Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

Housing: Hotel agreements will become smart contracts on the blockchain, eliminating any ambiguity and enabling hotels to easily decipher what the organiser requires in their contract. Third-party provided tech : airline and hotel loyalty rewards program transactions will be easily accessible and recorded. .;

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Event Industry News

MAY 28, 2020

Venues and hotels allow greater flexibility in their policies to cater the needs of MICE event organisers so as to improve their competitiveness. Strengthen supports for hotels. Other offers from airlines, attractions and HKTB are also available in order to bring in a larger number of MICE visitors.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Our Duty of Care may well require an on-site health screening, arriving with results showing a negative Covid test, proof of vaccination or showing our digital health passport as step one, with many airlines, countries and counties having these requirements in place. Shift: Touchless. In 2021 the only thing we are touching is our own device.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

It means knowing everything we can and controlling everything we can, from seating in a restaurant to the cleaning and sanitizing in a hotel, and a hundred other details,” Breust says, ticking off the checklist of items that will be added to planner duties. Spread room bookings throughout the hotel.

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Master the Event

APRIL 6, 2022

So for part one of this article I’m going to discuss the various components involved when planning outside events (by outside events I mean event activities occurring outside of the hotel portion of the program). Event Checklist Tips to Complete the Conference or Event Program. Attractions and Tours. Delegate Gifts. Meeting Services.

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Eventsforce

MARCH 11, 2020

Within the term audience, think not only of delegates, but also of VIPs, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, contractors and other stakeholders that come into contact at the event. Senior leadership members or keynote speakers may be reluctant or unable to come. All that they need is an internet web link to the conference (event).

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 30, 2017

Having organized over 100 conferences across the country, the North American tourism promotion firm NAJ Group spends weeks planning every last detail of its events—except what to do if a surprise winter storm were to hit the East Coast. By the time I landed five hours later, it appeared that 17 out of 43 speakers were not going to show.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

Gone are the days when people were content with staying in a hotel that could be in Anywhere, USA, and traveling for work without truly getting out and experiencing the destination. A downtown environment and area attractions are a top priority for events and conferences but can come with drawbacks in large cities.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. As a result, many are cautious about allocating funds to nonessential activities like conferences.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New year, new conferences! Whether you’re looking to meet influential planners, improve networking skills, learn about emerging technologies, or simply reconnect with planner besties, this list of 2024 conferences and trade shows has something for everyone. It’s the event planning conference to attend in North America.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 15, 2019

At the beginning of April, we spoke with Richard Lindner—President and Co-Founder at DigitalMarketer—about how the DigitalMarketer team scaled their annual flagship conference from 190 attendees to over 6,000. Finding the Right Speakers. Cost-benefit Analysis for Speakers. Finding the Right Speakers.

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

Incentives are the most exciting part of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibition) business. The interview took place in Bern at Hotel Kreuz , and Silvia joined remotely from Frankfurt. . The airlines, especially for group bookings, are quite flexible when it comes to postponing group flights.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

W hile serving on the executive committee responsible for creating the educational content for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual Travel and Tourism Conference over the last three years, Malcolm Griffiths has focused on “shaking up the way we do professional development.” WARMING UP.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This year, she’ll be producing SEMrush’s first user conference. Really what we want to do is use technology in similar ways that, everything from airlines and hotels, to shopping malls to dating sites is doing so. Aleksandra manages everything from budgeting to reporting for SEMrush’s event marketing strategy.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. Some felt that was a step too far.

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Event Planning BluePrint

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Guest speakers. Production & conference supply vendors. Everything was handled within a few hours. . I had to inform: Venues. Entertainment. Photographers. Videographers. Presenters. Car rental companies. Exhibitors. Volunteers. Trade show vendors.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. Some felt that was a step too far.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Conferences. The goal of any great conference is to organize a group of people with a related interest and provide them with helpful information on topics they care about. Conferences usually schedule multiple sessions spread out over days, weekends, or in some cases entire weeks. Most Popular Event Types. Source: BizX.

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Attendify

OCTOBER 23, 2017

From small meetings to multi-day conferences, no one puts on an event alone. Key stakeholders might include the venue sales team, stage production, caterers, musicians, guest speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, photographers, videographers, decorators, graphic designers, and an app provider, just to name a few. Don’t Freak Out. Say Thanks.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

So it’s really almost interesting that our conversation is pushing that envelope so hard, when does it really have an impact for a large percentage of the people that would be interested in, what can I use today to make my job, my conferences, my events better?” And you have telepresence projecting a speaker on stage.

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EveryEventGuide

MARCH 1, 2018

They are tasked to organize several meetings & conferences throughout the year. They are familiar with their own companies needs and employees and likely have preferred vendors to assist them with Audio Visual, Hotels, Transportation, Airline tickets etc. Each type of meeting calls for a different venue.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

Until then, let us get back to work on shows with lots of booths and conferences with tons of breakouts, like we’re all used to.”. For example: Until the mid-to-late 1990s, being a travel agent was a valuable gated business opportunity because they were the only ones with access to airline booking systems.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. We are installing more hand-sanitizing stations throughout our hotels.

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