Event Industry News

JUNE 11, 2019

The Festival Vision: 2025 crowdfunding campaign, launched by not-for-profit group Powerful Thinking, gives the whole live events industry the opportunity to work together and provide leadership around climate breakdown through the Vision 2025’s pioneering strategy. This is more than resources – it’s a movement.

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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. Accessibility and Convenience Convenience is key for professional meeting planners, and Dallas delivers on all fronts.

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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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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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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. CMP accreditation has played a huge part in the lives of meeting professionals, with more than 12,000 CMPs to date.

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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. Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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. you don’t help to tackle the issue of air travel, you’re never going to be able to move the needle very much” on the carbon emissions coming from meetings.

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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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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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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

APRIL 22, 2022

Is that an opportunity for meetings? By March, meetings business in most of the top 25 meeting markets in the country beat forecasts, while April is also on pace to notably exceed the forecasts made as recently as early February. Team meetings that have been postponed multiple times will finally take place.

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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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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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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Meet Cambridge, founded and funded by the Cambridge Colleges 25 years ago, has revealed that nine new international and national association events will come to the city over the next few years and result in an influx of experts visiting to convene and collaborate. www.meet-cambridge.com

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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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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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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

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. Due to the UK general election likely taking place in the Autumn of 2024, the signature Global Policy Forum will now be held in February 2025 in Westminster.

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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. See also : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Community and Resiliency on #MeetingsChat. Based on the in-person site inspection, that clause should allow meetings professionals the option to cancel the contract without penalty. group business.

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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. It will also be the perfect luxury venue for large weddings.

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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 Meetings Mean Business Coalition (under the U.S. It has also looked further ahead, with GMID dates set for April 11, 2024, and April 3, 2025. Mark your calendars. million people.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

More Conference News: Photo Tour: 10 Steal-worthy Tactics from the INBOUND 2023 Conference Five Reasons Why Figma’s Config User Conference Has Grown 750% in Five Years EVENT MARKETER: WHAT ARE THE TOP ADVANTAGES TO HOSTING A MEETING OR CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW? Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also.

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2021

13 properties and more than 36,000 guest rooms, including Bellagio, Aria, Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand, this marks a milestone in MGM Resorts’ long-term plan of reducing the company’s emissions by 45 percent per square foot by 2025. The post MGM Resorts International Hits Sustainability Milestone appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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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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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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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The survey results will contribute to the 2nd edition of The Show Must Go On report, to be published early 2020, after the success of Powerful Thinking’s Festival Vision: 2025 Crowdfunder which secured over £28,000 of funding for the report. TAKE THE INDUSTRY GREEN SURVEY 2019 HERE. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 6, 2022

Five Associations Professional Meeting Planners Need to Know. Follow along as we describe the five associations professional meeting planners need to know. Meeting Professionals International (MPI). As an event planner, your goal is to connect people with one another during their meeting, conference, or presentation.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

increase (forecast: 18.5%), ground transportation increased by 9.8% (forecast: 7.3%), and meetings and events, measured by the average cost per attendee per day, increased by 58.1% (forecast: 25%). Meetings and Events Costs across different sectors of the events world increased. In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2%

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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. That’s why we were so keen to support The Festival Vision: 2025 campaign. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions.

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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? The post Countdown to Super Bowl LVIII: Q&A with Las Vegas Super Bowl Committee appeared first on Smart Meetings. SM: Anything you’d like to add?

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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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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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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. The post PCMA’s Big Bet on Presidential Visit Paid Off appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Smart Women in Meetings: Industry Leader winner and CEO of SITE Annette Gregg sat down with Smart Meetings on the brink of SITE’s 50th anniversary. Gregg gained experience during her more than 3 years at Meeting Professionals International (MPI), moving from senior vice president of the experience team to chief revenue officer.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Attendees can expect to meet with industry leading suppliers and manufacturers ahead of what is shaping up to be an incredibly busy 2022. Along with the industry staples and regular exhibitors you’d expect to meet at the show, there’s a whole host of innovative product launches and new exhibitors.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. Raccoon Events, which employs 22 staff in the UK and US, has set the ambitious goal to get the company and its UK and US events to net zero by 2025.

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