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The Unpopular Opinion Part 3: Blockchain will be prolific within the events industry

Event Industry News

In the next three years, 80% of Business Event Professionals will be utilising blockchain technology across their event portfolio enterprise, be it via their own tech or tech provided by a third-party solution provider. Registration: attendees will manage their own event ticketing and registration profile.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

Jamaica Tourist Board Announced New Airline Service. Jamaica Tourist Board Director of Tourism Donovan White shared his optimism about the outlook for the meetings industry in the country at a press conference and announced, new airline service from key markets. . — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

Jamaica Tourist Board Announced New Airline Service. Jamaica Tourist Board Director of Tourism Donovan White shared his optimism about the outlook for the meetings industry in the country at a press conference and announced, new airline service from key markets. . — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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After Marriott Commission Cut, Event Tech Exec Urges Planners to Make Lemonade Out of Lemons

SmartMeetings

Tenholder equated Marriott’s decision to a price increase, similar to when airlines cut commissions to travel agents, but didn’t lower ticket prices. And while some brands tried to gain market share by actually raising commissions in the wake of the announcement, he doesn’t see that as sustainable. Leveraging Tech Tools.

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Nine Cool Technologies to Help Plan Your Next Event

TicketBud

Event coordinator is consistently listed in the top 10 most stressful jobs , along with military personnel, airline pilots and newspaper and broadcast journalists. The technology also allows you to add your signature to scanned documents, so vendor contracts have never been easier to share, sign and send.

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How the events, hospitality and restaurant industry can tackle labor shortages with technology

Planning Pod

In that same vein, some hotels and hotels groups are resetting customer expectations by reducing services like daily housekeeping/clean linens (BTW, don’t forget the customer blowback the airlines suffered when they started nickel-and-diming customers for previously complimentary services).

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2020 Event Tech Trends That Will Shape The Year

Endless Events

In recent past episodes, we covered several 202o trends in the industry, including marketing and design. So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! We’ve lived in data silos for the last 30 years of event technology. “Well, this is one technology that has so many different paths.

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