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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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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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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Association Meetings Travel Meetings Airlines 40

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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Meetings Association Meetings 2001 2019 83

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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Venues Association Meetings Conference Events 52

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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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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Association Meetings Events Consulting Meetings 52

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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Meetings Association Meetings 2001 2019 64

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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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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2024 Food and Beverage Hotels 2023 52

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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Venues 2020 Association Meetings Hospitality 82

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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Conference Events Association Meetings Speakers 73

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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Venues Conference Hospitality Association Meetings 52

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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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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Hotels Food and Beverage Association Meetings Contracts 58

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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Association Meetings Events Venues 2008 36

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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2023 Social Media Meetings Venues 98

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 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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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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2002 Events 2021 Trade Shows 98

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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Events Travel Airlines Association Meetings 122

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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Hospitality Tourism Food and Beverage Travel 73

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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Events Venues Speakers Association Meetings 69

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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Tourism Hotels Hospitality Food and Beverage 98

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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Tourism Venues Hospitality Hotels 116

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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Technology Venues Corporate Events Event Tech 80

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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2019 Hotels Sponsorships Association Meetings 83

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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Events Meetings Association Meetings Entertainment 69

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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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Confirmed events are from a variety of different industries, including automotive, logistics, health and education, and will bring more than 10,000 delegates to the Whittlebury area for association meetings, outdoor meetings, team building, training, exhibitions, traditional conferences and corporate golf.

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Corporate Events Events Corporate Meetings Hotels 52

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 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. Their talented chefs have created mindfully nutritious menu concepts which focus on sustaining concentration and nourishing delegates with wholesome food.

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Events Venues Sustainability Tourism 80

Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2018

Today, Event Transportation Systems (ETS), shuttle transportation management company for corporate and association meetings, conferences, and conventions, released the latest web-based versions of the ETS-Next-Shuttle app and ETS-Shuttle-Tracker transportation management software at the Professional Convention Managers Association’s annual conference, (..)

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Transportation Technology Association Meetings Conference 40

Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Manchester Central holds a variety of events each year, from trade shows and association meetings to conferences and special events, hosting clients and attendees from across the globe. Blitz has been working with the iconic city centre venue partner for 11 years and the new contract extends the agreement to 2022.

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Venues Trade Shows Event Tech Conference 56

MeetingsNet

JULY 23, 2019

Corporate and association meetings often leave a positive impact across a destination that goes beyond simple financial benefit. Organizations can leverage the total benefit their events bring to destinations, building stronger brand recognition and reputation for themselves.

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Events Association Meetings Government Meetings 89

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2019

-based meeting and events and what should be included in contracts to protect the meeting sponsor as the “data controller”. CHME Foster is an attorney at Foster, Jensen & Gulley who works as a consultant and counsel to associations, meeting and convention professionals, and trade show and event sponsors. Foster, Esq.,

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