EventMB

DECEMBER 16, 2022

She seeks to inspire and drive forward a vibrant community of association meeting professionals. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Skift Take: Newly elected ICCA president Marta Gomes shares her ambitious plans for connecting ICCA's global membership.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

As many associations report declining volunteer and membership levels, leaders say it’s time for organizations to rethink the way they manage volunteer programs and take steps to encourage more participation at meetings. With association […]. The post Can Events Dependent on Volunteers for Help Survive Without Them?

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Bill Keese, CAE, Association of Progressive Rental Organizations. The post How to Improve Air Travel: Ideas from 11 Association Meeting Planners appeared first on Connect Association.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Emirates Old Trafford have announced the appointment of SFA Connect that will see the agency target larger, experience led, business events, including association meetings, for the Manchester-based venue.

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Professional association meetings Some associations hold professional networking events for members. This type of networking event provides a forum for members to meet, reconnect, learn from industry experts, and share updates and trends.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lime Venue Portfolio is looking to grow its partnerships within the association meetings community by joining ABPCO.

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Event Industry News

JULY 19, 2022

Covering international association meetings held around the world in 2019 and 2021, the Report provides comprehensive data for the-year-that-was and also a twenty year perspective on trends from 2001 through 2021. Number of international association meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Released last week (23 rd May 2023), the latest edition of the annual report tallies the number and location of international in-person association meetings held across the globe in 2022. Glasgow ranks 27 th in the world for number of international association meetings held (54) and Edinburgh ranks 30 th with 52.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2023

Ksenija Polla, CMP is Regional Director North America at ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

Home of the University of Arkansas’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, Bud Walton Arena hosted the Sam’s Club Associates Meeting, Walmart U.S. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week. Sam’s Club Associates Meeting. Associates Meeting.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Eastside Rooms is continuing to target domestic and international association meetings through a partnership with industry expert Julie Watterston from Watterston Associates. They have a great team and a really good product that association meeting organisers will find easy to work within.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 22, 2021

Covering international association meetings held around the world in 2019 and 2020, the Report provides comprehensive data for the-year-that-was and also a twenty year perspective on trends from 2001 through 2020. Number of international association meetings.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

He’s also among the leaders who, again and again, have volunteered their time for industry associations. If you drew a Venn diagram of board members over the past decade who have served Meeting Professionals International, U.S.

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EventMB

MAY 27, 2022

The report also looks at the correlation between a destination’s intellectual capital and the number of international association meetings hosted. The top 20 cities in terms of intellectual capital are all among the top 30 most competitive destinations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) the global community and knowledge hub for the international association meetings industry, has appointed business events communications, content and advocacy specialists, Davies Tanner, as their global communications partner.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Many meeting planners are also telling me that a lot of their delegates are supporting green meetings. Many are actually inquiring with planners on how they can help make any meetings they are attending become as green as possible.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 27, 2023

We may do a photo booth with fun props but wanted to see what else the association community has done.” At [a former association] we posted them on the columns in the exhibit hall. Dig up those old photos and post them where they can be seen!

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The schedule also features opportunities for members to meet and take part in some informal networking, and subject to confirmation, a guest speaker or two.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Another reputable source are the industries associations. Meeting Professionals International (MP I) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) are two of the biggest associations in the meetings and events industry.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2021

IHG, whose meetings-focused brands include InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, and Crowne Plaza, has announced a partnership with Wellness 4 Humanity to provide and administer rapid on-site covid testing for corporate and association meetings at more than 70 properties in the United States.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

MPI Minneapolis will be meeting in person at Delta Hotels Minneapolis from 1-5p.m. to cover the state of the meetings industry and post-Covid experiences, featuring experts from Meet Minneapolis, Experience Rochester, and local and regional meetings industry associations.

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All Seated

JUNE 9, 2021

(Scottsdale, AZ) — The Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA) and Allseated are pleased to announce a partnership to develop planning resources in preparation for reopening the events industry in a post-pandemic landscape. .

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MeetingsNet

MAY 21, 2019

planners who want to know how to understand, negotiate, and prepare contracts with counterparts across borders in three key areas for corporate and association meetings: Europe, Asia, and the Mideast. Attend this webinar to: Recognize the three fundamental principles to follow when negotiating international meeting contracts.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Welcome Reception of CHS Birmingham represents its first industry facing host event, and will include a number of entertainment and food and beverage activations that will add further interest to the evening and showcase the venue’s product for corporate and association meetings.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The set-up is already being well received by both corporate ‘brand-heavy’ events, as well as association meetings and conventions. The stadium bowl offers a different style of event layout, ideal for an opening or closing session before dispersing the delegation into breakout spaces across the stadium, from 8 – 800 theatre style.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2022

Travel Association meets on March 8 with the U.S. With no more worker visas available until October, the U.S. Commerce Department to discuss lifting the cap plus other potential changes to boost the travel and hospitality sector.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2020

BMA House has created a range of hybrid and digital event packages that reflect the ongoing changes in the corporate and association meeting industry.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2023

Progress continues to be a theme with the next session of the day—“association meetings: drivers of change and innovation.” At the ICAA North America Summit in Ottawa, Canada, the topic of “advocacy as vehicle to recognition and support” has been confirmed as a main focus of the GMID event.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This year, ExCeL will play host to over 400 events, welcoming four million visitors to a diverse range of world leading exhibitions, corporate events and association meetings. Following a run of successful events and relocations in 2019, ExCeL London has announced significant investment in its technology infrastructure.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The collaboration reflects a more centralized and far-reaching approach to inclusivity than the industry has seen in the past.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

The International Congress and Convention Association, which has been tracking meetings for 55 years, says fewer attendees are coming to association meetings. Events including 50 to 249 participants comprise more than 60 percent of association meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Peckinpaugh has also held board and leadership committee positions at U.S. Kimberly McCarden Foster, CTE. Visit Greater Palm Springs welcomed Foster as director of Palm Springs tourism.

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Event Industry News

JULY 8, 2021

The week will include: A series of industry events held within the region throughout the week of CHS Birmingham Educational seminars, workshops and networking events Filmed interviews, panel discussions, podcasts and webinars from the CHS Birmingham Show floor and throughout the week Association meet-ups, board meetings or monthly / quarterly meetings (..)

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In a nutshell, I think that our industry associations have become too focused on justifying their continued existence financially, and are neglecting their core mission of supporting and representing their members and association meeting attendees.

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