your Next Event in Canada. Canada has quickly become a go-to destination for many event planners. The country is home to many amazing features which make it an attractive location to host a conference, meeting, or celebration. Hosting a gathering in Canada is almost too easy for event planners.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Have you recently entered the events industry and are looking for associations to join that will help you learn the tricks of the trade? Are you an experienced event planning professional and searching for new associations to become a member of? Are many of your events wedding ceremonies or receptions?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. Marriott’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. Read More : Why is DEI Critical to the Hospitality Industry?

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Bizzabo

APRIL 28, 2020

Check out these top 7 event technology trends to look for in 2020 and beyond as event planners continue to navigate a new world of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. As you begin planning your next big event, it’s important to learn about these trends that may be here to stay. What do we mean by event technology?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. 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. at the iconic resort. “At

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 21, 2021

2022 Meeting and Event Trends for Professional Planners. Adaptability will be the key word we use when we talk about events in 2022. The world is ever changing, and event planners and venues need to be ready to change their plans in an instant. Hybrid Events. One trend we will continue to see in 2022 is hybrid events.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 21, 2023

7 Tips to Engage Gen Z Event Attendees Although Millennials currently dominate the professional world, they won’t for long. According to Carisa Bartlett, Cvent’s Product Marketing Team Lead, Gen Z will represent 27% of the global workforce by 2025 and it will only increase as the years go on.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 29, 2021

The Indian medical devices market, which accounts for more than 13% of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) medical devices market, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.5% through 2025.

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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. More than 1,600 people participated in MPI education over the course of the event.

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Hubilo Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

In September 2019, Apple’s event where iPhone 11 was launched, streamed live for the first time. Today, at the dwindling end of the pandemic in 2021, virtual events have proven their significance and their applicability more than ever. The potential virtual events hold does not end with the pandemic. Definitely. quick and easy.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Streamers at BlizzCon 2019, one of the biggest annual events for esports. Millennials and Gen Z grew up playing highly competitive video games, and now, they want to watch the best in the world play those games,” said Gary Gonzalez, managing partner and director of strategy at Seattle-based marketing agency Convoke. There are concerts.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2019

With the pressure on to boost attendees’ experiences, event tech takes centre stage. Budgets may be shrinking, but conference attendees’ expectations keep growing. And one way to create experiences is event technology. It’s secure and it wows attendees from the very beginning of the event.” By Boardroom editors.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The good news is that planners and individuals are booking camps , conferences , meetings , and events at record levels, making up for lost time. If this sounds like a familiar struggle, here are four ways to increase engagement with planners and individuals looking to book a venue for their next meeting or event: 1.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, announced locations for upcoming World Education Congress events: Toronto, Ontario, in Canada in 2019; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, in 2020; the brand-new Caesars FORUM in Las Vegas in 2021; and San Francisco in 2022. Future IMEX America Dates. 10–12, 2019.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 10, 2017

The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) reported 2016 as its highest-ever convention booking year, having secured 713 events using 903,199 hotel room nights for future years. percent in the number of events and room nights secured, respectively. Compared to 2015, the 2016 totals represent increases of 18.2

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 31, 2019

The first new gates will go live in 2023 with projected completion in 2025. An InterContinental hotel—which is slated to include a conference center—at the facility is being designed, with construction planned for this summer and completion slated for early 2021. event lawn adjacent to the pool, a boardroom and a trio of meeting rooms.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. 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. at the iconic resort. “At

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11th 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. More than 1,600 people participated in MPI education over the course of the event.

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