Unique Venues

APRIL 24, 2024

In the sprawling landscape of professional meeting destinations, Dallas emerges as a top location for professional and social event planners, successfully blending southern charm with cosmopolitan flair. This juxtaposition of modern and traditional architectural styles is also reflected in the event venues available to rent in Dallas.

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Skift

JANUARY 13, 2021

Skift Take: In order to approach the same level of quality and engagement as in-person experiences, virtual and hybrid events need to be designed with safety and innovation as guiding principles. Event planners need an agile, forward-thinking destination partner to deliver on ever-changing attendee expectations.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 7, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has reacted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Budget 2024, which was presented in the House of Commons today. in 2025 and […] The mia’s chief executive, Kerrin MacPhie, said on the following areas: Growth “It is welcome news that the economy is expected to grow by 0.8%

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

The Business of Events (TBOE), the Think Tank and Advocacy Network for the global events sector, has today published its Plan of Activity for 2024/5. These connections will help ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of the global business events industry and continues to meet the needs of planners and delegates.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2023

Las Vegas trends show the city has no plans to slow down The average age of Las Vegas visitors is younger and more diverse than it was a year ago, according to statistics release at a Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors meeting this week. In 2022, the average visitor age was 40.7, as compared to 44.3

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Airlines are ramping up their carbon-reducing measures—but ever so slightly—while more attendees face internal carbon budgets and taxes to come to events. According to t his article , American Airlines is working with an engineering firm named Graphyte to remove 10,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere by 2025 through this method.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

What the impact of a younger generation means for the future of the meeting industry No two generations are the same. Smart Meeting spoke with Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at the event management company Freeman, to pinpoint how data can be used to enhance the event experience for all ages.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2022

New research finds that event business picked up strongly starting in February. Is that an opportunity for meetings? A report from The Knowland Group released this week shows that once the scare from the Omicron variant of Covid-19 died down in February, the pent-up demand for in-person business events was unleashed.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2023

Europa Village is planning full buildout by 2025. With its own hotel on the property, meeting professionals can plan to have group meetings in Spain in the morning but a group activity or event in Italy or France in the evening—all within walking distance of both the other compounds and the guest hotels and villas.

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EventMB

MAY 25, 2022

Covid pushed society a decade ahead in terms of digitization, and many technologies are here to stay in the events and trade show industries, said Corbin Ball, a meetings technology expert, and owner of Corbin Ball & Co. based consultancy, by 2025, a staggering $3 trillion – up 25 percent from $2.4

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Jan Freitag, national director of hospitality for hotel-industry analyst CoStar, said in this article from SmartBrief that although further growth is expected in hotels’ revenue per available room in 2024 and 2025, hotels are worried about increased expenses. Labor costs are a significant driver of overall expenses.

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Exhibitor Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

PHILADELPHIA  Today the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) announced a program incentivizing meetings and conventions booked in the.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The official conference and events bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area has announced a series of major conference wins which will bring approximately 2,700 delegates to Cambridge over the next three years. Economic impact calculated using VisitBritain Business Events Research, Delegate Spend and Trip Extensions Report 2017.

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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. Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

As a result, 2025’s Super Bowl was moved to New Orleans and Super Bowl LVIII took place in Las Vegas, a first for the city and accompanied by much fanfare. The game in 2025 is scheduled to take place at Caesars Superdome, set for a completed $500 million renovation this July. They had a fresh start.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Christy Loy Christy Loy, Meet Minneapolis Loy takes on the role of senior vice president of destination sales at Meet Minneapolis. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise across various sectors of the tourism industry, including convention and meeting sales and destination partner relations.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 23, 2022

A shortened agenda plus sessions listed by level of interactivity were designed to deliver more value and set an example for other meetings, says MPI President & CEO Paul Van Deventer. San Francisco was the scene of Meeting Professionals Internationals’ 2022 World Education Congress, held from June 21 to 23.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

The impressive project, due for completion Autumn 2025, will see a flagship 852sqm event space, The Masters Suite, built and designed to host 648 guests for banqueting with a max capacity of 920, making it perfect for conferences and product launches, mini expos and weddings. “We

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The new space will play host to the second meeting of Vision:2025 Festivals, an initiative launched […]. The post Showman’s Show creates ‘Hub’ to play host to Festival Vision: 2025 Sustainability Skills & Knowledge Update appeared first on Event Industry News.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series reporting on FICP Chats about the future of meetings. For the short-term, request for proposals ( RFPs ) do not look dramatically different, if they’re being submitted at all, but there is great optimism that event disruptions and “new normal” considerations will not persist into future-year events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. 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.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The 5 th annual Event Industry Green Survey is now live, launched by Powerful Thinking, the not-for-profit think-tank for event sustainability. All entrants to the survey have a chance to win a delegate pass for this year’s Green Events & Innovations conference (GEI) at the ILMC on 3 March 2020. Brand Events.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Date, theme, leaders, and resources are lining up for next year’s Global Meetings Industry Day. The day inspires events that range from panel discussions and press conferences to pizza parties and photo opps, and last year, which was largely virtual, saw more than 40 million impressions from 8.5 Mark your calendars. million people.

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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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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) celebrated a successful year at its AGM yesterday, recognising the achievements of the sector as it continues to overcome challenges old and new. Concluding the AGM was the appointment of the mia board for 2024/2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Julie Shorrock, Managing Director of Hotel and Travel Solutions (HTS) has become Chair of beam , the UK tradeassociation for the Business Events, Accommodation and Meetings industry, for 2024. We have fostered a sense of community, bringing together all corners of the business events, accommodation, and meetings sector. “It

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Raccoon Events ’ CEO Mike Seaman spoke at COP26 , the UN Climate Change Conference on Wednesday (10 November), setting out a pathway for a more sustainable industry. Speaking at the event, Seaman put forward a strategy that emphasised the need for forward motion and a conscious approach to meet the industry’s net zero aspirations.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As The Showman’s Show returns to Newbury Showground this week, Wednesday 20 th and Thursday 21 st October, reconnecting the event industry, organiser Lance Show & Publications Limited has revealed a stellar line-up of exhibitors.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

What meeting planners may be pleased to discover is Asheville’s potential for hosting eventful gatherings. Executives and meetings professionals in search of locations to hold meetings, executive retreats, conferences, and incentive trips will be inspired by Asheville’s spirit, scenic beauty, and fresh mountain air.”.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Five Associations Professional Meeting Planners Need to Know. 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?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Plus strategies for managing increased business travel costs in 2024 Business travel and event cost are not increasing as steeply as they were in 2022, but they’re still going up, according to 2024 Business Travel Forecast , a new study by CWT and Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2% Experiment.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The disruption caused by the pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation in the events world is no exception. The urgent call to restaff hotels and events teams and engage discriminating audiences will include many unimaginable trials, learning new skills and, ultimately, a reinvention of ourselves and the industry.

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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. Sherrif has a wealth of knowledge of the global business and events sector and is a respected voice in the industry. Stephanie Harris , President, The Incentive Research Foundation.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2024

New Orleans’ NFL bid is now scheduled for 2025, the city’s 11th time hosting. Smart Meetings: What is the role of the Las Vegas Host Committee? SM: How does it feel to be leading such a huge first-time event in Las Vegas? It is truly a testament to how excited the community is to be part of this historic event.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Watch Live: 2024 Hospitality Predictions from Mike Dominguez President Clinton ventured that meetings could be the antidote for bad decisions being made by divided, angry people. Another Kind of Intelligence The overarching topic, however, was the impact of Generative AI on events. PCMA has become a house of brands,” he said.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Here’s how one meeting professional does it. There are times when planners can get tons of concessions, low room rates, and all the meeting space they need with no rental fees. The meeting might be via Zoom or in person, but either way the PowerPoint presentation needs to look sharp. Right now is not that time.

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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. Micro Events. Transformational Experiences.

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